Matthew Paul Olmos & Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai Join Rising Circle’s Theater Collective’s INKtank 2012 Playwright Lab

Four talented emerging playwrights of color will spend the next 12-weeks in INKtank – Rising Circle's intensive revision playwriting lab for playwrights of color. This year's playwrights are Matthew Paul Olmos, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Raquel Almazan, and Susan Soon He Stanton. 

The four playwrights will be preparing the next draft of their plays in anticipation of PlayRISE 2012, Rising Circle's weeklong celebration of artists of color. This year's festival will take place June 6-10 at the Studio Theatre on Theatre Row.

Rising Circle Theater Collective is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to broadening the scope of storytelling on the American stage by providing an artistic home for artists of color. If you'd like more information please e-mail Monet Hurst-Mendoza at literary@risingcircle.org or visit www.risingcircle.org.?