This class offers the best of both worlds: group feedback and individual mentoring.  Our kick-off day includes out-of-the-box, automatic writing and creativity-exploding exercises.  Each student will then be paired with an individual teacher as your dramaturgical mentor who will help you set goals, determine pace, and discuss the proposed project.  This collaboration will continue over the next  weeks with three individual meetings with the teacher/mentor, who will respond to new writing, identify the next step in your process and suggest ways to best achieve your own meaning.  On the final weekend you will have the opportunity to present part of your play to your peers and all four mentors, followed by group feedback safely and productively facilitated by each playwright's teacher/mentor. 

Class size is always capped at 12.

Workshop Fee: 
$425
Recession Special: $399

This terrific workshop kicked off with a full day of fun, freeing and thought-provoking in-class writing exercises where we got to know all 4 mentors (and our classmates) and take a fresh look at our own work; it continued with 4 weeks of incredibly helpful and specific one-on-one feedback sessions with an inspiring and challenging mentor; and culminated in an exhilarating (and highly informative) weekend-long reading of all 12 plays-in-progress.  I wrote 84 pages of a brand new play in 6 weeks:  ‘Nuff said!
- Matt Hoverman, playwright

The dramaturgy was superb.  My mentor gave me extraordinarily useful feedback and was supportive in guiding me through a rewrite of a play.  The PDC has a genuine respect for the writing process.
                        - C.S. Hanson, playwright

We offer ongoing private sessions for clients
who prefer to work in depth, one-on-one,
 with a PDC member without the structure of our Signature Intensive. Sign up for as many or as few as you like, on a regular schedule or spontaneously. Perfect for clients who don't want group feedback, who can't make the dates of our Signature Intensive, or who are unsure how many sessions they might need for a given project.

The cost for private sessions is $150 per meeting, or $100 if you’ve taken one of our workshops and only have new pages or a few scenes to discuss.

25% off your first private session (new clients only)!

Or, take advantage of our special packages:
3 sessions for $400 ($50 off full price)
6 sessions for $750 ($150 off full price- one free session!)

Email us to schedule private sessions.