Exploring Practice is a key part of our professional development programming. Each series delves into a different aspect of the creation process. Over several short encounters, guest artists share their expertise with participants. These are opportunities for local artists to nourish and deepen their craft.

Past programming has included:

• Structure (For Writers who Hate Structure) with Eric Micha Holmes
• Protective Practices for Playwrights with Robin Sokoloski
• Social Justice as an Engine for Theatrical Creation with Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
• Preparing Project Grants for Emerging Artists (emphasis on exclusivity and diversity) with Jesse Stong
• Subverting the canon: Writing plays at though race, class, gender and sexual orientation mattered with Corrina Hodgson
• An Exploration of the Puppetry Creation Process with Clea Minaker
• Alternative Narrative with Brian Drader
• Contemporary American Theatre with Jonathan Garfinkel
• Writing Home: Finding Story in Bloodlines with Tara Beagan
• Writing for Young Audiences with Dean Fleming
• Creating Documentary Theatre for the Contemporary Stage with Annabel Soutar
• Adaptation for the Stage with Erin Shields
• Myth, Memory, History and Theatre with Michael Mackenzie
• Writing For Non-Traditional Space with Lois Brown
• Autobiographical Fiction with Jonathan Garfinkel