Class Description

Semester: Winter 2026 8-Week Session Instructors: Che'Rae Adams (PlayPenn Artistic Director) Angeline Larimer (PlayPenn Lead Dramaturg) Foundry & Cohort Members: $380 DGI Certificate Students: $380 Returning PlayPenn or DGI Students: $425 New Students: $500 Women over 50 are on our minds. Wise. Storied. Under-Represented. We want to change that! Join us for this special 8-week online writing StoryLab where 50+ women writers can develop their work and share ideas, and build a vibrant creative community. In this supportive, craft-focused space, we'll explore form, structure, and the unique demands of stage and screen. Working on a stage play? Bring your pages. A screenplay? Bring your pages. A new TV or streaming pilot? BRING. YOUR. PAGES. Each session blends targeted writing exercises with the sharing of new pages for feedback from the instructors and other StoryLab participants. Drawing on decades of experience in new play development, Che'Rae Adams, brings the same clarity and intention she discovered while working in the room with Luis Alfaro, Jon Bastian, Lee Blessing, Patricia Cardosa, Anthony Clarvoe, John DiFusco, Ken Hanes, Tony Kushner, Oliver Mayer, Ellen McLaughlin, Abi Morgan, Han Ong, Peter Parnell, Tim Toyoma, Alice Tuan, and Mac Wellman. Che’Rae has been the Producing Artistic Director of the LA Writers Center since 2006 where she develops new work with local writers. She was the Director of Operations and Programming for the Moss Theater in Santa Monica for seven years and has been the Development Executive for Playhouse Pictures Studios, Co-Artistic Director of the Road Theatre Company, and Managing Producer for the LA Women’s Theatre Festival. Che'Rae joined PlayPenn's staff as its second Artistic Director in 2023. Angeline Larimer, MFA, MA, GCMH, is a playwright, dramaturg and the Executive Director of Propel New Works, a nonprofit organization that provides a variety of support for story development. Angeline is also a public health bioethicist, and an applied theatre professional who works at the intersection of health humanities, community, and theatre. Larimer incorporates applied theatre and ethics into health and medical education and community outreach, helping individuals share their stories while ensuring they retain ownership of their narratives. She utilizes methods and principles borrowed from verbatim theatre, narrative medicine, critical fabulation, and ethnodrama.