Powerstories’ Voices of Youth Theatre Festival Accepting Submissions from Young People, Ages 8 to 18
Powerstories Theatre will give youth artists live, inperson, and global virtual stage July 16-August 1, 2021, for the debut of Voices of Youth Theatre Festival. Following hot on the heels of its powerful 15-night-long Voices of Truth Theatre Festival, Powerstories Theatre is launching the Voices of Youth Theatre Festival on July 16-August 1, 2021, in its film-enhanced theatre. With this youth-centric festival, Powerstories continues to honor its mission statement of “opening hearts and minds.” Being wellknown in the community as a place for young people to find their voice, this inaugural festival will feature ten youth playwrights in the theatre or online and a virtual showcase of shorter original works.
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Empowering children and teens is nothing new to the theatre celebrating its 21st birthday this year. In 2010, Powerstories received the prestigious National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award for its Girlstories Leadership Theatre program, presented to founder Fran Powers by Michelle Obama at the White House. Powerstories is reaching out to talented 8 to 18-year-old artists of all original plays, scenes, monologues, spoken word, songs, and dance with original music, to be performed in the theater at 2105 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, and using the latest technology, livestreamed. “Children are the jewel of Powerstories. Using a hybrid of inhouse theater and online digital productions, The Voices of Youth Theatre
Festival gives our young people an opportunity to have their say. They can share what’s on their minds with both a local and global audience,” said Fran. “Working with
youth is probably the most impactful thing that Powerstories does because we are working with the next generation.” For the two-weeklong festival, guests have
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