Teen Playwriting Masterclass: April 2nd

Posted by on March 25, 2022

PLAYWRITING MASTERCLASS
April 2nd, 2022 / 12pm-1:30pm

On April 2nd, from 12pm-1:30pm, PlayGround is offering a comprehensive Playwriting Masterclass via zoom for high school-aged students interested in learning how to write plays, with an emphasis on the ten-minute play. This class is a perfect primer for those planning to submit for this year’s Young Playwrights Contest (the deadline of which has been extended to Monday, April 25th) and will be free for Bay Area high school students.

The workshop will be led by PlayGround’s co-founder and artistic director, Jim Kleinmann, who has helped curate 28 seasons of new plays by local Bay Area playwrights. In this workshop, participants will learn to think deeply and critically as writers and begin to cultivate their own writing voice.

YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST
applications due Monday, April 25th

PlayGround has announced and officially opened the submission window for their 14th annual Young Playwrights Contest, a showcase celebrating the best of budding new voices for the stage. Four finalists will be selected from plays submitted by high schoolers from any of the 9 Bay Area counties, inspired by the theme “LORE,” a favorite from the 2020-2021 Season of Monday Night prompts. Bay Area High School students are invited to write an original, 10-minute play that is a retelling of a myth or legend drawn from their culture and/or identities. For more information and the complete guidelines, visit https://playground-sf.org/ypp-guidelines. All applications must be submitted via google form at https://forms.gle/VLJvzFnDQfLYVTBB7

For more information on the Masterclass or the Contest, email info@playground-sf.org or call (415) 992-6677.