“Tectonic Theater Project is a monumental and pioneering voice in American theater. Their work gracefully merges the political and the poetic to excavate truths about the human condition.”
- Lynne Nottage, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright
SUMMER 2026
IN-PERSON + REMOTE TRAININGS
IN PERSON TRAININGS
MOMENT WORK FOR DIRECTORS AND DESIGNERS
with Moisés Kaufman and NJ Agwuna
New York City
Monday, June 15–Thursday, June 18 | 10 am–6pm
New Students: $400 | MWI Alum: $375
Tony and Emmy Award-nominated director and playwright Moisés Kaufman works with directors and designers in a specialized laboratory to explore the elements of the stage (lights, sets, sound, and costumes) through the lens of staging and storytelling.
Participants will learn how to fully harness each element for its dramatic, poetic and narrative potential. Participants will be assigned material to work with for the week. The workshop will be co-taught with NJ Agwuna.
NEW WORKS DEVELOPMENT
Taught by Leigh Fondakowski
New York City
Friday, June 19 | 6:30–9:30 pm
Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21 | 10 am–6 pm
New Students: $400 | MWI Alum: $375
Through writing exercises, group discussion, and the sharing of new work, participants learn how to think theatrically about their material, and how to develop the overall narrative, structure, and theatrical life of the play. Writers will have an opportunity to test their theatrical ideas on their feet in a studio setting. Leigh is an award-winning playwright/director and a founding member of Tectonic Theater Project.
MOMENT WORK FOR THE ACTOR
with Moisés Kaufman and Barbara Pitts
New York City
Monday, June 22–Thursday, June 25 | 10 am–6pm
New Students: $400 | MWI Alum: $375
In this popular offering, Moisés Kaufman empowers actors to use Moment Work to understand the language of the stage and to hone their craft. Kaufman provides actors with tools they can use both in rehearsal and performance to develop characters and deepen their expertise. The workshop will be co-taught with Barbara Pitts.
VIRTUAL WRITING RETREAT
Taught by Leigh Fondakowski
Zoom
Friday, June 26 | 6:30–9:30pm
Saturday, June 27 and Sunday and June 28 | 11 am–6 pm (all times ET)
New Students: $400 | MWI Alumni: $375
Back by popular demand! Participants can work with an original script or devising project at any stage of development: from idea to draft to completed play. Through writing exercises, group discussion, and the sharing of new work, participants learn how to think theatrically about their material, and how to develop the overall narrative, structure, and theatrical life of the play. Leigh is an award-winning playwright/director and a founding member of Tectonic Theater Project.
“Moment Work has become the foundation of my devising methodology: these practices elevate the theatre maker’s ability to precisely articulate their artistic intentions, which makes for strong devisers as well as actors, directors, designers and playwrights.”
- RICH BROWN, Professor, Physical Acting & Devising at Western Washington University
