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
Excerpts from four response plays to "One in the Chamber", written by members of YPT's Student Advisory Council. See a FREE reading of two of these plays after the final performance of "Chamber" on Sunday, September 6!
On April 22 and 23, YPT will present twelve new student-written plays in the 2013 New Play Festival. Join us on Monday, April 22, for seven fun, family-friendly plays, including A Walk in the Woods by fifth grader Ben Perez. Below, hear from Ben about his inspiration for writing an environmentalist play set in Ecuador, and how… Continue reading A New Play Festival Adventure to the Galapagos
It’s the last week of YPT’s 5-Line Playwriting Challenge! Have you submitted your play yet? We've already received some amazing plays from YPT's super creative community. Check out these teasers below, including this touching play sent to us from our Young Playwrights’ Workshop alumna, Reyna Rios: I LOVE YOU Jasmine: Hi, (shakes Martin’s his hand)… Continue reading 5-Line Playwriting Tips from the Experts
This winter, YPT is turning the tables and giving our supporters the chance to be playwrights! YPT couldn’t ask for better supporters. Over the years, you’ve packed houses at performances, participated in our online contests, joined the conversation on Facebook, gotten 15 to give 15, and run an 8k for us, all helping us grow… Continue reading Announcing YPT’s 5-Line Playwriting Challenge
Calling all YPT superheroes! Acumen Solutions Race for a Cause™ is officially one month away! We can’t wait to run with all our friends and supporters on October 14th! As we enter the final stretch, we’ve recruited the ultimate trainer – our very own Supergirl, YPT's 8k team leader and star of our recent reality show training video!… Continue reading Supergirl’s Training Journal
Acumen Solutions Race for a Cause™ is now almost six weeks away! We are so excited to see all the friends and community members who have registered to participate in the race for YPT, and we can’t wait for October. We’ve been training all summer, but we all know it can be hard to stay motivated. … Continue reading Training Tips from Flatworm
It’s hard to believe, but the mornings are getting cooler, shelves are stocked with back-to-school supplies, and here at YPT we are gearing up for an amazing new year of programming and performances. Summer is almost over, and in less than two months, YPT staff and friends will be lacing up their running (or walking)… Continue reading I’m Running for YPT Because …
Have you heard the exciting news? This fall, YPT is thrilled to be partnering with Acumen Solutions for their 4th Annual Race for a Cause™ 8K and 1Mile Fun Run race on October 14, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia! YPT was selected as one of ten charities benefitting from the race. It’s up to each runner… Continue reading Introducing YPT’s Race for a Cause™ Superhero Teams!
YPT’s Pizza Adventures continue! On Tuesday, April 17, HomeMade Pizza Company’s Logan Circle location generously sponsored YPT’s third pizza fundraiser, donating part of proceeds from all sales of large pizzas, salads, breadsticks and gift cards for the entire day to support the New Play Festival (they even opened two hours earlier than usual for our… Continue reading April Pizza Adventures Part III: HomeMade Pizza Company
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