Name: Improvisational Playwriting
Start: 2026-03-14T15:30:00-0700
End: 2026-03-14T16:45:00-0700

Welcome to the CA State Thespian Festival 2026

Improvisational Playwriting

LIMITED

Saturday March 14, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm PDT

Carnegie 107

Limited Capacity seats available

In this workshop students will practice leaning into the core principles of improv (agreement, active listening, and collaboration) and apply them to a variety of playwriting exercises. Students will learn how to listen to the world around them and say "yes and..." when inspiration hits.

Teaching Artists

Javier Hurtado

Assistant Professor, Saint Marys College of California

Dr. Javier Luis Hurtado is a playwright, director, and performance historian. Over the past twenty years, Javier’s plays and performance work have been produced and developed at AS220 (Providence, RI), Emerson Stage (Boston, MA), Tufts University (Medford, MA), The Culver Center... Read More →

Saturday March 14, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm PDT
Carnegie 107

Workshop, Writting

CA State Thespian Festival 2026

Javier Hurtado

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