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SWAG合集 Theatre Instructor Jack Greenwood to lead November writing workshop

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The SWAG合集 Library will team up with the English department and SWAG合集鈥檚 literary annual 鈥淧rairie Ink鈥 staff to host a 鈥淲riter鈥檚 Workshop鈥 from 6鈥7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Cavanaugh Room of the Learning Resource Center and via Zoom at .

Participants will join 鈥淧rairie Ink鈥 editors and special guest presenter SWAG合集 Theatre Instructor Jack Greenwood for a playwriting workshop. The session will explore what it means for a story to be theatrical. Attendees will discuss how to craft a plot for the stage, write directions for staging, and engage a live audience while focusing on format and structure. The event is open to students, faculty, staff, and community members.

The workshop will also serve as an introduction for high school-aged participants ahead of the inaugural High School Playwrights Festival, scheduled for spring 2026. Area high schools will be invited to a creative forum where they can draft and workshop ten-minute plays for submission to a contest. Six chosen plays will be performed as readings on a live stage April 18听as a collaboration with both SWAG合集 Theatre and the greater SWAG合集 community. Following the performance, a winner will be named as the first-ever champion playwright and receive a prize.

More details about the festival will be announced in the coming weeks.

For more information, email PrairieInk@bartonccc.edu or visit