The Essentials of Contemporary Playwriting with Isaac Gomez

Mondays, 6:30-9:30pm. 8 weeks. 8 sessions.
Sept 18 – Nov 6
Class size: 6-10 students
Cost: $360 per student

*Two classes will take place on the Wednesday of that week: October 11th and November 8th.

Students will read and discuss new work by some of the most exciting voices in the American Theater, complete weekly writing exercises, and receive personalized feedback from Victory Gardens Theater Artistic Associate, Isaac Gomez. This is the ideal class for playwrights who want to keep building and sharpening their skills, perfect for those considering graduate school, playwrights who are interested in exploring a different aspect of their voice, or playwrights looking for a creative jump-start to begin a new play.

Isaac Gomez is a playwright and dramaturg currently working as the director of new play development at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago where he curates the Public Programs series, directs the new play development department, and heads the IGNITION Festival of New Plays.

As playwright, he has worked with the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theater Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Victory Gardens Theater, Jackalope Theatre Company, Pivot Arts, American Theater Company, Chicago Dramatists, Teatro Vista, Definition Theater Company, Greenhouse Theater Center, Sideshow Theater Company, Broken Nose Theater, and Something Marvelous. As dramaturg he has worked with Victory Gardens Theater, Goodman Theatre, Teatro Vista, Oracle Productions, Strange Bedfellows, and Sideshow Theater Company.

He is the Co-Creative Director at the Alliance of Latinx Theatre Artists in Chicago where he runs and is a participant of El Semillero: ALTA Chicago's Latino Playwrights Circle, a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists, an Ensemble Member with Teatro Vista, Artistic Associate with Pivot Arts, Artistic Curator for Theater on the Lake 2017/2018, a steering committee member of the Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) and an artistic community member at The Hypocrites in Chicago.