Videos
Interview with Kevin Robinson
Our General and Program Manager Genne Murphy, a 1999 alum of the program herself, spent some time chatting with 2001 alum and Board Member Kevin Robinson about how Young Playwrights has influenced him over the past decade.
Click HERE to watch the interview with Genne and Kevin. Check out the ALUMNI section for more information about Kevin and how to get involved.
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Advanced Summer Playwriting Ensemble 2010: Facebook High
Click HERE to watch a short compilation of scenes from the culminating project “Facebook High” built over the course of two weeks this summer by our amazing student playwrights!
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Creating Impact Demo Video
Professional Development Workshops designed and delivered by The Wilma Theater and Philadelphia Young Playwrights to strengthen leadership, collaboration and innovation in your workplace.
Watch below.
For more information on bringing Creating Impact into your workplace, visit Professional Development/Corporate Training.
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Alumni Video Showcase
Program Alum Lyn Nguyen Interviews 2010 Winning Student Playwright Emily Acker.
Lyn Nguyen of Upper Darby High School (left) has taken the initiative to begin her senior project about Young Playwrights programming this summer before her senior year. Here she interviews Emily Acker (right), winning student playwright of Milk and Honey featured this year in our 2010 Professional Productions, currently a freshman at Northwestern University studying playwriting.
Click HERE to watch!
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Presenting Our Adele Magner Memorial Award Teams:
Click HERE to watch interviews with the Winning and Finalist teams.
Winning Team (right to left): Student Jamekea S. Lee from General George G. Meade, teaching artist Dwight Wilkins and teacher Lori Odum.
Nominated Team (right to left): Student Kierra Jones-Fogle from St. Francis de Sales, teaching artist Jackie Ruggiero Jacobson and teacher Cecilia Barr from St. Francis de Sales.
The Adele Magner Memorial Award was established by the Young Playwrights Board of Directors to honor the memory of our founder, Adele Magner, and recognizes the work of an outstanding Young Playwrights team: a student, a teacher and a teaching artist for whom the program has made a significant difference in their lives. The criteria for this award reflect the three qualities that Adele admired the most: collaboration, perseverance and transformation.
Celebrate and sustain Adele’s legacy by SUPPORTING YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS TODAY!
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WRITE ON! 2010 Honorees:
Distinguished Service Award
R. Andrew Swinney
President, The Philadelphia Foundation
President’s Award
Taylor Williams
Legal Counsel, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Click HERE to watch a video of the WRITE ON! Evening.
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Costuming Torn Between:
Director David Bradley and Torn Between actress Bi Ngo explain the process of costume and fittings. Interview by Genne Murphy.
Click HERE to watch the video.
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The Rehearsal Process for Torn Between:
Listen to Director David Bradley and Torn Between actress Bi Ngo discuss their thoughts about the second week of rehearsals. Interview by Genne Murphy.
Click HERE to watch the video.
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The Rehearsal Process for F.A.T.
Listen to the thoughts of Professional Productions Director, David Bradley; Aimee Leong, student playwright of Torn Between; and Kya Johnson, student playwright of F.A.T; on the first day of rehearsals.
Click HERE to watch the video.