Philadelphia Young Playwrights
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Tapping the Potential of Youth and Inspiring Learning Through Playwriting
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania
United States
Last Login: 4/25/2009
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| General | This year Young Playwrights received over 600 submissions to our Playwriting Festival from students across the region! Visit www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org to see out list of winners!
This year's Playwriting Festival Deadline is May 15, 2009. Students from around the region are invited to submit their plays to Philadelphia Young Playwrights' Annual Playwriting Festival. Up to 1,000 students submit their scripts each year.
Members of Young Playwrights' Literary Committee read each script and provide students with individualized written feedback. First, second and third place distinctions are awarded at the elementary, middle and high school levels.
To learn more about the Annual Playwriting Festival visit www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org/submit.php | | Music | Plays are meant to be shared with audiences. Young Playwrights facilitates sharing of students' plays with peers through in school Mini-Festivals, and by bringing them to audiences of the general public in staged readings, workshops and professional productions on our Play Development Series.
Student writers are at the center of our public presentations, participating in casting, rehearsals, marketing, press relations and talk-backs with audiences. | | Movies | This year's Young Voices High School Monologue Festival was a success! We received over 330 submissions this year- 6 times more than last year! Over 300 high school students came to The Playground at the Adrienne to watch performances of the Young Voices High School Monologue Festival. The production was a success, showcasing the works of 17 students, whose monologues were first place winners in the Festival. Each day, winning students participated in post-show talkbacks with the audience and reflected on their experience in the Festival. When asked
about the best part of her experience, one student said, "I loved this experience. If you are a writer, this is the experience you need to explore. Even if you aren’t a writer this experience will help you and others. No matter what you write it will speak to someone. Never be afraid
to express yourself through your words or through your pen."
For more information on the Festival and to read an article about the Festival that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, visit our website at www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org | | Television | Be a part of Philadelphia Young Playwrights!
Come see one of our many readings! Submit your play to our Annual Playwriting Festival! To learn more about how you can be a part of Young Playwrights, visit our website at www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org | | Books | YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS ALUNMUS OPENS NEW PLAY IN NYC:
Dan Kitrosser, a 2002 first place winner for his play, Be Here Now, is now a professional playwright and actor in New York. He will debut his new play, theMUMBLINGS, at American Place Theatre on January 27th. Dan has been a facilitator in Young Playwrights’ Advanced Playwriting Retreat for the last 2 years. In addition to opening his new play, he can currently be in seen Neal Bell’s, Shadow of Himself.
TO THE "HEIGHTS" OF BROADWAY:
In 1993, Quiara Alegria Hudes, then a student at Central High School, submitted her play to Young Playwrights' Annual Playwriting Festival. She won first place and has been writing ever since. Fifteen years and many plays later, Quiara is an accomplished playwright and recently debuted her play, "In the Heights" on Broadway. "In the Heights" won this year's Tony Award for Best New Musical! Congratulations Quiara! For more information on "In the Heights" visit www.intheheightsthemusical.com
Are you an alumnus of Young Playwrights? We want to hear from you! In 2008, Young Playwrights is building a network of Young Playwrights Alums, with a focus on programming and opportunities that YOU are interested in – ranging from theatre-going and social events, readings of Alumni plays, possible mentorship programs with current student playwrights, Teaching Artist Apprenticeships, acting opportunities, and more. Stay tuned for more information! Or, contact the Coordinator of Alumni Programming, Genne Murphy (1999 alum and winner), at genne@phillyyoungplaywrights.org.
| | Heroes | To learn more about Philadelphia Young Playwrights please visit our website at www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org or email info@phillyyoungplaywrights.org
Are you an actor in Philadelphia? Contact Young Playwrights about program acting opportunities. Email Program and Outreach Associate Nirvana Rivera at nirvana@phillyyoungplaywrights.org
Are you current graduate of a theatre program? Contact Young Playwrights about Teaching Artist Apprenticeship opportunities. Email Director of Education and Programs, Amy Hodgdon at amy@phillyyoungplaywrights.org |
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Philadelphia Young Playwrights is dedicated to our belief that every young person has something important to say, worth listening to.
Young Playwrights is an arts education organization that taps the potential of youth and inspires learning through playwriting, in our 20th year of creating intensive playwriting workshops for 1,500 students in up to 50 classrooms throughout the region.
Up to 1,000 student playwrights each year submit their one-act plays to our Annual Playwriting Festival.
To learn more about Young Playwrights visit our website at www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org
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Play Development Series Reading
"Flashback" by Madalaina D'Angelo
Tuesday, May 12 @ 7pm
InterAct Theatre Company
2030 Samsom St. Philadelphia, PA
To learn more about our upcoming readings and productions, visit our website at www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org/onstage.php or give us a call at 215-665-9226
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thank you very very very much.
Thanks for the add, PYP--and for helping emerging voices be heard.
Hey, I just wanted to say that I love love love PYP for all that they've done for me over the past 3 years of being involved with them. I also want to say that i love love love the staff members of PYP and all the incredible actors, dramaturgs and just general people that I've met through them, I've come to think of you all as members of my family and wouldn't trade all of our experiences for the world. I'm truly blessed to have met such wonderful people.
yours truly,
Marquis
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein spins a comic and moving tale about the pitfalls that await female political appointees. On the eve of Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes' nomination as Surgeon General, a witty and dangerous cast of characters stir the calm waters of her Georgetown home. And when sexy "post-feminist" Quincy Quince enters the picture, even Lyssa's husband Walter can't be trusted.
Starring: Kevin Bergen, Keith Conallen, Jennie Eisenhower, Kaci Fannin, Carl Granieri, Tom McCarthy, Kathryn Peterson, Tobias Segal,
Maureen Torsney Weir, William Zielinsky
Admission is FREE • Reservations required
RSVP to 215.985.1400 x311 or stages@philadelphiatheatrecompany.org
PYPW...i just want to say thankyou for the work that you do. This orginization has changed my life in alll good ways. Keep up the good work.......Philadelphia Young Playwrights changing the world one play at a time...theres a new sloggin 4 you...lol.
This organization is by far one of the best in the city at what it does! We need more programs like it! Thank you PYP for employing actors and enriching the lives of students who want to change lives!
yea!!!! So happy to see you on myspace. Philly Young Playwrights rocks my world and all the young peeps in Philly that have had the chance to be a part of it.
Changing lives one word at a time.