Creative Aging: Playwriting 101 at Andrew Heiskell Library

Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older.

This program will be held in person at Andrew Heiskell Library.

Join us for Playwriting 101!  Teaching artist Nefeli Soteriou will guide participants through the art of writing over 8 sessions. PLEASE NOTE: The sessions began in March, and run through May.

This course is focused on learning the fundamentals of the craft of Playwriting structure, plotting, character development, plot forward movement, conflict, resolution and editing-revising. Participants complete exercises that help them ignite their imagination, enhance their personal  point of view and observational skills. We will focus on discovering the rhythms of human speech and the words arranged together to create sentences and the overall musicality of a conversation that serves a scene, and a story.  At the culmination of the eight weeks actors read excerpts.

Materials will be provided for this program. 

Attendance at all sessions is recommended. Space is limited | Supplies are available on a first come, first serve basis.  Registration is recommended.  Register for April events above with your email address. Walkups will be permitted as space accommodates.

Register for March events here.
Register for May events here.

About the Artist

Nefeli Soteriou's background is in Film and Media Arts, Behavioral Coaching for Mental Health, Creativity Coaching and Education. She develops screenplays that celebrate the human condition and produces them independently. With significant, real-world experience as a Life Coach and Filmmaker, Nefeli specializes in helping Filmmakers with every aspect of the filmmaking life, from completing unfinished projects, to handling the stresses and pressures that they face. As a Creativity Coach with Psychology, she is also featured in several book publications via Routledge. Contact Nefeli at https://www.nefelisoteriou.com

About Creative Aging

Creative Aging is a series of free art classes for adults 50 and older. This year, in person programs are available from branches throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island.  Come discover a new art medium or deepen your skills in a practice you’ve explored before! Visit nypl.org/creativeaging for the full program calendar.