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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 184 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, JUST MY LUCK), Dee Wallace (ET: THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL), Noah Wyle and Kellie Martin (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 (The View), Tiffani Thiessen (Beverly Hills 90210), Tom Verica and Rachel Boston (American Dreams), Arielle Kebbel (The Grudge 2), Bruce Vilanch (Hollywood Squares), Kelly Lynch (Charlie’s Angels), Debra Messing (Will & Grace), Mark Valley and Constance Zimmer (Boston Legal),
Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives), Brook Kerr and James Hyde (Passions), Allison Mack (Smallville) plus over 1100 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)

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Young Playwright Matt Hardigree (age 18) with the cast and director of “The Imaginary Woman” (YPF 2001)

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Young Playwright David Watson (age 13) with the cast and director of “The Widows” (YPF 2002)

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Young Playwright Molly Lambert (age 17) with the cast, director and producer of “Superzeroes” (YPF 2001)