STORIES HIGH XXII presents

Playwriting with Christina Ying

 
 
 

Bindlestiff Studio’s Stories High returns with Playwriting Workshop with Christina Ying 

Learn the art of playwriting through our Stories High workshops, Bindlestiff’s longest running page-to-stage program. 

Meets Mondays: March 21, March 28, April 4, April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2, May 9

Virtual Meetings on Zoom

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Zoom login information will be sent upon receipt. 

Registration: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTQ0ODI1


CLASS DESCRIPTION: Throughout this eight workshop course, students will create and study the structure of a ten-minute one-act play. We will use film and play scripts to analyze scene and story structure. With lectures, weekly assignments, and one-on-one consultation, students will grasp the fundamental concept of scene structure, character development, voice, and dialogue. Writing assignments are arranged to mirror a writer’s creative process, culminating in completing a ten to twelve-page submission for Bindlestiff Studio’s Stories High stage production. 


DISCLAIMER:  This course may include readings, media, and discussion around topics such as sexual assault, domestic violence, physical violence, and identity-based marginalization. The instructor will establish community guidelines and best practices on the first day of class. Must be 18+ to register.


ABOUT THE FACILITATOR

Christina Ying is a Bay Area playwright and workshop facilitator. She made her playwriting debut at Bindlestiff Studio with her monologue, The Word of Oprah, in 2010. Christina earned her MFA at Northwestern University in Writing for the Screen and Stage in 2014. Her graduate thesis, There's the Moon and Then There's You, premiered at Bindlestiff Studio on May 30, 2015.


In addition to teaching for the Stories High workshop series

and the inaugural Love Edition and Horror playwriting workshop. She's also written for Pinays Maintaining Sisterhood Through Art, Granny Cart Gangstas, the Amok play reading festival, and Forbidden Futures. Christina continues to showcase her works in progress. In Real Life, her latest full-length play will premiere at Bindlestiff Studio in the Fall of 2022.


INCOME BASED TUITION:

  • $10 - recommended for participants with annual income of $25,000 or less

  • $40 - recommended for participants with annual income of $25,000-45,000

  • $90 - recommended for participants with annual income of $45,000-70,000

  • $180 - recommended for participants with annual income of $70,000-$100,000

  • $300 - recommended for participants with annual income of $100,000 or more

  • $400 - for participants who would like to support another person to attend this class