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Young Playwrights' Theater
Theater Program for Low Income Kids Rewrites Script on Possibilities
Thu Oct 6 2016, Headlines for the Hopeful
Headlines for the Hopeful featured several standout students and alumni in a story about the impact of our work.
Theater Brings Literacy to Life for Kids
Thu Jul 28 2016, GOOD
GOOD featured YPT in the "Alphabet of Literacy" series, which explored the intersection of performance and literacy across the US.
'From Script to Production: My Journey with YPT' by Marisa Poe
Fri May 13 2016, DC Metro Theater Arts
Marisa Poe, a middle school student, describes her experience as a produced playwright in YPT's 2016 New Play Festival.
My Experience with Young Playwrights' Festival and My Play 'Room' by Jarid Shields
Fri May 13 2016, DC Metro Theater Arts
Jarid Shields, a high school student, describes her experience as a featured playwright in YPT's 2016 New Play Festival.
To Do Today: Girls Write Out!, Ex-Cult, and Braids
Mon Oct 19 2015, Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper featured YPT's Women's Voices Theatre Festival production "Girls Write Out!" in To Do Tonight.
From YPT, Nora Foster and Kaitlyn Murphy, Womens' Voices Theater Festival
Wed Oct 7 2015, DC Theatre Scene
Student playwrights Nora Foster and Kaitlyn Murphy are interviewed being produced by YPT in the city-wide Women's Voices Theatre Festival.
FROM PAGE TO STAGE: YPT HELPS DC YOUTH FIND THEIR VOICES
Tue Sep 15 2015, The Daily Do Good
The Daily Do Good featured YPT's work, including interviews with students, alumnae and staff leadership.
Young Playwrights' Theater New Play Festival at GALA Hispanic Theatre
Wed Apr 22 2015, Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper placed the 2015 New Play Festival at the top of its "ToDo Today" list for April 22, 2015.
THE NEW PLAY FESTIVAL AT YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATER: MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAYS
Wed Apr 22 2015, Theatre Bloom
A review of Night 2 in YPT's 2015 New Play Festival, featuring four middle school playwrights.
"Live to inspire and to be inspired."
Behind the Scenes of Young Playwrights' Theater's 2015 New Play Festival, Which Continues Tonight at GALA Hispanic Theatre at 7 PM
Tue Apr 21 2015, DC Metro Theater Arts
YPT Actor Rick Westerkamp takes reader behind the scenes of YPT's 2015 New Play Festival, discussing his experience working with YPT.
15 young playwrights featured in YPT New Play Festival, April 20 22
Mon Apr 20 2015, DC Theatre Scene
DC Theatre Scene covers YPT's annual New Play Festival, with interviews from YPT's Artistic and Executive Directors.
15 young playwrights featured in YPT New Play Festival, April 20 22
Mon Apr 20 2015, DC Theatre Scene
DC Theatre Scene provides a preview of YPT's 2015 New Play Festival, with interviews from YPT's Artistic and Executive Directors.
Young Playwright's Theater 20th Anniversary
Tue Feb 10 2015, WeACT Radio
Radio host Kymone Freeman interviews YPT staff and student playwrights featured in YPT's 2015 winter staged reading.
Anacostia Playhouse hosts Young Playwrights' #nofilter
Thu Feb 5 2015, Afro American
Afro American newspaper covers YPT's winter staged reading at the Anacostia Playhouse, featuring four plays by young, black women
Young Playwrights' Theater Presents The 20th Anniversary Festival at Theater J
Tue Dec 16 2014, DC Metro Theater Arts
Local theater blog reviews YPT's 20th Anniversary Festival: "Really? A pre-teen wrote this? No way! They did? Wow!"
20 favorite YPT plays performed as Young Playwrights' Theater turns 20
Mon Dec 8 2014, DC Theatre Scene
Advanced coverage of YPT's 20th Anniversary Festival, with interviews from YPT staff as well as partner companies.
The Young Playwrights' Theater is Celebrating it's 20th Anniversary
Thu Dec 4 2014, NewsChannel8
YPT staff and an alum appear on WJLA to discuss YPT's 20th Anniversary Festival, featuring 20 student plays from throughout our history.
Helping the Arts
Sat Nov 1 2014, Through the Noise: The Business of Communicating for Nonprofits
YPT Communications Associate Jeff Gilliland joins "Through the Noise" podcast to discuss nonprofit communications strategies.
Young Playwrights' Theater wins 2014 The Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management
Thu May 22 2014, The Washington Post
YPT was awarded the 2014 Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management, by the Center for Nonprofit Advancement.
The Young Playwright's Theater's 'New Play Festival'
Wed Apr 30 2014, DC Metro Theater Arts
Coverage of YPT's annual New Play Festival, featuring elementary school aged playwrights featured on Night One of the festival.
D.C. nonprofit chooses Pharr's Garcia Elementary School to pilot playwriting program
Mon Mar 17 2014, The Monitor
Newspaper coverage from the Rio Grande Valley about YPT's pilot program in Pharr, TX.
"Boredom: Exit, stage left."
Eat for Good at the Young Playwrights' Theater 2014 Giving Voice Award Gala
Wed Mar 12 2014, Pamela's Punch
Blogger Lindsey Clark provides a sneak peek at YPT's second annual Giving Voice Award Gala, honoring Busboys & Poets founder Andy Shallal.
Young Playwrights' plays: Truth and Dare
Fri Feb 14 2014, DC Theatre Scene
A review of YPT's winter 2014 staged reading: "YPT performing student plays is activism in its most direct form."
Pharr ISD partners with D.C based arts education program
Thu Jan 23 2014, Valley Town Crier
A reporter highlights YPT's satellite program in a border town in Texas.
Detroit poets + Washington D.C. playwrights = An educational partnership that seeks to break down city stereotypes
Fri Oct 18 2013, Detroit Unspun
A blogger highlights YPT's collaboration with a Detroit nonprofit, connecting students from the two cities through creative writing.
Young Playwrights' Workshop Presents
Fri Jun 14 2013, WeLoveDC
WeLoveDC interviews Artistic Director Nicole Jost about YPT's after-school Young Playwrights' Workshop.
Down With YPT
Tue Jun 11 2013, The Washington Post
"... writing my own plays and acting them out, it's not someone else's work. It's ours."
Students Find an Outlet Through Playwriting
Tue Apr 2 2013, Education Week
Teachers, students, and community members gathered last week to recognize plays written by area students
Local student playwriting organization publishes first book
Thu Mar 28 2013, The Washington Post
The book, "Write to Dream," collects more than 30 student-written plays that cover friendship, gentrification, bullying and greed.
Nonprofit's turnaround has brought it lots of attention
Sun Jun 3 2012, The Washington Post
" was picked as a finalist last month in a competition honoring excellence in nonprofit management"
YPT's New Play Festival: Young Playwrights Turn Life Into Plays
Thu Apr 26 2012, DC Theatre Scene
"I felt as though I had been allowed into a world my children rarely let me see"
Mad Love (an Anti-Valentine's Day Performance)
Tue Feb 14 2012, DC Theatre Scene
... these kids wrote some of the freshest, most vibrant, and flat-out funny theatre that I have seen since last summer's Fringe Festival.
First Lady to Present Award to Young Playwrights' Theater
Wed Oct 20 2010, The Washington Post
First lady Michelle Obama presents the 2010 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award to Young Playwrights' Theater.
Five Leaders Honored for Perseverance in Downturn
Mon Oct 5 2009, The Washington Post
David Snider wins the Meyer Foundation Exponent Award.
2009 Meyer Foundation Exponent Awards
Mon Oct 5 2009, The Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation Website
YPT Producing Artistic Director and CEO David Snider wins the 2009 Exponent Award for visionary nonprofit leadership.
Choosing Change
Fri May 15 2009, WAMU 88.5
Stephanie Kay of local NPR station WAMU 88.5 produced three separate pieces on YPT's Choosing Change. The longest of these aired May 15th.
Writing Two Roles for Herself: Tonight's Premiere is Latest Labor of Love for Dramatist-Mom Karen Zacarias
Fri May 8 2009, The Washington Post
Welcome to the first in an occasional series of profiles about the people who bring Washington's weekends to life.
Behind Bards: Oak Hill students Choose Change
Wed May 6 2009, The Northwest Current
"Choosing Change," on stage this week at the GALA Hispanic Theatre, begins with a blast of music . . .
White House Musical: Students tell the history of the white house through song and dance
Mon Jan 5 2009, ABC News
YPT partners with the White House Historical Society and the Kennedy Center on Chasing George Washington: A White House Adventure . . .
DCist Interview: Patrick Torres, Young Playwrights' Theater
Fri Mar 14 2008
DCist, a popular local blog did an in-depth article on Young Playwrights' Theater and Program Manager, Patrick Torres in advance of the 2008 New Play Festival.
"Chasing George Washington" Performed at White House
Fri Mar 7 2008
On Friday March 7th, the new musical Chasing George Washington: A White House Adventure, written by YPT's Founding Artistic Director Karen Zacarias with help from YPT students at Capitol City Public Charter School had a special performance in the White House's East Room.
Sojourners: Dramatic Possibilities
Tue Jan 1 2008
Sojourners, a magazine of faith, politics and culture wrote about YPT Founding Artistic Director, Karen Zacarias in their article "Dramatic Possibilites."
Washington Examiner: The Next Generation of Playwrights
Thu Jun 7 2007
The Washington Examiner lauds YPT's Express Tour as "the future of American the American Stage."
Washington Post: On The Rise
Tue May 29 2007
Students from YPT's afterschool program at Kelly Miller Middle school are featured in the Kidspost for their original play based on Maya Angelou's Poem "I Rise."
Washington Post: A Creative Teenager Mourned, Celebrated
Tue May 22 2007
The May "New Writers Now!" staged reading was a tribute to Edwin Ventura, a student at Bell Multicultural High School who tragically lost his life in April of 2007.