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New Plays Competition and Workshop

The purpose of this biennial workshop is to encourage writers to create strikingly original scripts for young audiences. It provides a forum through which each playwright receives constructive criticism and the support of a development team consisting of a professional director and dramaturg. Finalists will spend approximately one week in workshop with their development team. At the end of the week, each play will be read as a part of the Write Now convening.

Write Now will begin accepting submissions for the 2019 competition in early spring, 2018. Please check back then!

Once a playwright is chosen as a finalist, the process begins with interaction amongst the playwright, director and dramaturge prior to workshop.

While onsite at IRT, the development teams will have a week of half-day work sessions with professional actors. Plays will be cast locally by Childsplay in accordance recommendations by the playwright and director prior to the beginning of the workshop. Scripts will be shared with age-appropriate young people and community groups in the Phoenix area who will be invited to meet with the playwrights during the workshop, attend selected rehearsals, and provide feedback at the final reading of the script.

Rehearsal, collaboration and opportunities for script revision will continue throughout the workshop prior to the rehearsed readings at Write Now.