Eugene O’Neill Theater Center now accepting applications for the 2023 Young Playwrights Festival | Flickr
Eugene O’Neill Theater Center now accepting applications for the 2023 Young Playwrights Festival | Flickr
The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center is now accepting applications for the 2023 Young Playwrights Festival scheduled for May 12–14 at its seaside campus in Waterford, CT. Submissions will be accepted until Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 11:59pm PST.
The Young Playwrights Festival offers students a hands-on opportunity to learn about dramatic form and structure as they experience the signature O’Neill play development process firsthand. Five featured playwrights will be selected to work with a dedicated creative team to develop their 10- to 15-page short plays. This development process will culminate in a public script-in-hand reading of their pieces. Additional applicants will be invited to attend the festival as Guest Playwrights and will participate in workshops and hear their scripts read aloud.
“The Young Playwrights Festival is looking for students unafraid to put pen to page, sharing the unique theatrical vision housed in their imaginations,” said Director of Education Sophia Chapadjiev.
Applying students must be United States residents between the ages of 12 and 18 and currently enrolled in middle or high school.
“Too often, society doesn’t always have full regard for what young people think,” Chapadjiev said. “At the O’Neill, we not only care, but are committed to helping these young writers realize the worlds they envision so that it might inspire our own.”
Applications can be submitted at bit.ly/ypf2023. There is no application fee for the Young Playwrights Festival and participation is free for all invited playwrights.
More information about the Young Playwrights Festival and its application process is available at www.theoneill.org/ypf.
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