PYP 2020 Summer programs are revamped for Virtual delivery. Check them out and register today!
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Join Young Playwrights’ first ever class for both fiction writers and playwrights, building 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!
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 Maryruth (Mr) Stine (They/Them) is a performer and educator whose community-driven projects strike a balance of silly stories and social critique. Across North America, Southern India, and Western Europe, Mr’s students and collaborators have ranged from pre-schoolers to professional adults, with an emphasis on queer and neurodivergent communities. They settled in Philly in 2012 and have been with PYP ever since, being twice honored with the Adele Magner Memorial Award. The Summer Playwriting Intensive will be held online from July 13th - 17th from 10am - 1pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with optional one-on-one time with mentors Tuesday and Thursday. There will be screen breaks during each session to give our eyes, brains, and bodies a rest! 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 about tuition-free scholarships to the Summer Playwriting Intensive, please fill out the registration form and check that option under “Tuition Selection.” |
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Join a community of writers in grades 7 - 12 interested in exploring monologue writing and theater-making. Over the course of a week, Resident Teaching Artist Steve Gravelle will guide you through the process of writing and performing an original monologue. Whether you’ve never written a monologue before, or you’re an experienced playwright, this camp is for you. You can write a monologue to incorporate into your existing work (like work you create in PYP’s World Building Intensive Camp), write a brand new monologue to be performed on its own, or start work on a one-person show!
Each day will consist of theatre games, teaching time, writing time, and community building. On the last day of camp, you’ll have the opportunity to perform your monologue for a virtual audience of family and friends. We hope you’ll join us for this brand new summer writing and performance camp! Facilitator Steve Gravelle (He/Him) is a teaching artist, director and playwright based in Philadelphia. He is a Resident Teaching Artist at Philly Young Playwrights, Education Director at Theatre Exile, and Acting Coach for Lower Merion Players. Writer and performer of SoLow festival hits A Brief History of Food, Augusta ME to Philadelphia PA, 1983 to the Present: Or, Let Me Cook You Dinner and sweating/sleeping. Originally from New Hampshire, Steve has called Philadelphia home since 2006. Recipient of the 2015 & 2017 Adele Magner Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching. 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 online from July 27th - 31st from 10am - 1pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with optional one-on-one time with mentors Tuesday and Thursday. There will be screen breaks during each session to give our eyes, brains, and bodies a rest! 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 about tuition-free scholarships to the Summer Playwriting Intensive, please fill out the registration form and check that option under “Tuition Selection.” |
