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Weekend Workshop: Playwriting Jumpstart

  • Beginner
  • 18 and older
  • $225
  • 312 W 36th St, New York, NY
  • 12 hours over 2 sessions

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  • $225
  • The Barrow Group @ 312 W 36th St 3rd Fl, New York, NY 10018
  • 12 hours over 2 sessions
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What you'll learn in this playwriting class:

For playwrights, actors, directors, designers and anyone interested in exploring the creative process and broadening their skills in storytelling. Whether you are new to playwriting or in the middle of a project, you already possess, deep inside you, everything you need to jumpstart your art and bring forth your unique voice. For theatre artists and writers of all genres looking for ideas, this workshop includes a series of in-class exercises which reveal a roadmap to the wonders and revelations of the unconscious mind.

Refund Policy

All payments are non-refundable (unless the school cancels the class). 

Commitment is for the duration of the session. There are no credits or refunds for individual missed classes. If you discontinue any class before the ending date of the session, you forfeit your fee.

  • If you need to cancel a full class session (the full 6, 8, or 10 week class) for any reason, you must notify us by email at [email protected] at least business days before the registered class start date, and we will apply a credit to your account for a future class. Credits are valid for one-year.
  • If a student wishes to transfer to a different class, they must notify us by email at [email protected] at least business days before the first day of the registered class. No transfers will be allowed after this.

A student may not transfer to a different class once a class has begun.

The school reserve the right to change teachers at any time.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

Reviews of Classes at The Barrow Group Acting School (66)

(4.7-star rating across 66 reviews)
  • Weekend Workshop: Playwriting Jumpstart

    Reviewed by Bob S. on 7/10/2016
    The exercises and course structure were well-thought out and highly useful. I will keep the handouts for future reference. I came away with a great start on a new play.
  • Weekend Workshop: Playwriting Jumpstart

    Reviewed by Audrey A. on 6/14/2020
  • Weekend Workshop: Playwriting Jumpstart

    Anonymous review on 7/10/2016
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The Barrow Group Acting School

Founded in 1986, The Barrow Group is an award winning non-profit Off-Broadway theatre company, acting studio/school & arts center located in the heart of New York City.

The Barrow Group Acting School/Studio offers courses in acting and directing.

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