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Young Playwrights’ Theater teaches students to express themselves clearly and creatively through the art of playwriting.
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The Heights of Change
New Writers Now

How can theater help us bridge the gentrification gap? 

Young playwrights explore rapid change in an urban neighborhood. How can a community grow while honoring its past? How can the needs of long-time residents be balanced against the desires of newcomers?  Join us for an evening of original plays by student playwrights. The Heights of Change
is presented as part of YPT’s New Writers Now series of student plays performed in a staged reading by professional actors, followed by community discussion. 


  
FREE
Monday, February 22, 2010

6:15 PM  Reception
7:00 PM Performance

GALA Hispanic Theatre
3333 14th Street NW
Washington DC 20010

 

 

Announcing New Play Festival 2010!
April 19-21

During the fall of 2009, YPT worked with over 580 students at 12 schools. Together they completed over 450 plays. Thirty-two of these plays were recommended for the reading committee, made up of professional theater artists.  Eight have been chosen for the annual New Play Festival to be held on April 19, 20 and 21st at GALA Hispanic Theatre.  We congratulate these eight students and look forward to sharing more about them in the coming months. 

  • Mariana’s Wish by Mariana Pavon
    (Wakefield High School)

  • Altador(k) by Eduardo Reyes
    (Bell Multicultural High School)

     
  • Daft Desire by Kenrry Alvarado
    (Bell Multicultural High School)

     
  • Going Down the Evolution Ladder by Brenda Reyes
    (Banneker High School)
     
     
  • The Art or Science of Sign Flipping by Becky Koretz
    (Wilson High School)

  • Viordanna and the Knight by Melissa Joskow
    (H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program)

  • 3434 by Kalia Snowden
    (Wilson High School)

  • Love Math and Martians Don’t Mix by Cassidy Boomsma
    (Swanson Middle School)
YPT Is One of the Best Small Charities in the Region

Young Playwrights’ Theater is proud to announce that we have been chosen by a panel of 90 expert reviewers for inclusion in the 2009 – 2010 Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington.

Selected from a field of nearly 240 organizations, the Catalogue calls YPT “one of the best small charities in the Washington, DC region.”
 
Click here to check our online profile on the Catalogue website.

 

New YPT Photos!

YPT has had an eventful fall season, with more programming and performances than ever before.  If you’d like to relive your favorite YPT moments, or get a view to what you’ve missed then take a peek at our photo albums.

To view photo albums from our fall performances click here,
or visit our Flickr photostream. 

The YPT Documentary

Young Playwrights’ Theater is proud to premiere our new documentary! This film captures the magic that occurs in YPT workshops, and the thrill of YPT performances. You can hear directly from YPT staff, teaching artists, actors and students whose lives have been changed by learning to express themselves clearly and creatively through the art of playwriting. 

It was created by filmmaker Ken Chalk over a year of filming throughout the DC Area.  At just under ten minutes long, it is an ideal way to share the magic of YPT with your friends and family. Watch the video and then forward it to a friend, colleague or potential playwright. Help us spread the message to the next generation of playwrights!  

David Andrew Snider wins the Meyer Foundation's Exponent Award

We are proud to announce that our own Producing Artistic Director and CEO David Andrew Snider has won the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation’s Exponent Award in honor of his innovative leadership.  Mr. Snider has led Young Playwrights’ Theater since 2005. 
The Exponent Award celebrates the accomplishments of exceptional nonprofit leaders. In selecting its awardees, the Foundation considered each nominee’s track record as a manager and leader, including his or her success at increasing the quality and impact of the organization’s work. 
"David is the rare combination of a great artist and great leader.   He works tirelessly to ensure Young Playwrights’ Theater thrives at improving the lives of thousands of students.  He is an inspired and inspiring advocate for the entire nonprofit community of Greater Washington.  I am thrilled he will receive this award."       
           --  Karen Zacarias, Founding Artistic Director
To see video, view pictures and learn more about David and the Exponent Award click here. 

 

To download a printable two-page flier about Young Playwrights’ Theater click here.

YPT Is Proud to Participate in the 2009 Combined Federal Campaign!

Are you a federal government employee working in the DC area?

If so, please consider giving to YPT through this year’s Combined Federal Campaign for the National Capital Area (CFCNCA).
 
The CFC is the largest annual workplace charity campaign, raising millions of dollars each year for thousands of non-profits by enabling federal employees to pledge gifts through pre-tax payroll deductions. The campaign runs from September to December, 2009.
 
YPT’s CFCNCA number is 64148.
 
Be sure to reference this number when you make your pledge.
 
By choosing to give to YPT through your workplace, you are showing thousands of students throughout the DC area that their voices count, and you are helping to write a better future for our region’s youth.
 
Please click here to visit the CFCNCA website for more information on how to participate in the 2009 campaign, or inquire about the 2009 CFCNCA campaign at your workplace.
Charlee Mize
Promising Playwright, January 2010

Charlee Mize is the first student you see in the YPT Documentary. She stands confidently next to YPT actor Fatima Quander and invites the audience into the tale:  

Fatima - Let us tell you a story!
Charlee - Yes, let's begin.
"I was amazed when I saw the YPT Documentary," Charlee enthuses. "I was one out of a bunch of students that are playwrights. I felt chosen."
 
Charlee is in the 5th grade at Key Elementary in Washington DC. This fall she participated in YPT's
In-School Playwriting Program at Fillmore Arts Center. "I wish I could do it again this spring!" she says.  "Since it's not offered, I think I'll study Shakespeare, sculpture and geometry."
 
 

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