Young Playwrights Festival Celebration in Sarasota!

Young Playwrights Festival Celebration

At Florida Studio Theatre

Saturday, May 6

On Saturday, May 6^th, Florida Studio Theatre will celebrate the achievements of nearly 200 winning playwrights with the Young Playwrights Festival Day . Winners of the 2006 Young Playwrights Festival, and their families, will gather at Florida Studio Theatre's downtown campus to see their plays and celebrate. The playwrights will get the opportunity to see their winning plays performed in productions of UNDER SIX, UNDER SIX TOO and SEVEN UP . Winners will receive a special certificate and medal honoring their work at a special ceremony, to be held at 3:00 pm at nearby Holley Hall.

UNDER SIX and UNDER SIX TOO feature the heartwarming and hilarious plays written by children from Florida and across the United States in the sixth grade and below. This year's production of UNDER SIX will feature a winning entry from Tel Mond, Israel. SEVEN UP features work written by students in grade seven and higher. This year's production of SEVEN UP will feature a winning entry from Scotland.

With the help of the Sarasota Sister Cities Association, the WRITE A PLAY program went international this year sending FST's Associate Director Kate Alexander and 2 teaching artists to Tel Mond, Israel . Each year FST receives more plays from children in other countries, and was thrilled at the opportunity to reach out to the students in Israel directly. Additionally, 2 Israeli educators are making their way to Sarasota to see their students' winning plays be performed on Festival Day.

Each year, Florida Studio Theatre receives thousands of plays for submission to the Young Playwright's Festival, which is a part of the Sarasota Festival of New Plays, and the culmination of the year-long WRITE A PLAY program. In its fourteen year history, the WRITE A PLAY program has reached over 1,000,000 children. The program continues to expand, thanks in part to various grants and funding received from local, state and national organizations.

Florida Studio Theatre

1241 North Palm Avenue

Sarasota, FL  34236

Administration: (941) 366-9017

Box Office: (941) 366-9000

Fax: (941) 955-4137

E-mail: fst@fst2000.org

Website: www.fst2000.org

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