When Bryan Mercado, then 10, was first told he had been signed up for a playwriting workshop after school with Young Playwrights’ Theater (YPT), a D.C.-based arts education nonprofit and professional theater, he was less than thrilled. “I just wanted to go outside and play with my friends after school,” he said, bemused at his […]
20 favorite YPT plays performed as Young Playwrights’ Theater turns 20
Within its purple and yellow beanbag-strewn office overlooking Meridian Hill Park, the small but energetic staff of Young Playwrights’ Theater (YPT) has been finalizing plans for its biggest event to date. Said event, known around the office as #20Fest, will be held on Friday, December 12 at Theater J to mark the organization’s 20th anniversary—making […]
Young Playwrights’ plays: Truth and Dare
In the maze of D.C. political and activist organizations, the mission of Young Playwrights’ Theater is clear: Teaching students to create art has less to do with art and more to do with making them “realize the power of their own voices.”