Join us in laughter and adventure as we see creative sparks burst into life on stage with this free staged reading of works-in-progress written by teens from New Avenues for Youth.

PlayWrite presents these original works, performed by some of Portland’s finest professional actors, as part of the Fertile Ground Festival 2010.

Free and open to the public. Seating is limited - your RSVP is requested.

January 26, 2010

2:00 pm

Gerding Mezzanine Theater

128 NW 11th Avenue

Now entering its seventh year, PlayWrite engages youth in a carefully structured process of creating original plays. The program targets young people in under-served areas. An intensive two-week residency brings young people together with PlayWrite-trained coaches. Young participants work one-on-one with coaches to create a short play using non-human characters. 

In the final step, public performance, the students become directors, collaborating with professional actors who perform their work for the community. Students, coaches and performers alike learn that putting feelings into language and song is a healing, restorative, and nurturing process, transforming the lives of everyone involved.