Let’s Make a Play! With Serrena Norr
August 11-15, 2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Grades 5-8
Students will learn how to develop their very own 10-minute play in our immersive playwriting camp. Starting from idea to a full play, the class includes a discussion about plays vs movies, developing characters, internal vs. external traits, establishing tone, creating setting, structure/form, brainstorming, and more. The camp also includes some improv, art projects, acting exercises, readings of scripts and plays, group sharing, and more. The last class culminates with a staged reading of the students’ 10-minute play that parents/guardians are invited to watch. The camp includes all materials and a Let’s Make a Play workbook.
More about Let’s Make a Play:
Let’s Make a Play is a hub for makers, dreamers, and the curious. We offer writing classes and workshops to help your child go from an idea to a completed play. We are passionate about telling stories from different perspectives to awaken and inspire as well as to bring joy, healing, and understanding to all audiences. We believe that plays and playmaking should be accessible to all as a way to better connect with one another without judgment. Your child’s voice matters and we can’t wait to show you how to express it through playmaking and play development.
This camp will run from 9-12 in person at the Hudson Valley Writers Center. Students have the option to register for the full day, including New Kid, New You: Writing the Graphic Novel You’ve Always Dreamed About in the morning, from 9-12. Students who attend camp full-day will be expected to bring a lunch.
The Hudson Valley Writers Center strives to make our offerings financially accessible to all youth, regardless of financial barriers. Thanks to our generous grant funders, we are able to offer tiered pricing to support access to high-quality literary programming for all participants, regardless of their economic circumstances. Please pick the price point that best reflects your family’s needs. If you can purchase a higher tier, please consider doing so to save a spot for a family with less room in their budget.