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Submit your original play to our annual festival. Open to all Maryland students in grades K–12. Selected playwrights will participate in workshops with professional theater artists and have their plays professionally produced and performed at Center Stage on May 5, 2014 at 7 pm. For more information and submission guidelines, visit us online at www.centerstage.org or call the Center Stage Department of Community Programs & Education at 410.986.4039..
Deadline February 7, 2014 Sponsored by: Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation
CENTERSTAGE is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive.
The P&G Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Teachers! Have a budding writer in your class? Looking for a new project to stimulate students’ creativity? Encourage them to submit to Center Stage’s 28th annual Young Playwrights Festival. Students in grades K–12 throughout the state of Maryland are eligible and may even get to see their play on stage! Numerous plays are honored each year with workshops, in-school performances, and even performances at Center Stage. Not sure where to start? Ask us about our Playwright Residencies, which bring theater professionals directly into your classroom to help students stretch their creative muscles. Interested? Call the Department of Community Programs & Education at 410.986.4039 or email education@centerstage.org.
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It’s surreal to see your six year old taken so seriously by a group of professional designers and directors.
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Cynthia Taylor, parent of 2013 Young Playwrights Festival honoree Phoebe Taylor
Playwright Elijah McDaniels and Augie Chiasera, M&T Bank President, Greater Baltimore/Chesapeake Region
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Deadline February 7, 2014
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