Tag: Young Playwrights’ Theater
Who’s getting DC theaters to do the work that undoes racism?
Among consultants working with local arts organizations to end racist and oppressive practices, Young Playwrights' Theater is playing a leading role.
Three emerging theater artists confront whitewashing of Black stories
While our country was taking a collective sigh of relief after the guilty verdicts convicting George Floyd's murderer last week, systemic racism continued to...
To be young, gifted, and Black in a white theater—YPT breaks...
In Silence Is Violence: The Future of the Field—the latest installment of Young Playwrights’ Theater’s (YPT) social justice performance series—three Black characters in the early...
Page to Stage Festival 2019: Tastings from a Buffet (Part Two)
Kennedy Center's annual Page to Stage Festival is always chock full of tempting offerings, and the challenge of deciding what to see is daunting....
What To See This Week: Young Playwright’s Theater Presents ‘Silence is...
A movement is taking flight and Young Playwright’s Theater (YPT) is one of its co-pilots. Their upcoming Silence is Violence event will explore environmental...
‘From Script to Production: My Journey with YPT’ by Marisa Poe
Young Playwrights’ Theater (YPT) is a non-profit organization that gives kids the chance to work as playwrights in professional environments. YPT visits schools teaching...
Young Playwrights’ Theater Presents The 20th Anniversary Festival at Theater J
“Really? A pre-teen wrote this? No way!They did? Wow!”
Those were my thoughts as I was drawn into the celebration of “the best of” twenty years of...
The Young Playwright’s Theater’s ‘New Play Festival’
Inspiring students to realize the power of their own voices for nearly 20 years, The Young Playwright’s Theatre is hosting their annual New Play...
Young Playwrights’ Theater Honors Playwright Paula Vogel on 2/9 with...
Young Playwrights’ Theater to Honor World-Renowned Playwright Paula Vogel with the 2013 Giving Voice Award
Gala Evening of Food, Drinks, Live Music and Silent Auction...