December 13th, 2026 11:00am - 1:00pm
Workshop Price: $65 Location: TheatreWorks on the Square
Join playwright and educator Evan Linder on December 13 for an engaging, hands-on workshop designed to help you discover the story you've been wanting to tell. Finding a story you're passionate about is often the most important first step in writing a play. Through storytelling, improvisation, and group discussion, participants will explore ideas, uncover compelling stories, and discover the dramatic possibilities within them.
Whether you have a seed of an idea or are simply looking for inspiration, this workshop will help you identify a story worth pursuing and develop a game plan for getting your
first draft underway.
Come curious, bring your imagination, and leave with the beginnings of your next play!
Evan Linder is an award-winning playwright, actor, and director, and a co-founder of Chicago’s acclaimed theatre company, The New Colony, where he served as Co-Artistic Director and helped produce more than 30 world premiere plays and musicals.
His works include Byhalia, Mississippi, 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, The Hunted (with Paul Oakley Stovall), 11:11, The Warriors, The Bear Suit of Happiness, B-Side Studio, and Jo & Liv. 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche won Best Overall Production at the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival, enjoyed an Off-Broadway run at Soho Playhouse, and has been produced internationally. His play Byhalia, Mississippi received simultaneous world premieres in seven cities and earned Linder the 2016 Jeff Award for Best New Work before later being produced at the Kennedy Center.
A graduate of the College of Charleston, he received the college’s Alumni of the Year Award in 2016. Evan currently serves as the Director of New Works at Playhouse on the Square and runs the Seed to Script Playwright Development Program with LoneTree Live.