Launch
Launch
Students will launch the dramatic writing project by analyzing performed texts, trying core rehearsal and writing routines, gathering first audience insights from peers and a community partner, and producing an initial monologue draft that can be tested, revised, and used to frame later empathy research and design work.
Days 1 - 8
Research & Empathy
Research & Empathy
Students will gather and analyze firsthand evidence about what audiences, performers, and educators find believable, memorable, and performable in dramatic writing. They will use interviews, observation, comparison of performed texts, and structured feedback cycles to produce an empathy artifact with quotes, insights, needs, and assumptions to test in the next phase.
Days 9 - 21
Synthesize & Define
Synthesize & Define
Students will synthesize user research from earlier interviews, observations, and performance feedback into a clear design direction for a writing-for-performance course sequence. They will cluster evidence, identify audience needs, define a focused problem through a How Might We statement and design brief, and draft a standards-aligned outline that includes monologues, dialogues, scenes, screenplay work, rehearsal routines, critique cycles, and performance checkpoints.
Days 22 - 34
Prototype & Validate
Prototype & Validate
Students will build and test low-fidelity prototypes of dramatic writing course components, including a sample lesson flow, a workshop routine, and a draft script prompt with performance expectations. Through table reads, peer critique, self-review with recordings, and feedback from outside users, they will complete two documented revision cycles and justify how their changes improve believability, clarity, and audience usefulness.
Days 48 - 60
Refine & Present
Refine & Present
Students will refine a higher-quality dramatic writing course prototype by tightening audience-focused writing and performance elements, testing those choices through read-throughs with representative users, and preparing a stakeholder-facing presentation that shows how evidence, critique, revision, and rehearsal shaped final design decisions.
Days 61 - 72
Showcase
Showcase
Students will finalize and present their dramatic writing and performance work to authentic audiences, use critique to make last revisions, perform polished pieces in class and for community guests, and document how audience response and self-analysis shaped their final artistic choices.
Days 73 - 80
Launch
Days 1–8
Research & Empathy
Days 9–21
Synthesize & Define
Days 22–34
Ideate Multiple Concepts
Days 35–47
Prototype & Validate
Days 48–60
Refine & Present
Days 61–72
Showcase
Days 73–80
July 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
28
Day 2
📖 Shakespeare and Wilson Close Read
📖 Shakespeare and Wilson Close Read
29
Day 3
🎬 Performance Choices Comparison Notes
🎬 Performance Choices Comparison Notes
30
Day 4
🗣️ Table Read and Warmup Lab
🗣️ Table Read and Warmup Lab
31
Day 5
💡 Audience Needs Interview Sprint
💡 Audience Needs Interview Sprint
August 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
3
Day 6
🎤 Broadway Spotlight Talkback
🎤 Broadway Spotlight Talkback
4
Day 7
✍️ One-Page Monologue Draft
✍️ One-Page Monologue Draft
5
Day 8
🔁 Monologue Readaround Revision Check
🔁 Monologue Readaround Revision Check
7
Day 10
🎬 Shakespeare and Wilson Response Study
🎬 Shakespeare and Wilson Response Study
10
Day 11
🗣️ Broadway Spotlight Question Jam
🗣️ Broadway Spotlight Question Jam
11
Day 12
🎤 Performer Interview Rounds
🎤 Performer Interview Rounds
12
Day 13
🏫 Table Read Observation Notes
🏫 Table Read Observation Notes
13
Day 14
🌆 Setting and Conflict Annotation Lab
🌆 Setting and Conflict Annotation Lab
14
Day 15
🤝 92Y Artist Talkback Notes
🤝 92Y Artist Talkback Notes
17
Day 16
🧩 Insight Clusters and Assumption Check
🧩 Insight Clusters and Assumption Check
18
Day 17
📝 Empathy Map Draft Board
📝 Empathy Map Draft Board
19
Day 18
🔁 Empathy Board Feedback Round
🔁 Empathy Board Feedback Round
20
Day 19
🎥 Recorded Readiness Strategy Notes
🎥 Recorded Readiness Strategy Notes
21
Day 20
📌 Empathy Artifact Revision Sprint
📌 Empathy Artifact Revision Sprint
24
Day 21
✅ Research Evidence Conference
✅ Research Evidence Conference
26
Day 23
🎭 Mentor Course Sequence Study
🎭 Mentor Course Sequence Study
27
Day 24
🗂️ Insight Clusters and Tensions
🗂️ Insight Clusters and Tensions
28
Day 25
✍️ How Might We for Scripts
✍️ How Might We for Scripts
September 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
31
Day 26
🧠 Design Brief for Audience Needs
🧠 Design Brief for Audience Needs
1
Day 27
📚 Standards to Script Map
📚 Standards to Script Map
2
Day 28
🪜 Course Arc Storyboard Draft
🪜 Course Arc Storyboard Draft
3
Day 29
💬 Peer Critique on Course Arc
💬 Peer Critique on Course Arc
4
Day 30
🎬 Broadway Spotlight Design Check
🎬 Broadway Spotlight Design Check
7
Day 31
🔁 Revised Outline and Feedback Loops
🔁 Revised Outline and Feedback Loops
8
Day 32
📄 Design Brief Gallery Walk
📄 Design Brief Gallery Walk
9
Day 33
✅ Synthesis Pitch and Defense
✅ Synthesis Pitch and Defense
10
Day 34
📝 Next-Phase Concept Criteria Sheet
📝 Next-Phase Concept Criteria Sheet
11
Day 35
Ideate Multiple Concepts
🎭 Concept Modes from Script to Stage
🎭 Concept Modes from Script to Stage
14
Day 36
📝 Criteria for Memorable Course Concepts
📝 Criteria for Memorable Course Concepts
15
Day 37
🎬 Mentor Structures for Monologue to Screenplay
🎬 Mentor Structures for Monologue to Screenplay
16
Day 38
💡 Three Course Pathway Sketches
💡 Three Course Pathway Sketches
17
Day 39
🗣️ Broadway Spotlight Concept Talkback
🗣️ Broadway Spotlight Concept Talkback
18
Day 40
📋 Comparison Board Draft
📋 Comparison Board Draft
21
Day 41
🔁 Two-Peer Critique on Comparison Boards
🔁 Two-Peer Critique on Comparison Boards
22
Day 42
🎤 Table Read Sequence Stress Test
🎤 Table Read Sequence Stress Test
23
Day 43
🎥 Rehearsal Strategy Notes from Video Clips
🎥 Rehearsal Strategy Notes from Video Clips
24
Day 44
🧭 Decision Notes and Chosen Direction
🧭 Decision Notes and Chosen Direction
25
Day 45
✍️ Script Artifact Fit Check
✍️ Script Artifact Fit Check
28
Day 46
✅ Concept Selection Conference
✅ Concept Selection Conference
29
Day 47
📓 Recorded Reflection on Concept Choice
📓 Recorded Reflection on Concept Choice
30
Day 48
Prototype & Validate
🎭 Prototype Criteria from Table Reads
🎭 Prototype Criteria from Table Reads
1
Day 49
📝 Strong Script Prompts and Rubrics
📝 Strong Script Prompts and Rubrics
2
Day 50
🎤 Rehearsal Tools for Micro Performances
🎤 Rehearsal Tools for Micro Performances
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5
Day 51
🧩 Lesson Flow Prototype Build
🧩 Lesson Flow Prototype Build
6
Day 52
🎬 Script Prompt and Stage Direction Draft
🎬 Script Prompt and Stage Direction Draft
7
Day 53
🔁 Feedback Round on Prototype Drafts
🔁 Feedback Round on Prototype Drafts
8
Day 54
📚 Micro Table Read User Test
📚 Micro Table Read User Test
9
Day 55
🎥 Recording Review and Revision Map
🎥 Recording Review and Revision Map
12
Day 56
🤝 Broadway Spotlight Feedback Lab
🤝 Broadway Spotlight Feedback Lab
13
Day 57
🛠️ Iteration Two Prototype Sprint
🛠️ Iteration Two Prototype Sprint
14
Day 58
🗣️ Second Table Read and Peer Notes
🗣️ Second Table Read and Peer Notes
15
Day 59
✅ Prototype Validation Checkpoint
✅ Prototype Validation Checkpoint
16
Day 60
📓 Design Rationale and Next Test
📓 Design Rationale and Next Test
20
Day 62
🧭 Script Sequence and Conflict Check
🧭 Script Sequence and Conflict Check
21
Day 63
🎭 Rehearsal Strategies for Read-Throughs
🎭 Rehearsal Strategies for Read-Throughs
22
Day 64
🛠️ Course Prototype Revision Sprint
🛠️ Course Prototype Revision Sprint
23
Day 65
🗣️ Two-Peer Critique on Script Package
🗣️ Two-Peer Critique on Script Package
26
Day 66
🌆 Setting, Stage Directions, and Screenplay Polish
🌆 Setting, Stage Directions, and Screenplay Polish
27
Day 67
🤝 Broadway Spotlight Read-Through
🤝 Broadway Spotlight Read-Through
28
Day 68
🎬 Read-Through Revision Round Two
🎬 Read-Through Revision Round Two
29
Day 69
📹 Performance Reflection from Recording
📹 Performance Reflection from Recording
30
Day 70
📊 Evidence-to-Decision Presentation Build
📊 Evidence-to-Decision Presentation Build
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
2
Day 71
🎤 Stakeholder Presentation Rehearsal
🎤 Stakeholder Presentation Rehearsal
3
Day 72
🏁 Refined Prototype Presentation
🏁 Refined Prototype Presentation
5
Day 74
🎤 Performance Notes Clinic
🎤 Performance Notes Clinic
6
Day 75
📝 Final Script Polish
📝 Final Script Polish
9
Day 76
🔁 Two-Peer Dress Feedback
🔁 Two-Peer Dress Feedback
10
Day 77
🏛️ Broadway Spotlight Talkback
🏛️ Broadway Spotlight Talkback
11
Day 78
🎬 Recorded Micro Performances
🎬 Recorded Micro Performances
12
Day 79
🌟 Talent Show Staged Reading
🌟 Talent Show Staged Reading
13
Day 80
📹 Portfolio Reflection Cut
📹 Portfolio Reflection Cut