How to Build a Playwright in Three Acts

Eager to write a play, but not sure where to start? Dive into How to Build a Playwright in Three Acts and discover the playwright within. Guided exercises, writing prompts, and scene study transform these pages into your very own workshop, where you'll explore dramatic tools, learn the essential elements of a play, and cultivate the discipline needed to develop your craft. With an emphasis on letting go and allowing first drafts to be messy, How to Build a Playwright in Three Acts takes you from a blank page to every playwright's favorite stage direction: End of Play.

Whether you're a first-time writer, a teacher wishing to inspire your students, or a seasoned playwright looking to sharpen your skills, this is a book you'll return to with each new idea.

Author: Rachel Bublitz
Publisher: Stage Partners
Published: 01/05/2026
Pages: 236
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9798890992604

About the Author
Bublitz, Rachel: - Rachel Bublitz is an award-winning and internationally produced playwright known for telling stories about women and creating exciting new work for young performers. She has received a Rolling World Premiere with the National New Play Network, and is currently the resident playwright of the Egyptian YouTheatre in Park City, Utah. Her plays include: Ripped (produced by Z Space and Good Company Theatre), The Night Witches (commissioned by Egyptian YouTheatre, with over fifty productions worldwide), Burst (produced by Alleyway Theatre), The Summer I Howled (commissioned and developed with Egyptian YouTheatre), and many more. Awards include: Will Glickman Award for Best Bay Area Premiere (Ripped), Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest (Cheerleaders VS. Aliens), and PlayGround's June Anne Baker Prize (Reading Babar in 2070). She has just over a dozen titles with Stage Partners: The Book Women, The Hardy Girls, Of Serpents and Sea Spray, The Red House Monster, Midnight Bandits (included in Rogues' Gallery), I Said Run. (included in It's Her Say), and Holly, Jolly, and Extra Folly, a collection of ten-minute holiday plays all by Rachel. In addition to her work with Stage Partners, she's published with Dramatic Publishing (The Night Witches and Burst), Playscripts (Biz Town, Ghost House, and Operation Chicken Takeover), Pioneer Drama Service (Cheerleaders VS. Aliens), YouthPLAYS (The Summer I Howled, The Elves, and No Talking Allowed!), and others. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and has an MFA from San Francisco State University. When she isn't writing, she's mostly watching her daughter dominate at water polo or gardening with her son.McConville, Maria: - Maria McConville is Director of Education and Engagement at Stage Partners, as well as an actor, teaching artist, and playwright. Now a resident of Connecticut, she was a NYC Public School teaching artist since 2005. She has worked with the Theatre Development Fund, LeAP! Onstage, Periwinkle Theater for Youth, and was a Shakespeare and Playwriting teaching artist with Theatre for a New Audience. Maria has worked with 2nd grade through 12th grade, though, she has a special place in her heart for 6th-8th graders. Her students have performed and adapted the work of Shakespeare, written their own plays, devised ensemble performance pieces, sang and danced in musical productions, and performed their peers' work on a Broadway stage. Growing up in New York, Maria attended LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts for Drama, and recently adjudicated the auditions for incoming students. Maria has performed with/at NYTW, EST, CSC, Woodshed Collective, SoHo Rep, HERE Arts Center, undergroundzerofestival, The Kirk @Theater Row, Fordham Alumni Company, 78th Street Theater Lab, aMios, BAX, and Shakespeare in the Park-ing Lot. Her published plays include To Date or Not to Date (Playscripts), #VIRAL, #Censored, and Two of the Fairest Stars (Stage Partners).

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