Playwrights Theatre Opens 31st Annual New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest and Festival

Founded in 1986, Playwrights Theatre is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit professional theatre and arts education institution dedicated to developing and nurturing the dramatic imagination of artists, students, and audiences. Our New Play Program creates development opportunities for professional writers through readings, workshops and productions, and invites audiences to participate in authentic feedback experiences. Our New Jersey Writers Project, Poetry Out Loud, New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest and Festival, and Creative Arts Academy programs provide a comprehensive and hands-on arts education experience to over 31,000 students, Pre-K through adult.

Writers in the New Play Program are drawn from across the country, including our affiliation with the National New Play Network, a nation-wide group of theatres dedicated to the development and production of new work. Teaching Artists in our Education Programs are professional artists working in their field in the New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia metropolitan areas.

From 2003-2013, we have been designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (along with only four other theatres: The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, George Street Playhouse, McCarter Theatre Center and Paper Mill Playhouse) as "an anchor institution that contributes vitally to the quality of life in New Jersey."

31st Annual New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest and Festival Playwrights Theatre is currently accepting submissions for the 31st Annual New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest and Festival. Interested young playwrights must submit their plays online at www.njypf.org.

High School plays must be received no later than 11:59pm on January 13, 2013.

Elementary and Junior High School entries must be received no later than 11:59pm on January 14, 2013.

For complete details and submission guidelines, visit www.njypf.org, or contact Jim DeVivo, Direction of Education at 973-514-1787 X14 or njypf@ptnj.org, or visit the New Jersey Young Playwrights Blog at http://njyoungplaywrights.blogspot.com/

Plays are accepted in the following Divisions:
Elementary (Grades 4-6)
Junior High (Grades 7-9)
High School (Grades 10-12)

NEW THIS YEAR! Revolutionary Plays (Grades 4-12) For plays written to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of the State of NJ. This category is for plays written to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of the State of NJ. Cash prizes will be awarded. For this category, three plays, one in each grade range, may be awarded a $100 US Savings Bond, and their school a $50 Gift Card towards the purchase of Books for their library. For specific information on the Revolutionary Plays, visit our website http://www.ptnj.org/miscpage/revolutionary-plays . The Revolutionary Plays category is presented as part of NJ350 http://officialnj350.com/ the 350th anniversary of New Jersey's existence as a state.

Adult Fall Playwriting Workshop

Taught by Playwrights Theatre's Artistic Director (and 2012 NJ State Council on the Arts Playwriting Fellowship winner) John Pietrowski, this will be a basic workshop class where students share work in a supportive environment. Enrollment is open to students of all levels of experience, classes will provide exercises to beginners working on their first play as well as experienced writers who are further down the road.

Fall 2013 Session
Mondays, 7:00-10:00pm
October 28 - December 30, 2013
Tuition is $275 ($250 for returning students)

It's quick and easy to register online or call us at 973-514-1787 X21.

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