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Would you describe yourself as funny?
No matter what your answer, this class is for you! We all have the potential to tell stories that will make others laugh, and this class will show you how. Through a blend of discussion and activities, students will learn how to examine a single premise through many angles to find the funny. Tips on joke structure and how to activate a comedic lens will be included. For Grades 8-12 Facilitator Jason Henry Simon-Bierenbaum (He/Him) has over a decade of creative writing, performance, and public speaking experience, including specializations in spoken word and stand up comedy. He’s taught students ages preschool to senior citizen to develop their creativity, comedic-know-how, command of language, and confidence. This class will be held on April 1st from 4:30 - 6:30pm via Zoom online meeting. The cost is $25 to participate, and we will invoice for the fee when we confirm registration. |
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Join a community of writers in grades 7 - 12 interested in exploring playwriting and theater-making. Over the course of a week, theatre professionals will guide you through the process of creating an original play. Starting with hands-on theatre activities that will teach you playwriting fundamentals, you’ll have the chance to write and revise a three-scene play on your own or with a partner. At the end of the week, you’ll work in teams with your fellow playwrights and professional actors to rehearse and present excerpts of your plays on the last day of camp for family and friends. We invite writers of all styles and experience levels to join us!
Facilitator Steve Gravelle (He/Him) is a teaching artist, director and playwright based in Philadelphia. He teaches in residence for Philly Young Playwrights, 1812 Productions, Enchantment Theatre, and Theatre Horizon. He was the co-creator of the SoLow Festival hit sweating/sleeping, and creator/cook of A Brief History Of Food, Augusta ME To Philadelphia PA, 1983 to the Present; Or, Let Me Cook You Dinner. Originally from New Hampshire, Steve has called Philadelphia home since 2006. Co-recipient of the 2015 Adele Magner Memorial Award. A proud graduate of Keene State College with bachelor’s degrees in Theatre and English, as well as the Arden Professional Apprentice program. The Summer Playwriting Intensive will be held from July 27th - 31st from 10am - 4pm each day, with optional early drop off at 9:30am and late pick up at 5pm also offered. Workshops will be held at 1219 Vine Street in Center City Philadelphia, with some sessions taking place in the Studio B classroom on the 2nd floor, and some workshops held in Young Playwrights Offices on the 3rd floor to allow students to type and print their works in progress. Philadelphia Young Playwrights 1219 Vine St. Suite 301 Philadelphia, PA 19107 TUITION TAB: Tuition is $350, and we will invoice for tuition the week prior to the start of the program. However, thanks to the generous support of our donors, we are also able to offer a reduced tuition of $175 for families in need. To inquire if there are full scholarships to the Summer Playwriting Intensive available, please email Director of Education Mindy A. Early at mindy@phillyyoungplaywrights.org. |
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Join Young Playwrights’ first ever class for both fiction writers and playwrights and build a world from the bottom up! Speculative fiction and plays use futuristic and fantastical visions to say something about the here and now as well as the future - in these worlds, we can do more than replicate the status quo. We can challenge it! Over the course of a week, writers will work in groups and solo to practice world-building and explore how imagining beyond our reality puts the practices of speculative fiction into real world use. At the end of the week, writers will have the opportunity to rehearse and present excerpts of their writing on the last day of camp for family and friends. We invite writers of all styles and experience levels to join us!
For Grades 7-12 Facilitator Jelani Wilson (He/Him) is an educator and speculative fiction writer. He has written for Left Turn magazine and Jukepop.com, where his slipstream fiction serial The World of Two-Way Dreams was first published. He is also a contributing author to the bestselling science fiction anthology, Octavia’s Brood. You can keep up with his works and musings on culture, art, and politics at pageswithoutpaper.com. Facilitator MR Stine (They/Them) is a performer and educator raised in Baltimore and Elmwood, West Virginia. MR’s principal focus is community-driven projects which combine elements of commedia dell’arte, puppetry, and mask to strike a balance of silly stories and social critique. After touring multiple shows from northern Canada to southern India, MR settled in Philly and has since been onstage with the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, EgoPo Classic Theatre, the IRC, Hedgerow Theatre, and Little Fish Theatre, and in the classroom with Theatre Horizon, the Mantua Theatre Project, WolfPAC, and Philadelphia Young Playwrights (2015 Adele Magner Memorial Award co-recipient). The Summer Playwriting Intensive will be held from July 13th - 17th from 10am - 3pm each day, with optional early drop off at 9:30am and late pick up at 4pm also offered. Workshops will be held at 1219 Vine Street in Center City Philadelphia in Young Playwrights Offices on the 3rd floor. Philadelphia Young Playwrights 1219 Vine St. Fl 3 Philadelphia, PA 19107 Tuition is $350, and we will invoice for tuition the week prior to the start of the program. However, thanks to the generous support of our donors, we are also able to offer a reduced tuition of $175 for families in need. To inquire if there are full scholarships to the Summer World Building Intensive available, please email Director of Education Mindy A. Early at mindy@phillyyoungplaywrights.org. |