Young Voices With New Visions
UNDERGRADUATE PLAYWRIGHTS COLLECTIVE
New Play Development Summer Intensive Program
The YOUNG VOICES WITH NEW VISIONS UNDERGRADUATE PLAYWRIGHTS COLLECTIVE in association with Gateway Performance Productions is now accepting short play submissions from undergraduate writers for a chance to participate in a unique 6-day new play development practicum. The online script submission deadline May 31st each year. Take a college to career step and join us in Atlanta GA.
Students interested in stage management, acting, arts administration, and dramaturgy are also encouraged to fill out the Contact Form below.
Script, Cover Letter, Resume with Reference Contact Info, and Headshots should be submitted online: [email protected]
SHORT PLAY SHOWCASE
A College To Career Step
Friday, July 15 7 PM
Saturday, July 16 3 PM
WHERE: The Mask Center
1083 Austin Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
CHRONOMENTHROPHOBIA written by TIMOTHY ORANGE, II (FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY)
Deadlines, pregnant girlfriend whines, crazy college classmate antics all work against the clock for this enterprising young playwright dad-to-be.
directed by MARIAN WRIGHT
SUNS OF THE EARTH written by ANDREA S. L. WILLIAMS (YALE UNIVERSITY)
Powerful portrayal of an incarcerated man and boy of color on work detail in a tombless graveyard.
directed by ENOCH KING
Plus Staged Readings of 2 Shorts:
WAITING FOR SOMETHING written by KIANA WELLS (UNIVERSITY CA SAN DIEGO )
Dark dramatization of young girl navigating her life through a sea of Sugar Daddy Mania.
directed by NAZARETH HAGOOD
GAME OF LIFE written by JANAYE MASTERS (SPELMAN COLLEGE)
Contestants on a game show answer questions on a journey to the big reveal.
directed by SANDRA HUGHES
For Reservations, click on Tickets link above.
RADIO DRAMA DREAM COMES TRUE
Please join us as celebrate a new UPC milestone. Excerpts from Qadeerah Shariff's play MARTHA'a FRED (Spelman College) directed by Marion Wright will be featured on Gateway Performance Productions Writer's Space Radio Hour this Sunday, May 1st at 7 PM and will be re-broadcast on Wednesday at 7 pm. http://www.1690wmlb.com/, This play was workshopped during the 2015 YVNV Undergraduate Playwrights Collective. Just in case you miss the broadcast, you want to hear it again, or share it with a friend, WMLB1690 makes programming available 24-7.