2018 New Play Festival Recap
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
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May 7, Elementary School Playwrights |
May 14, Middle School Playwrights |
May 21, High School Playwrights |
Jessica Roane, |
Mattie Isaac, DC International School The Haunting of Dalter Meade |
Josie Walyus, |
Belen Gonzales, Emma Paladino and Frankie Ozug, |
Amija Coleman, Washington School for Girls The Dark Path |
Shyann Buie, |
Jamari Munford, Tubman Elementary School |
Marley Sowah, DC International School Not Another Afternoon Delay |
Maria Dimalanta, |
Natalie Aguilar, |
Gabrielle Minor, Washington School for Girls A Poet's Language |
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Bryan Mercado, |
Kemistry Ingram, Washington School for Girls Better Together |
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Jalil Poole,
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2018 New Play Festival Journey
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!
See moments from:
Elementary School Night | Middle School Night | High School Night |
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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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See more moments from Middle School Night Rehearsals!
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!
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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!
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See more photos from the New Play Festival Kick-Off Party!