FUTURE SCHEDULE
Check back regularly for schedule updates of the ongoing Story Weekend series and other workshops, such as the Short Series which invites you to write a play on Saturday and see it performed on Sunday.
New workshops and events may include: Story Basics – for beginners and experienced writers who want to review basic principles of dramatic storytelling – Master Class – for playwrights and screenwriters who have a completed script in need of editing – and future presentations in our New Writers/New Works staged reading showcase series.
Spring Shorts: It Happened One Weekend
Meeting in-person in San Francisco, this unique, creatively focused weekend intensive offers simple theme elements, step-by-step writing exercises, group feedback, and actor support to trigger and guide the development of a new short play. Arrive on Saturday morning with absolutely nothing prepared and take a creative leap into the blank page. By late Sunday afternoon, you will have not only written a new play but seen it performed!
While the workshop is designed for experienced playwrights, it has been successful with confident beginners and can be a great boost for writers who feel blocked, or rusty, or just want a writing change of pace. It’s fun, it’s creative – and it all happens in one weekend!
WILL DUNNE DRAMATIC WRITING WORKSHOPS
SPRING SHORTS: IT HAPPENED ONE WEEKEND
2023
TUITION OPTIONS
Saturday
10AM-5PM Pacific
Sunday
1PM-5PM Pacific
PHOENIX THEATRE
414 Mason Street
6th Floor Theatre
Downtown San Francisco
$225
Story Weekend — Online
During the Coronavirus pandemic, all workshops are ONLINE. Meeting on the first weekend of each month, each self-contained Story Weekend session offers in-depth writing exercises, actor readings of your work, and group critiques to help you develop a play or screenplay in progress. Maximum enrollment: 12 writers per session.
Sign up for any one, any two, or all three workshops per quarter. Or audit the workshop of your choice with a Weekend Pass. To enroll or purchase a pass, email now or call Will at 415-609-8670.
WILL DUNNE DRAMATIC WRITING WORKSHOPS
STORY WEEKEND - SPRING 2023 - ONLINE
- MAY 6-7
- JUNE 3-4
Saturdays, 10AM-4:30PM Pacific *
Sundays, 12PM-4:30PM Pacific **
Online
Develop your play or screenplay through dramatic writing exercises, actor readings of your work from home, and group critiques in a supportive setting.
* Includes two hours offline for writing and lunch
** Includes one hour offline for writing and lunch
Both Weekends:
$410 - savings of $40 off the per-weekend cost
* You can guarantee enrollment with a nonrefundable deposit of $225. Tuition balance, if any, is due at your first workshop session. Installment payment plans are available for Series members.
WILL DUNNE DRAMATIC WRITING WORKSHOPS
STORY WEEKEND - FALL 2023 - ONLINE
- OCTOBER 7-8
- NOVEMBER 4-5
- DECEMBER 2-3
Saturdays, 10AM-4:30PM Pacific *
Sundays, 12PM-4:30PM Pacific **
Online
Develop your play or screenplay through dramatic writing exercises, actor readings of your work from home, and group critiques in a supportive setting.
* Includes two hours offline for writing and lunch
** Includes one hour offline for writing and lunch
Any One Weekend: $225
Any Two Weekends:
$410 - savings of $40 off the per-weekend cost
Full Series
(All Three Weekends): $575 - savings of $100 off the per-weekend cost
Story Weekend Pass: $90 per weekend lets you audit workshop activities
* You can guarantee enrollment with a nonrefundable deposit of $225. Tuition balance, if any, is due at your first workshop session. Installment payment plans are available for Series members.
