New Playwriting Strategies

Paul C. Castagno is Professor of Theatre at UNC-Wilmington where he served as founding chair of the Department of Theatre. He formerly served as Director and Head of M.A. Programs of the School of Theater at Ohio University, and headed the MFA Playwriting/Dramaturgy Programs at University of Alabama. He teaches playwriting, dramatic literature and directs, and has published books and/or articles on playwriting and commedia dell’arte.

Introduction Part I: The Language Playwright Chapter 1: The Playwright's Two Voices Chapter 2: Dialogic Applications and Practices Part II: The Dramaturgy of New Playwriting: From Building Blocks to Revision Chapter 3: The Poetics of New Playwriting Chapter 4: Defining, Rewriting and Refining the Script Part III: Monologic Structures: From Orthodoxy to Innovation Chapter 5: Show us, don't tell us Chapter 6: Toward Dialogic Monologue in New Playwriting Part IV: Formulating Character Chapter 7: Establishing New Approaches to Character Chapter 8: Len Jenkin's Dramaturgy of Character: Stage Figures to Archetypes Chapter 9: Eric Overmyer: Some Principles of Character Transformation Chapter 10: Mac Wellman: Language-based Character Works Cited Index