Story In Action: Young Playwright Workshop with Jeremy Smith

Have a great story idea but can’t quite figure out how to get started? Want to learn more about how to create your next epic play or story? At Story In Action, participants learn the basics of playwriting, and explore new tools and processes for creating their very own original plays. Through instruction, guided group discussion, and in-session activities, students will not only learn how to generate new ideas, but how to mine them for dramatic potential, and transform them into viable concepts for original plays.

During the workshop, participants will work together to brainstorm an idea for an original story, and will also have time to explore ideas of their own. By the end of this workshop, participants will have a 2-page synopsis that will launch their next story idea into action, and which can also be used to apply for participation in Driftwood Theatre’s Story in Action Unit, a 5-week playwriting course that wraps up with a professional staged-reading of participant work on June 14, 2026.

Age range – 12-17 years