Due to the overwhelming response to our summer Free Playwriting Workshop, Ma-Yi Theater Company is thrilled to announce two additional FREE playwriting workshops in Fall 2026, taught by award-winning playwright Lisa Sanaye Dring, author of SUMO and HAPPY FALL.

Created for Filipino American and AANHPI aspiring writers, these workshops are open to writers who are ready to begin, grow, experiment, or finally say: Yes. I’m writing the play.

Both classes are completely FREE and will offer participants a supportive, rigorous, and energizing space to explore the fundamentals of playwriting, including character, dialogue, action, structure, theme, and theatrical style. Through writing prompts, discussion, readings, and feedback, participants will generate new pages and develop their voices in community with fellow writers.

The first six sessions will meet online, making the workshop accessible for working adults and busy schedules. The workshop will then culminate in an in-person showcase presentation, where participants’ work will be brought to life by professional actors and directors.

This is more than a class. It is a chance to write, dream, build, revise, and hear your words leap off the page.

Free. Online. Fun. Limited slots available. Register early.

Mondays 7pm-10pm – September 21 – November 9

or

Tuesdays 7pm-10pm – September 22 – November 10

For more information: info@ma-yitheatre.org

Space is limited— signing up does not guarantee entry into class.