Montana Repertory Theatre is thrilled to invite you to our Playwriting in Schools program—a free, two-day workshop, Saturday, Nov. 2- Sunday, Nov 3,  designed to help educators like you inspire creativity and self-expression in high school students through the art of playwriting. 

Join us in Missoula, MT, where you’ll learn the tools, methodology, and lesson plans needed to guide your students in writing their own 10-minute plays. Led by Jane B. Jones, an accomplished playwright, director, and educator with over nine years of experience at Actors Theatre of Louisville, this workshop promises to provide practical, hands-on techniques that you can implement in your classroom right away.

The workshop will take place at the Mansfield Library on the University of Montana campus, and with Jane’s expertise in creating playful and theatrical works, you'll gain a solid foundation for teaching playwriting to high school students.

This workshop will be a total of 10 hours of credit and a stipend for travel and housing will be provided. 

What: Playwriting in Schools Workshop 

Where: Mansfield Library Missoula, MT

When: Nov. 2- Nov. 3, 2024 

If you’re interested in participating, please contact us to reserve your spot. We are excited to collaborate with you and look forward to helping you inspire the next generation of playwrights!

Jane B. Jones is a playwright, director, and educator. Jones delights in making work that is playfully provocative, surprising, theatrical and humorous. Her play Tell the Truth was commissioned and produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2020 as part of the New Play Project. In 2019 To the Moon and Back was part of the Voices HEaRd Festival in Lexington and Red Alien was a finalist for the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition. Jones has developed several works with the Actors Theatre of Louisville Professional Training Company including many Solo Mios, directing in the New Voices Young Playwrights Festival and Electric Harvest by A. Ray Pamatmat (2019 New Play Project). Jones worked in the Education department at Actors Theatre of Louisville for 9 years. Jones has an MFA in Playwriting from Spalding University and was a Gen 3 Hadley Creative. She has been a guest lecturer at the University of Louisville, Spalding University and co-presented at the Council for Exceptional Children Conference in 2021. She is a KY State certified teacher and began teaching playwriting and directing at the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville in 2019.