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Play Structure

October 26, 2025
Playwright Brigid Amos sits down with world renowned playwright  Emma Goldman-Sherman to further dive into the world of dramaturgy. 


Credits:

Audio Engineer Gary Glor

One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou 


References:


Emma Goldman-Sherman Bio:


Emma Goldman-Sherman is a playwright and coach who teaches Structure Is Not a Dirty Word and other fun classes full of  useful, world-changing tools. They can be reached at BraveSpace.online or subscribe to their Substack for weekly prompts. 



Structure is not a dirty word

https://goldmansherman.substack.com/p/structure-is-not-a-dirty-word


Aristotelean Structure

https://pwcenter.org/article/decoding-the-6-aristotelean-elements-of-drama/

August Wilson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson


Caryl Churchill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryl_Churchill


Suzan Lori Parks 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzan-Lori_Parks


Jaclyn Backhaus

https://www.jaclynbackhaus.com/


María Irene Fornés

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Irene_Forn%C3%A9s


Claire Baron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Barron


Helen Banner

https://helenbanner.com/


Hansol Jung

https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/contemporaryplaywrightsofcolor/hansol-jung


Jeremy O. Harris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_O._Harris


Octavia Butler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler


Brave Space

https://www.bravespace.online/


Emma’s Brave Space.online Substack

https://goldmansherman.substack.com/