Women's Forms: An Experiential Writing Workshop

Join Mia Self, University Theatre assistant director, for a two-hour session focused on the lived experience and expression of the body as a "form" for performance-based writing. The traditional structure of a play has a linear, chronological, and/or action-centered through line informed by 2000+ years of theatre. Contemporary playwrights, particularly women and people of color, may not see themselves reflected in this style of writing and have explored new modes of expression. 

In this workshop, we will play collaborative games to warm-up and get to know each other, explore breath and sound, respond to images and verbal prompts to generate performance texts, and share our creations in this interactive session.

Mia Self, University Theatre