Playwriting 101 by Ahon Gooptu: A crash course in writing your first 10-minute play!
Age Group: 15-21 years
A crash course in writing your first 10-minute play! Come with ideas, images, or characters you want to include in your new story. We’ll bring 10 essential tools to help you get there.
(Open to all. No prior writing experience required. Please note that participants will be working on a new play idea; do not bring an already existing work for any feedback.)
About the Facilitator
Ahon Gooptu is a playwright-actor, theatre producer, and teaching artist from Kolkata, India. He is drawn to interdisciplinary collaborations for telling queer, brown, and im/migrant narratives that play with memory in non-linear ways. Ahon has worked with the Steppenwolf in Chicago, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Taproot Theatre in Seattle, Treasure Trunk Theatre in New York, Farmers Alley Theatre in Kalamazoo, and Ranan, The Red Curtain, and Pickle Factory Dance Foundation in Kolkata, among other notable companies. He is a founding collective member of Curl (New York, Kolkata, Minneapolis), co-founder and former Managing Producer of Side B Society (Florida), and former Artistic Associate of Make/Shift Theatre Company (Boston, Dublin). Publications include Labor Day Reunion (Writers Workshop, 2026) and All That Glistens: Four Short Plays (Grinnell College Press, 2021). ahongooptu.com
About Dramebaazi
The Creative Arts presents the 5th edition of Dramebaazi – International Arts Festival for the Young.
Rooted in over two decades of arts education and practice, Dramebaazi is a one-of-a-kind platform where young people don’t just witness the arts - they actively create, collaborate, and engage with it.
Bringing together artists, educators, and performers from across disciplines, the festival blends workshops, performances, and conversations into an immersive experience.
Event Venue
Indian Museum: Kolkata, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Colootola, New Market Area, Dharmatala, Taltala, Kolkata, West Bengal 700016, India
INR 850
