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Guide for OER Review:
Current Status: Ready for Review
Recommended ResourcesNew Play Exchange | Naked Playwriting | Ashland New Plays Festival | Broadway HD | Howlround | Playwright’s Center Playwriting Toolkit | Final Draft | Dramatists Guild
Unless otherwise indicated, Playwriting: An Open Educational Resource Course © 2025 by Colette Mazunik is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Third-party content (*), including quotations and images, is used under fair use and is not subject to the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license terms.
While this course draws on numerous, varied sources, it is heavily influenced by William Missouri Downs and Robin U. Russin’s incomparable work, Naked Playwriting: The Art, the Craft, and the Life Laid Bare.
Get it. Read it. It’s amazing.
The following modules have been designed for a 15-week semseter with weekly 3-hour class sessions.
Please Note: Module 14 recommends a Guest Playwright and Module 15 is an end-of-course Public Reading. Be sure to reserve space for the reading and book any guest speaker well in advance!
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For Next Time
💬 Discussion Module 02
💬 Discussion Module 02
✍🏼 Disrupted Ritual
✍🏼 Disrupted Ritual
📌 Download Final Draft
📌 Download Final Draft
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💬 Discussion Module 03
💬 Discussion Module 03
✍🏼 Contract / Negotiation
✍🏼 Contract / Negotiation
(Film access available through free trial of BroadwayHD through Amazon Prime Video.)
(Film access available through free trial of BroadwayHD through Amazon Prime Video.)
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For Next Time
💬 Discussion Module 04
💬 Discussion Module 04
✍🏼 Picture This
✍🏼 Picture This
(Content Note: Tail of the Bell contains conversation about a possible sexual encounter between a teenager and an adult.)
(Content Note: Tail of the Bell contains conversation about a possible sexual encounter between a teenager and an adult.)
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For Next Time
📖 Decoding the 6 Aristotelean Elements of Drama
📖 Reference: Aristotle--On Tragedy
📖 Naked Playwriting Ch 7-9
📖 Decoding the 6 Aristotelean Elements of Drama
📖 Reference: Aristotle--On Tragedy
📖 Naked Playwriting Ch 7-9
💬 Discussion Module 05
💬 Discussion Module 05
✍🏼 Contrasts: Beginning / Ending
✍🏼 Contrasts: Beginning / Ending
(Content Note: Betrayal includes reference to spousal abuse.)
(Content Note: Betrayal includes reference to spousal abuse.)
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For Next Time
💬 Discussion Module 06
💬 Discussion Module 06
✍🏼 Prop & Place
✍🏼 Prop & Place
🎭 History / Genre Plays
🎭 History / Genre Plays
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For Next Time
💬 Discussion Module 07
💬 Discussion Module 07
✍🏼 High & Low Context Dialogue
✍🏼 High & Low Context Dialogue
🎭 Your Choice!
🎭 Your Choice!
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💬 Discussion Module 08
💬 Discussion Module 08
✍🏼 Transgression OR Literalization of Metaphor
✍🏼 Transgression OR Literalization of Metaphor
🎭 Your Choice!
🎭 Your Choice!
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For Next Time
💬 Discussion Module 10
💬 Discussion Module 10
✍🏼 Status / Power Shift
✍🏼 Status / Power Shift
🎭 Your choice!
🎭 Your choice!
📌 Select 2nd script for rewrites
📌 Select 2nd script for rewrites
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For Next Time
💬 Discussion Module 11
💬 Discussion Module 11
✍🏼 Rewrite Selected Scene #1
✍🏼 Rewrite Selected Scene #1
(Content Note: In Ways Both Frivolous and Deep includes coversation about infertility and references to an abortion.)
(Content Note: In Ways Both Frivolous and Deep includes coversation about infertility and references to an abortion.)
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For Next Time
📖 The Power of Silence
📖 How to Be a Playwright in the New Play Rehearsal Room
📖 Naked Playwriting Ch 25-26
📖 The Power of Silence
📖 How to Be a Playwright in the New Play Rehearsal Room
📖 Naked Playwriting Ch 25-26
💬 Discussion Module 13
💬 Discussion Module 13
✍🏼 Silent Scene
✍🏼 Silent Scene
🎭 Mom, I'm Sorry by Hanna Smiley
🎭 Mom, I'm Sorry by Hanna Smiley
📌 Upload Script with Stage Directions Highlighted
📌 Upload Script with Stage Directions Highlighted
Script
Script
Mom, I'm Sorry by Hanna Smiley.pdfFor Next Time
For Next Time
💬 Discussion Module 14
💬 Discussion Module 14
✍🏼 Extra Credit Scene #1: Transgression OR Literalization of Metaphor
✍🏼 Extra Credit Scene #1: Transgression OR Literalization of Metaphor
🎭 Extra Credit Play #1: Local Writers
🎭 Extra Credit Play #1: Local Writers
📌 Professional Profile Due
📌 Cast & Schedule Rehearsal
📌 Professional Profile Due
📌 Cast & Schedule Rehearsal
Resources
Resources
🎭 Watch & Read Plays!
Attend local theatres. Check scripts out from libraries. Read plays on New Play Exchange.
🎭 Watch & Read Plays!
Attend local theatres. Check scripts out from libraries. Read plays on New Play Exchange.
📌 Lauren Gunderson is one of the most produced playwright in America, and you can watch some of her virtual lessons here.
📌 Lauren Gunderson is one of the most produced playwright in America, and you can watch some of her virtual lessons here.
Public Reading
Public Reading
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