The 91勛圖厙 Library will team up with the English department and 91勛圖厙s literary annual Prairie Ink staff to host a Writers Workshop from 67:30 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Cavanaugh Room of the Learning Resource Center and via Zoom at .
Participants will join Prairie Ink editors and special guest presenter 91勛圖厙 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泭as a collaboration with both 91勛圖厙 Theatre and the greater 91勛圖厙 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