New Coordinates

To guide students to explore and find their creative North Star through The New Coordinates collaborative process. To foster an environment for students to help one another to reach their goal of writing a brand new play. To provide students with the tools to add collaboration and flexibility to their own future processes. TNC Education Program's C... ommitment to Anti-Racism: The New Coordinates is engaged in the ongoing work of becoming/being an anti-racist theatre company. The spaces we make for new work are for artists of all backgrounds and identities, and our policies and practices are designed to provide an equal footing to those artists, and to remove barriers that have traditionally limited that access. Our goal with our curriculum and our policies is to foster harmony, not homogeneity, and for all applicants to have a clear idea of the expectations; the expectations we have of the program and our students, and the expectations our students should have of themselves and one another. Making art involves, by necessity, self-expression. Creating new work involves, by necessity, taking risks. The New Coordinates encourages both, in a collaborative environment that flourishes when all involved understand the impact they have on one another, and the work necessary to minimize harm and maximize compassionate growth. Sharing space with others is at the core of everything here. Be prepared to listen, learn, and adapt. Click here to learn more about the motivations behind (and our commitment to) anti-racism. The Writers' Room was my first chance to work with TNC, it's where I wrote my first full-length play, and it has shaped my entire playwriting process and philosophy. I am honored to teach and facilitate the class, and to cultivate new voices and the plays that we will discover and build together in this class. Growing our education program will bring more people into the room where our process was founded and continues to evolve, and it is my dream for everyone to share our appreciation of new work and our ...Read More