Kung Fu Playwriting Workshop on September 25, 2025.

Kung Fu helped me be a better writer. It’s an art—a martial art. I practiced the same Kung Fu as Bruce Lee—Jeet Kune Do. That practice is all about the fact that there is no one way. It’s about being open to possibilities and getting out of your brain and letting your body be open to whatever device can be used. That’s how I arrived at how the story tells you how it wants to be told.

The Department of Theatre & Dance will host a playwriting workshop featuring Philip Dawkins, whose work Failure: A Love Story is currently on our Tedford Stage. The workshop will be held Thursday, September 25 from 3:30-5:00 pm in the Ring Theatre of the Scales Fine Arts Center.

Philip Dawkins is a Chicago playwright and educator. His plays include Failure: A Love Story, Le Switch, The Homosexuals,and Dr.Seuss’s The Sneetches, the Musical with composer David Mallamud, as well as many plays for young audiences and performers. He received the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work for his plays Charm and Miss Marx: Or The Involuntary Side Effect of Living, as well as the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Solo Performance for his play, The Happiest Place on Earth.

Space is limited. WFU students should sign up on the Google sheet linked HERE.