2018 New Play Festival
Three Magical Nights of 15 Professionally-Produced, Original
Student-Written Plays
 

May 7, 14 & 21, 2018
THEARC
Introducing the 2018 New Play Festival Featured Playwrights

May 7, Elementary School Playwrights	May 14, Middle School Playwrights	May 21, High School Playwrights
Jessica Roane, Shepherd Elementary School Echo, the Honest Dolphin	Mattie Isaac, DC International School The Haunting of Dalter Meade	Josie Walyus, H-B Woodlawn High School Three Cheers to Grace
Belen Gonzales, Emma Paladino and Frankie Ozug, Mundo Verde PCS A Dangerous Path	Amija Coleman, Washington School for Girls The Dark Path	Shyann Buie, Cardozo Education Campus Discovering Alex
Jamari Munford, Tubman Elementary School Adventure in Space	Marley Sowah, DC International School Not Another Afternoon Delay	Maria Dimalanta, Wakefield High School My Bittersweet Journey in Life
Natalie Aguilar,  Tubman Elementary School Star's Adventure	Gabrielle Minor, Washington School for Girls A Poet's Language
Bryan Mercado, Mundo Verde PCS Danger Quest	Kemistry Ingram, Washington School for Girls Better Together
Jalil Poole,  Tubman Elementary School Monstertelle

 

The Road to New Play Festival

Track our journey to the big event here!

2018 New Play Festival launches with an exciting night of elementary, middle and high school plays!
May 7 -21, 2018

This year's New Play Festival was so much fun! Our 16 featured playwrights brought fantastic stories to the stage!

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Elementary School Night	Middle School Night	High School Night

 
2018 New Play Festival Rehearsals
May 5, 2018

Cast members Lori Pitts, Amal Saade, Ariana Almajan, Teshonne Powell, Jonathan Del Palmer, Jonathan Rizzardi, Caroline Lucas, Raghad Almakhlouf, Thomas Ellis and Clair Aniela along with director Avery Collins and crew rehearsed plays for Middle School at Young Playwrights' Theater.

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April 28, 2018

Cast members Noah Israel, Andrew Flurer, Tierra Coates, Suzanne Edgar and Angeleaza Anderson rehearsed in the beautiful THEARC Theatre along with Director Dan Mori, Stage Manager Keta Newborn, Props Designer Caroline Tyson and Sound Designer Kevin Alexander, and YPT Program Associate Claudia Rosales Waters!

 

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2018 New Play Festival First Readings!
April 7, 2018
 

2018 New Play Festival featured playwrights and their families had a chance to meet the cast and crew of their plays. Casts read the plays aloud for the first time and asked the playwrights questions for insight into their stories to help inform the artistic process!

 

See photos from the 2018 New Play Festival First Read!

2018 New Play Festival Kick-Off Party
January 13, 2018

YPT invited the 2018 New Play Festival featured and finalist playwrights and their friends and families to celebrate becoming produced and published playwrights! YPT production staff and dramaturgs and script advisors talked about dramaturgy and the production process. Families learned more about YPT, and the playwrights got to know about each other's plays! 

 

See more photos from the New Play Festival Kick-Off Party!