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Write On! 2009- A Great Success!

A Celebration of Student Voices

June 3, 2009 - World Café Live

Watch our video from this year's Write On!

Actors Ashley Kelley and Armando Batista bring a
student play to life on stage at Write On!

Thank You for all your support!

Teacher Happenings: Ruth Aichenbaum, William Penn Charter School

At this year’s Artistic Team Retreat long-time Young Playwrights teacher, Ruth Aichenbaum, decided for the first time to write a full length play to share with her students. Ruth says, “It was my first PYP retreat that I learned the essentials of playwriting… it is because of PYP that today I can proudly say, ‘I wrote a play!’” CLICK HERE to read an excerpt from Ruth’s play, Normalocrity.

Young Playwrights' Spring 2009 Newsletter!

Young Playwrights’ latest newsletter is now available online! CLICK HERE to read about all the exciting happenings at Young Playwrights this year!

2009 Young Voices High School Monologue Festival!

Philadelphia Young Playwrights and InterAct Theatre Company present the 2009 Young Voices High School Monologue Festival!

Check out this article about the Monologue Festival in THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER!

Good theatre takes life and puts it on the stage for everyone to appreciate. We invited high school students to make theatre out of life by writing a monologue - receiving 330 submissions from students throughout the region!

Winning monologues will be performed by professional actors at InterAct Theatre Company!

For more information on the Festival, click here!

2008 Student Winners Announced!

We have announced 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of Philadelphia Young Playwrights' Annual Playwriting Festival here !

There were over 600 plays submitted this year by over 800 students ranging from kindergarten to twelfth grades in city and suburban schools. As you can imagine, the final decisions were not easy ones. 

Young Playwrights strongly believes that all students who submit to our Playwriting Festival should be applauded. Each student playwright who submits a play receives individualized feedback on his or her play!

Please stay tuned for information on free readings and public presentations of winning student plays as part of our 2008-09 Play Development Series!

Philadelphia Young Playwrights' Winning Student Playwright Wins National Competition!

Elyse Pitock, a 2007 Winner of Philadelphia Young Playwrights' Annual Playwriting Festival, has been chosen as a winner of the Young Playwrights Inc. National Playwriting Competition for her play A Snapshot of My Family. Ten winning plays were selected at the national level from over 800 submissions by students all over the country.

Snapshot was originally produced in Philadelphia Young Playwrights' 2007 New Voices: Workshop Productions, and again as a staged reading in collaboration with the Wilma Theater as part of our 2008 Play Development Series.

Elyse will be participating in a Young Playwrights, Inc. writers conference in Mid-January 2009. She will work with a professional director, dramaturg and actors to further explore and revise her play. Staged Readings of Elyse's play and other winning plays will be presented Off-Broadway in New York City on January 12, 13, and 14.

Philadelphia Young Playwrights offers our congratulations to Elyse for her hard work, vision, and perseverance!

2008 New Voices: Workshop Productions of Winning Student Plays!

2008 first place student winners have been selected for production as part of our annual New Voices: Workshop Productions in collaboration with Temple University!

Click here  for show dates and play information! 

Winning plays and monologues were selected from nearly 700 student submissions. Presentations are directed by professional theatre artists, and performed by undergraduate student actors in Temple's Theater Department.

Join us as we kick off our 2008-09 Play Development Series with these inspiring, insightful plays!

Coming Soon... Complete Winners List of 2008 first, second, and third place winning playwrights!

We have yet to announce our full slate of winners at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Stay tuned for further announcements in mid-October.

Philadelphia Young Playwrights Nominated for a Barrymore Award!

Young Playwrights has been nominated for the Ted and Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaboration! This year, Young Playwrights collaborated with the Mural Arts Program during our February Professional Productions of Nia Davis' Poetic Life and Marquis Herring's The Choices We Make. These productions featured not only the great works of these two Young Playwrights, but murals that served as part of the scenic design. 

Newsflash!

Philadelphia Young Playwrights: A Champion in Action!

Philadelphia Young Playwrights has been recognized as a Champion in Action by Citizens Bank. This unique program rewards nonprofit organizations that work hard to champion change in our communities.

Our organization will receive financial support from the Citizens Bank Foundation, media coverage from NBC 10, and volunteer support from Citizens Bank, Greater Philadelphia Cares, NBC 10, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com, and public relations support.

To learn more click here.