Students have the opportunity to work with the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence, playwright and artist, Stew this Spring in his class, Playwriting: The Musical, ENG/JRN 3630/3630H, THE 3052/3052H, Wed. 2:30 – 5:25.
Stew has produced multiple award-winning albums, both in his solo career and with his band, The Negro Problem. In 2008, his musical Passing Strange was nominated for Tony awards in seven categories and won for Best Book; it also received two Obie awards for Best New Theater Piece and Best Ensemble. Passing Strange was made into a 2010 movie by Spike Lee, with whom Stew has also worked on the Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It.
Check out the trailer of Passing Strange here:
From week to week, as Stew builds a musical, students will be right there with him, observing and analyzing the way songs and dialogue are created, experimenting, engaging, and writing songs and scenes of your own. Each week’s class will have a different theme, addressing another aspect of how Stew’s unique brand of musical theater is created.
In Fall of 2021, the musical that emerges will be performed as the Baruch student play.
To register for this course, students must submit an application. The deadline has been extended and is still welcoming applications. Applications are available through this link: https://baruch.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3rDgrBt4JNfXE4B