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Playwriting Sisters

3/13/2015

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The McGrath Sisters
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The O'Neill-Dietel Sisters
Every year the Middle School Monologue Festival pulls new young writers into the Philly Young Playwrights community. 

This year, as the community continues to grow, two playwrights are not only part of the Philly Young Playwrights family, but are also experiencing their literal families becoming involved in Philly Young Playwrights. We spoke to previous winning playwrights Hannah McGrath and Emma O’Neill-Dietel (also a current Youth Council member). Both of their younger sisters have pieces in the Middle School Monologue Festival this year (this Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th at 2pm). Hannah is also the daughter of veteran teaching artist Kate McGrath. 




We pulled together advice from both Hannah and Emma to bring you the Top Six Tips from a playwright to her younger sister.

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Put on Your Imagination Caps- We’re Going on an Adventure!

2/6/2015

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PicturePhoto: Mary Reindorp
By: Sarah Stearns
Young Playwrights Teaching Artist Apprentice


My fellow Teaching Artist Apprentice Jasmine and I have spent much of this past fall and winter learning how to be better teaching artists. In nineteen classrooms at eight middle schools, we’ve honed our skills, leading middle school students through the ins and outs of monologue writing in preparation for the Middle School Monologue Festival. At the festival in March, twelve winning monologues written by middle school playwrights will be performed by professional actors at
Interact Theatre Company.

We’ve worked with groups as small as four students at Mighty Writers in South Philly and as big as forty at Holy Child Academy in Drexel Hill. We’ve worked with fifth graders through eighth graders. We’ve worked with groups where every single playwright wanted to share every word she had written; and in classrooms where the sentence “Anyone want to read for the class?” was met with downcast eyes and panicked whispering.


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  • Programs
    • In School Programs
    • 2025 Annual Playwriting Festival
    • Community-Based Programs
  • About
    • Mission & History
    • People
    • Alumni
    • Supporters
    • Podcast
    • Press
    • Careers
    • Donate
  • Classes
    • Current Offerings
    • Summer Camp 2025
  • On Stage
    • SaturPLAY 2025
    • Play Development Series at Rutgers Camden
    • Play Development Series at Drexel
    • Play Development Series at CCP 2024
    • New Voices 2024
  • Resources
    • PYP at Home
    • Quarantine Challenge
    • For Students
    • For Educators
    • For Parents
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