For playwrights who have a working craft, this advanced playwriting class focuses primarily on content, structure and criticism. It offers a place to try out skills and develop new material. The emphasis is on writing and rewriting scenes, one-act and full-length plays, with class readings as the goal. Offered in memory of beloved HB playwright extraordinaire, Donna deMatteo.

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• Registration Prerequisite: Open to all playwrights who are honing their craft, with experience writing scenes.

A revolutionary approach to new play development in which four writers and fifteen actors collaborate to create full-length plays written specifically for the actors who will perform them. Under the guidance of master playwright Eduardo Machado, writers engage in a series of exercises refined over his 30+ years of teaching—soon to be published in his forthcoming book, Playwriting for Humanity. Each day’s new scenes are immediately brought to life by the actors, using a meditative, consciousness-based technique developed by Michael Domitrovich. This process deepens collaboration and artistic intuition, enhancing traditional theatrical training rather than replacing it. Actors will gain the tools to work dynamically with playwrights in the creation of new work, empowering their own point of view while learning to embody new characters swiftly and completely—skills that translate directly to auditions and professional work. Writers will complete the workshop with a finished full-length play, culminating in two public staged readings presented at the end of the program in Spring Term 2026.

• Learn more about the instructors: Eduardo Machado & Michael Domitrovich
• Prerequisite: Open to all

Open to everyone. From first-time writers to experienced playwrights who want to go back to the basics. This class will introduce a variety of dramatic tools in order to build a strong sense of craft. Assignments, written as short plays, will explore elements such as character, time, place, emotion, pace, plot, language, structure and story. Other assignments will seek to fuel the creative process and encourage the imagination. Ideas will be introduced slowly and methodically in a safe and supportive environment, and you will leave the class with a portfolio of short plays.

• Learn more about the instructor
• Prerequisite: Open to all.

Open to everyone. From first-time writers to experienced playwrights who want to go back to the basics. This class will introduce a variety of dramatic tools in order to build a strong sense of craft. Assignments, written as short plays, will explore elements such as character, time, place, emotion, pace, plot, language, structure and story. Other assignments will seek to fuel the creative process and encourage the imagination. Ideas will be introduced slowly and methodically in a safe and supportive environment, and you will leave the class with a portfolio of short plays.

• Learn more about the instructor
• Prerequisite: Open to all.

For artists who are interested in developing their own projects, this is an independent class working solo or with a partner on an independent study project that you devise, under the guidance of HB faculty, Snezhana Chernova. Examples of projects include: Writing a screenplay/play, doing a podcast, doing a live stream performance series, monologues or scenes, creating a TV pilot, writing music, shooting a documentary or short/feature film, writing poetry etc. You must submit an application at this link for review and approval prior to registering. Within the application you will be asked to include a work-plan, proposed outcome, and the estimated number of hours required to complete the project. Creative projects might be shared in public presentations at the end of the term and/or on HB Studio’s social media channels. Undertaking this Lab requires a commitment to check-ins with the instructor and weekly 2.5 hour group meetings to report objectives, progress, trouble shoot, present projects, and exchange ideas. An additional one-on-one 30 minute session with the instructor may be held each week. This Independent Study Project Lab requires a commitment of 4 hours per week.

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• Prerequisite: Application required. Apply online.