In July 2016, YPT held our first-ever multidisciplinary arts camp: the Lincoln Heights Arts Camp! Led by YPT staff and local artists, campers explored the faces and places of Northeast DC through photography, playwriting, audio design and visual art. The camp culminated in a final showcase, where campers read excerpts from their plays and showed off… Continue reading Reflections on the Lincoln Heights Arts Camp
This year, three YPT superstars - Sam Burris, Nana Gongadze and Anna Vargas - graduated from high school. All three have been in our work since middle school, have had their plays produced and were long-term members of our Student Advisory Council. Most recently, Sam and Anna interned with us as part of their "Senior Experience"… Continue reading Parting Words from YPT Students
YPT's 2016 New Play Festival featured fifteen hilarious, touching, charming and empowering plays written by young playwrights from across the DC area. From stories of time travel and magical homework to dance-offs and basketball showdowns, these fifteen plays shared the powerful voices of some of DC's most exciting young artists! Before the performance of their play, each… Continue reading The 2016 New Play Festival – Playwright Speeches
“I’m not just writing for myself, I’m writing for everybody.” - Dominique Butler The young playwrights that YPT serves are all immensely gifted: smart and creative; funny and dramatic; profoundly invested in the world they create on the page. All go on to do great things, and many who complete our In-School Playwriting Program choose… Continue reading Who’s Next? Dominique Butler and YPT’s Young Artist Fellowship
YPT previews GIRLS WRITE OUT!, the first performance of our 2015-2016 season! This professional staged reading celebrates the power of young women's voices, with performances of plays and monologues by female playwrights ages 12-22! Part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival. Monday, October 19 at 7pm - FREE!
Dear YPT family, Hello! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Thembi Duncan and I am YPT’s new Creative Programs Director. I am overjoyed to meet all of you, and to take on a leadership role in an organization I have loved and admired for so long! Allow me to tell… Continue reading A New Beginning
YPT's 2015 New Play Festival is just around the corner! This year, our Featured and Finalist Playwrights were so creative that we couldn't fit all their work in one show (or book), so we posted it here! Take a look and join us April 20-22 at 7pm at GALA Hispanic Theatre to see the 2015 New Play Festival live onstage!
Eat, drink, dance and give back ... to the future! Celebrate YPT's 20th Anniversary THIS SATURDAY with an elegant and eclectic Back to the Future-themed gala evening. Click for more information!
On January 27, 2015, YPT organized an open mic-style pop-up event to respond to the #BlackLivesMatter movement in America. Held at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Silence Is Violence: A #BlackLivesMatter Event featured YPT students and professional artists reading work inspired by the movement. The event culminated in space for community reflection and response. YPT Program Associate and Teaching Artist Farah… Continue reading Reflections on Silence Is Violence: A #BlackLivesMatter Event
Happy New Year! Traditionally at this time, we present a countdown of things that we are excited for in the coming year. In honor of our 20th Anniversary, we are mixing it up a bit this year! Start your 2015 with this list of ten YPT milestones: Then and Now. Join us in celebrating our past and gearing… Continue reading YPT Then and Now
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