- Instructor
- Laura Harrington
- Term
- Spring 2005
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 23 other files · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21T.150 Playwriting I, Spring 2005, Laura Harrington — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
- MIT lists a session calendar for this course, but it could not be verified well enough to build a sequence from it — materials are grouped by section instead.
Not included here
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- MIT's page format for this item wasn't recognized clearly enough to place it safely.
- Referenced in a table, but without MIT's own verified order, so it isn't used to claim a sequence.
Materials by section
Grouped by section, as MIT organized them. Not sequenced or ordered.
Readings
9 files
- The Power of the Unspoken Word (PDF 1) Download
- The Power of the Unspoken Word (PDF 2) Download
- Actions Speak Louder than Words Download
- The Challenge of Exposition and How to Create High- and Low-Context Dialogue (PDF 1) Download
- The Challenge of Exposition and How to Create High- and Low-Context Dialogue (PDF 2) Download
- Thinking about Plot Download
- Composition: Adding Elements (PDF 1) Download
- Composition: Adding Elements (PDF 2) Download
- Obstacle + Action = Great Theater Download
Assignments
10 files
- Playwriting Exercise 1 Download
- Playwriting Exercise 2 Download
- Playwriting Exercise 3 Download
- This file contains an assignment that includes writing a play and questions to ask for it (week5.pdf) Download
- Playwriting Exercise 4 Download
- Playwriting Exercise 5 (PDF 1) Download
- Playwriting Exercise 5 (PDF 2) Download
- Playwriting Exercise 6 Download
- Playwriting Exercise 7 Download
- Playwriting Exercise 8 Download
Projects
- The Rosewater of Dona Felicidad by Hortense Gerardo (Courtesy of Hortense Gerardo. Used with permission.) Download
- Write Home About It by Waseem Daher (Courtesy of Waseem Daher. Used with permission.) Download
- Mnemosyne by Joan Mao (Courtesy of Joan Mao. Used with permission.) Download
- Kunti’s Prayer to the River (Anonymous) (Used with the author’s permission.) Download
MIT OpenCourseWare, Laura Harrington, 21T.150 Playwriting I, Spring 2005.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Spring 2005 · Open the original course on OCW ↗
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