Script Submissions Lab Sec 1 (Thursdays)

Class Description

Instructor: Lucy Wang Semester: Fall 2026 (Thursdays) Session: 10 Online Sessions New Students: $600 Returning PlayPenn or DGI Students: $525 Foundry & Entrepreneur Members: $480 DGI Certificate Students: $480 Fall/Winter can be a tough time to write, with the demands of work, home life, holidays, and loved ones all calling for our full attention. But this course, taught by Kennedy Center Award-winning playwright Lucy Wang, will help you to stay motivated and keep up your writing! Every week, there will be an in-class writing exercise, often inspired by real-world submission opportunities. Afterwards, you’ll get the chance to share what you’ve written, to revise it and to submit it to reap the added benefit of public recognition. While rewards vary with each opportunity -- publication, reading, production, or a cash prize -- the overall goal remains the same: to improve craft, create new work, increase visibility, and have fun. Come explore and experiment with your voice across genres in a safe, supportive environment – and perhaps join the growing list of students who have won public recognition and prizes afterwards! The magic is within you. Requirements for this Class: Students must be willing to explore ideas and create work inspired by submission opportunities/prompts.. Expectations for this Class: Students should be prepared to share pages during class, and to give/receive open, empathetic feedback. After Completion of Class: Students will be more knowledgeable about available submission opportunities, so that you can be more proactive with your career. LUCY WANG is an award-winning, published, and produced multi-genre storyteller. An accomplished playwright and performer, Wang’s body of work is largely dedicated to advancing social justice, inciting laughter, and giving voice to the less visible. Her plays have been performed all over, and many are available at Original Works Publishing, Amazon, One Act Depot, Meriwether Publishing, Applause Books, and YouthPLAYS. Wang is a co-founder of Honor Roll! and served on the executive committee. Her manuscripts are archived at the Huntington Library and CEMA collections at UC Santa Barbara. ”Your voice and vision are gifts to the world, so my goal is tohelp you shine. As an AAPI artist who worked on Wall Street and for a New York City Mayor before writing professionally, I’ve always had to be more resourceful and think more creatively to overcome the odds."