Playwriting Joint Major
Theater Studies & Creative Writing
Emory College’s joint playwriting major brings together the disciplines of Theater Studies and Creative Writing in an innovative synthesis designed to educate playwrights both as writers and as theater professionals. A playwright must understand the workings of narrative and storytelling and have the opportunity to develop dramatic, fully realized narratives. The playwright also needs a strong grounding in the literature and mechanics of theater and in the collaborative process, since these are the worlds he or she seeks to inhabit, and the instrument for which the playwright composes.
Major Requirements
Cross-listed (ENG/THEA)
- Playwriting (372WR)
- Advanced Playwriting (375RWR)
- History of Drama and Theater 1 and 2 (215 & 216)
- Honors/Senior Project (Pending)
Theater Studies (THEA)
- Reading for Performance (201)
- Choose two: Acting, Directing or Design (see course catalog)
- Theater Colloquia (396)
English/Creative Writing (ENG)
- Choose two literature courses 300-level or above (at least one course must be focused on dramatic literature)
- Choose one Creative Writing workshop (Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Screenwriting, or repeat Advanced Playwriting)
One additional literature course, 300 level or above, in English or Theater Studies
Total 41 hours for the Playwriting Major
Resources for Majors
Creative Writing Reading Series
Nationally known playwrights in residence
Aristine Mann Award in Drama
Awarded annually by Creative Writing
The Playwriting Center of Theater Emory
