Primary Stages ESPA

October 9, 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, December 4, 11, 18

Wednesdays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET

via Zoom

NEW STUDENT RATE: $580

RETURNING STUDENT RATE: $540

Lyrics are the foundation of musical theater storytelling and, for many playwrights, the final frontier. This 10-week class will teach you to apply your existing storytelling impulses to a lyric format.

This class might be for you if you are:

• An early-career lyricist looking for a comprehensive introduction to this exciting and collaborative form.
• A playwright looking to delve into the world of musicals.
• A musical theater artist who wants to be a better collaborator.

In this class you will:

• Learn to write with music, a musical collaborator, and a librettist in mind.
• Cover song structure, scansion, and rhyme, and apply these to lyric writing exercises and assignments.
• Examine the classic musical theater song forms and examples of great lyrics, defining what makes them so successful.

By the end of this class you will:

• Have a solid foundation of lyrical storytelling.
• Be able to add more songs to your lyric writing repertoire, adding to those you have already written in class.

Learn more about Adam here.