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ABOUT US
The
Blank Theatre Company Young
Playwrights COMPETITION &
FESTIVAL
is the
premiere nationwide forum
dedicated to developing and
producing plays and musicals
by playwrights 19 years of
age and younger.
Since 1993
we have developed and
produced 196 plays and
musicals by playwrights as
young as 13 years old!
How does the COMPETITION
Work?
Accomplished
professional writers make up
a team of mentors who help
winning
playwrights prepare their
work for public performance.
Experienced directors
and mentors work closely
with playwrights during the
rehearsal process.
Best of all, winning
playwrights see their work
performed on stage in Los
Angeles
by professional actors in
June 2009!
Who
participates in the
FESTIVAL?
Past Festivals have featured
actors such as Jeremy Sisto
(Law
& Order, Six Feet UndeR),
Chris Pine (Star Trek),
Michael Welch (TWILIGHT), DB
Sweeney (CRASH), Gordon
Clapp (NYPD BLUE), Dee
Wallace (ET:THE
EXTRATERRESTRIAL), Dale
Dickey (MY NAME IS EARL),
Noah Wyle, Kellie Martin and
Hallee Hirsh (ER), Elaine
Hendrix (Joan
of Arcadia), Nicholas
Brendon, Sarah Michelle
Gellar, James Marsters,
Amber Benson, Tom Lenk,
Danny Strong, Eliza Dushku
and Alyson Hanningan (Buffy
the Vampire Slayer),
Sherri Shepherd (SHERRI, The
View), Tiffani Thiessen (Beverly
Hills 90210), Tom
Verica and Rachel Boston (American
Dreams), Arielle
Kebbel (The
Grudge 2), Kirsten
Vangsness and Meredith
Monroe (CRIMINAL MINDS) ,
Bruce Vilanch (Hollywood
Squares), Kelly Lynch
(Charlie’s
Angels), Debra
Messing (Will
& Grace), Lynsey
Bartilson (GROUNDED FOR
LIFE), Mark Valley and
Constance Zimmer (Boston
Legal), Kathryn
Joosten and Todd Grinnell (Desperate
Housewives), Brook
Kerr and James Hyde (Passions),
Allison Mack (Smallville)
plus over 1200 other
professional mentors,
directors, actors, producers
and crew!
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Young
Playwright Liza Kaplan (age
16) with the cast of “Nothing’s
Ever Going On Around Here” (YPF
2001)
Young
Playwright Matt Hardigree (age
18) with the cast and director
of “The Imaginary Woman” (YPF
2001)
Young
Playwright David Watson (age
13) with the cast and director
of “The Widows” (YPF 2002)
Young
Playwright Molly Lambert (age
17) with the cast, director
and producer of “Superzeroes”
(YPF 2001)
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