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The Nation of Immigrants Project
Presented by Patrick Crowley and YPT
Young Playwrights’ Theater and playwright Patrick Crowley, in partnership with GALA Hispanic Theatre, presented the professional premiere of The Nation of Immigrants Project. The community was invited to readings and discussion of this new play, generated via community and in-school workshops and written by Patrick Crowley with support from the Creative Communities Fund of the National Capital Region. The evening was an exciting exploration of multiple points of view, hot button topics and great insight into one artistic process and how a community can integrate their voices and views into a work of art. We are gratified that so many chose to join us and offer their points of view on this Nation of Immigrants. Special thanks to GALA Hispanic Theatre.
American Rice
 The Smithsonian Institution commissioned Young Playwrights’ Theater to create an original piece on Asian American identity. YPT Program Manager Patrick Torres led six months of workshops with Asian American students through Washington, ranging in age from elementary to high School. Patrick Crowley compiled their writing into American Rice, which was performed at the Smithsonian Institutions’ Discovery Theater in May of 2007.American Rice was also produced by the Discovery Theater again in the Spring of 2008.
African Roots Latino Soul
Karen Zacarias explored this question in her innovative piece African Roots/Latino Soul. Students from MacFarland Middle School and Bell Multicultural High School provided original writing on their African, Latino and Caribbean heritage. Karen Zacarias molded their work into African Roots/Latino Soul presented by the Smithsonian Institution’s Discovery Theater in October 2006 and produced again in October 2007 in response to viewer demand.
Retratos
Inspired by the National Portrait Gallery’s traveling art exhibit Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits, YPT’s Retratos was commissioned by the Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater. More than 60 students from Bancroft Elementary, Oyster Elementary and Lincoln Middle school created stories, dialogues and monologues in response to the exhibit’s paintings. Students were invited to imagine the lives of those in the portraits. The resulting play, compiled by Karen Zacarias was a celebration of Hispanic history and culture, performed in October 2005.
Choices
After reading Elie Weisel’s Night and through pen-pal relationships with the Kfar HaNoar Mozenson school students in Hod HaSharon, Israel, the Bell students were inspired to express their own struggles with violence and loss. Karen Zacarias worked with them to create Choices. Students told of losing their houses to arson, and holding dying friends in their arms as a means of trying to imagine the degree of loss and sacrifice endured by those targeted during the Holocaust, as well as their resolve.
Holy Ghosts: Stories from Meridian Hill
Students interviewed community members about their experiences and memories of the park. Their play Holy Ghosts: Stories from Meridian Hill was performed in Meridian Hill Park in 2001 by professional actors.
Special Projects Photo Album
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YPT is partnering with organizations east of the Anacostia river to explore the rich history and generate community dialogue around 
Choosing Change
A world premiere Kennedy Center co-commission
“What is the music inside you?” 
Written by Bell Multicultural High School students in reaction to the Holocaust, Choices was a life-changing experience for many of its writers. 
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