Young Playwrights Fest
Mother Road Theatre Company Presents Its Second Annual New Mexico Young Playwrights Festival
Welcome to the 2nd Annual NEW MEXICO YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT. This groundbreaking project nurtures young writers and future theatre-goers, while helping to raise literacy rates in New Mexico. We are currently soliciting plays from student writers throughout the state for the 2nd Annual NEW MEXICO YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST and would like to invite your students to participate.
First, a huge “Thank You” to all who participated in last year’s inaugural Festival and contributed to its success. Over 40 plays from public, private and home schools were submitted, with almost 100 people participating in the festival.
The winning plays of this years Contest will receive a professional staged reading at the NEW MEXICO YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL on May 2nd, 2009. This event, hosted by MOTHER ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and THE FILLING STATION, will take place at THE FILLING STATION performance space in downtown Albuquerque.
Don’t miss this opportunity to submit any plays that your students have written, are writing now, or that you may have them write as school year projects. This year we invite plays of any length and any subject matter.
This year’s submission deadline is March 31, 2009. You can download a PDF version of the flyer here detailing the specifics of the Contest and the Festival, including submission guidelines. I encourage you to post and distribute this flier to your students, as well as pass it along to anyone who may be interested.
Thank you for your participation in this exciting project. Please don’t hesitate to call or e-mail me for further information. Our young writers have something to say… we should listen.
Warm Regards,
David Sinkus
NMYP Festival Coordinator
Director of Education, Mother Road Theatre Company
david@motherroad.org
