Playwriting Festival Session

Playwriting Festival Session

With this festival, YPT aims to deepen the engagement of our Member Schools. With a focus on playwriting, students will discover and share their own voice and will practically apply what they learn by creating short plays of their own. These plays will then be shared with their peers, teachers, families and artists in a culminating festival day. Through facilitated sessions, small group instruction and collaborative exploration with peers, students will learn and develop their own work. They will employ strategies from the writing process and will use ensemble-based dramatic exercises to develop their own short plays. Students will also reflect on and discuss their learning experiences through online journaling throughout the process.

Member School: St. Sylvester, Grades 5&6.

Member Schools

YPT’s Member Schools program aims to create a deeper relationship between participating schools and the theatre. YPT works with school leadership to create a three-year partnership agreement specifically tailored to the aims and needs of that particular school. Each partnership is different but all include increased attendance at the theatre, enrichment for students and teachers, as well as research with and by the participating school’s students and staff. We provide Member Schools with a special rate for tickets and enrichment programming, thus allowing them to take full advantage of the many opportunities we offer.