Students in several classes are working on creating scripts, using their original ideas and literature for inspiration. In Mr. Baldwin’s fifth grade theater class, students used props to improvise original storylines. In his sixth grade theater class, students utilized character archetypes from Comedia Del Arte to showcase various relationships from classical comedic scripts. In Ms. Reed’s sixth grade classes, students wrote scripts and videotaped dialogue adapted from the Jason Reynolds novel Ghost, which they had read in class. In eighth grade English, Ms. Haywood and Ms. Breitman’s students performed scenes from the play Inherit the Wind, and improvised scripted dialogue between characters imagining how the conflicts of the story continued in imagined scenes. By taking on the role of playwright, students get a lens into the creative process and dig deeper into the emotions and motivations for the characters they have learned about.