Thursdays on the Stoop is a series of free, virtual writing workshops led for and by our community members. With topics ranging from generative prompts to editing strategies, these informal workshops are sure to shake up your Thursday routine. RSVP below to get the link.

Successful short plays can captivate the audience in mere minutes. In this free, hour-long workshop, we'll cover the basics of writing 10 minute plays — the key elements of dramatic scenes, strategies for streamlining stories, crafting compelling characters — and begin outlining new scripts of our own.

Toby Tieger is a Philadelphia-based playwright and screenwriter. Toby writes LGBT+ coming-of-age fantasies about well-intentioned humanists figuring out what they value in a world that’s hard for them to navigate. His fantasy script THE ILLUMINATI KID about a girl who accidentally joins the Illuminati and must save the world from an army of lizards disguised as humans was selected as a Finalist for the 2024 ScreenCraft Animation and Family Competition (top 10/900). His work has recently placed in other contests including Stowe Story Labs, PlayPenn Foundry, and the Roadmap Writers’ Kids' Television Competition. His scripts are available on the New Play Exchange and on his website at www.tobytieger.com.