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Philadelphia Young Playwrights Welcomes David O'Connor as Resident Director

We are so pleased to welcome David O’Connor, longtime Young Playwrights collaborator and Barrymore Award winner, to our staff as Resident Director!

Click to watch this video of David speaking about his history with Young Playwrights, what it’s like to work with young artists, and why it’s important to keep doing the work that he does with Young Playwrights.

Visit our Staff page to read about David’s extensive work in the Philadelphia theatre community!

Saturday Reading Series

Next Reading: February 11
at Philadelphia Art Alliance

Visit our OnStage Page for more information about upcoming readings.
Click here to reserve your free tickets for February 11th.
Click here to reserve your free tickets for February 25th.

About Us

Every young person has a voice worth hearing. Philadelphia Young Playwrights is an arts education organization that taps the potential of youth and inspires learning through playwriting. This is our 24th year of creating intensive playwriting workshops for 1,700 students in up to 50 classrooms throughout the region. More than 1,000 student playwrights each year submit their original plays to our Annual Playwriting Festival.

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