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The following information was for the 2012 Madison Young Playwrights Festival. Please check back for information on the 27th Annual 2013 Madison Young Playwrights Festival.
This year marks our 26th season of creating original one-act plays with the students of our town through the annual Madison Young Playwrights Program (MYPP). The MYPP strives to share the creative work of our young playwrights with the larger community culminating in the Madison Festival, currently scheduled for March 2012. Additional details about the Festival will be forthcoming.
The MYPP is offered to students in grades 4-8. Students at all participating schools enjoy ten (10) weeks of playwriting with a professional theatre artist. Class time involves creative writing, improvisation and revision. After the ten-week program, certain plays will be selected for presentation during the Madison Festival, which involves the playwrights in the revision and rehearsal processes.
Students are also encouraged to enter their play into the NJ Young Playwrights Festival, a statewide competition organized by Playwrights Theatre. In past years, Madison students had their plays selected for this statewide honor. More information on the next Contest/Festival is available online at www.njypf.org.
Playwriting classes will be held at your child's school one day a week beginning in September/October and ending in December. Please note that classes are not held on holidays, or other vacation days. Schedules for each school are listed on the chart below.
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School
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Day/Time
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Start Date
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End Date
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No class
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Central Avenue
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Thursdays
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
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September 22
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December 15
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September 29
November 10
November 24
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Kings Road
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Tuesdays
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.
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October 4
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December 13
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October 25
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Torey J. Sabatini
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Tuesdays
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.
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October 4
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December 13
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October 25
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St. Vincent Martyr
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Wednesdays
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
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October 5
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December 21
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November 16
November 23
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Junior School
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Wednesdays
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
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October 5
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December 14
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November 23
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Please make note of this schedule when choosing to register your child for the program.
You can sign up your child by filling out the registration form below.
Registrations must be received no later than Friday, September 16th. The first 20 students will be selected for the program. You will receive confirmation from Playwrights Theatre of your child’s participation in the program.
The Madison Young Playwrights Program is offered to Madison school students free of charge! We look forward to working with you and your child during an exciting year of fun and creativity.
26th Annual Madison Young Playwrights Program Registration Form
Presented in association with the Madison Board of Education and sponsored by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/A Partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the F.M. Kirby Foundation, Travelers Foundation, Dalba, Goeller and Company, LLP, The Pearsall Family Foundation, Madison Rotary Club, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and the Madison Board of Education.
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