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| November 27th at
Busboys and Poets
On Monday, November 27th Young Playwrights' Theater will premier its new monthly program New Writers Now! featuring staged readings of recent student works at Busboys and Poets. Featured in our November program:
Busboys and Poets is located at 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009. For more information visit: http://www.busboysandpoets.com/ | ||||||
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We are pleased and proud to
present these students' works to new audiences and grateful for the
support of Busboys and Poets and Target for making New Writers Now!
possible.
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YPT is again proud to
present The Express Tour for audiences throughout the DC metro
area. The Express Tour shares the work of young playwrights with
their greater community in order to create a dialogue that can engage,
entertain, and educate.
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| Promising
Playwright
Kyrtham Franco is a sixth grader at Capitol City Public Charter School and the author of Magnet Dude, featured in this November’s Express Tour. In Magnet Dude, the title character faces the trials and tribulations of life as a super hero. Magnet Dude: Oh my God, it is so hard being a Super Hero! I mean you don’t even get paid and you gotta fight any villain that causes trouble. In order to do that, you gotta lift weights and I HATE lifting weights! Kyrtham’s comedy was inspired by his love of cartoons. “Magnet just popped into my head,” Kyrtham says. He advises other aspiring writers “Just plan and write all your ideas down. Then do a final one and present it in front of an audience so they can critique it.” When Magnet Dude was presented for Kyrtham’s classmates at Capitol City, they thought it was “funny and creative.” Of his own play, Kyrtham says, “I didn’t think it was going to be that good but it got chosen and I was surprised. I got kind of happy and mom’s all kind of excited.” Although he doesn’t have any other dramatic works currently planned, Kyrtham is aiming to become a doctor or a lawyer. He’d like to one day go to college, complete a degree, find a good job and a good house. He currently lives in Takoma Park with his mom, dad, brother, two sisters, two pet birds and a pet gerbil. | ||||||
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Young
Playwrights' Theater is now part of the world's largest and most
successful annual workplace giving campaign, the Combined Federal Campaign
of the National Capitol Area.
This year's CFC theme is "Be A Star in Someone's Life!" By making a tax-free contribution to YPT through the CFC you will be helping us to bring light to new dramatic voices. YPT is agency number 7730 . | ||||||
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