Letters to a Young Playwright: Practical and Impractical Advice on the Art of Playwriting - Softcover
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In Letters to a Young Playwright, Szymkowicz dispenses hard-earned, unsentimental, and entertaining advice to early-career dramatists.
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About the Author
ADAM SZYMKOWICZ’s plays have been produced throughout the U.S. and in twenty other countries. His work is published by Dramatists Play Service, Concord/Samuel French, Playscripts, Broadway Play Publishing, Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Stage Partners, and Original Works Publishing, and are featured in numerous Smith and Kraus and Applause books. His monologue book Small Explosions came out from Applause in early 2023. Adam received a Playwright’s Diploma from The Juilliard School's Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program and an MFA from Columbia University, where he was the Dean’s Fellow. He worked as Playwrights Program Manager at Juilliard for eight years, where he supported and sometimes mentored the graduate-level playwriting fellows. He has interviewed over 1,100 playwrights on his blog. For more, go to www.adamszymkowicz.com.
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