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The Blank Theatre Navigation Home Donate Now Young Playwrights Academy Living Room Series Young Playwrights Festival UCROSS + THE BLANK THEATRE – Future of Playwriting Prize YPFuture Now Streaming! Major Gifts Who We Are What We Do Where We Are Volunteer Opportunities Apprenticeship Opportunities Contact Us Home Donate Now Young Playwrights Academy Living Room Series Young Playwrights Festival UCROSS + THE BLANK THEATRE – Future of Playwriting Prize YPFuture Now Streaming! Major Gifts Who We Are What We Do Where We Are Volunteer Opportunities Apprenticeship Opportunities Contact Us The Young Playwrights Festival is BACK! Submissions are now closed. Winners will be announced in April and the festival will stream in July 2021! The Young Playwrights Festival is a 28 year-old nationwide playwriting competition for writers ages 9 to 19. The 12 best plays are chosen by a panel of theatre professionals from submissions across America. In the past 28 years, we’ve produced 345 plays by these young writers. Winning playwrights are provided careful mentoring and direction from industry professionals to help prepare their work for public performance and hone their skills, talent and confidence. Nowhere else in the nation can young playwrights receive the prize of seeing their vision come to life on stage in a professional production featuring known actors from film, television and theatre. The plays are crafted by seasoned professional directors and each is given several public performances in a month-long Festival. IT’S THE BLANK’S 30th ANNIVERSARY! 30 Years 31 World Premieres 78 Mainstage Productions 200+ Theatre Awards 332 Young Playwrights 800+ New Plays 5,000+ Actors 7,000+ Theatre Artists 50,000+ Audience Members THANKS TO EVERYONE! Help us celebrate The Blank’s next 30 years with a $30 investment in The Future of Theatre! Donate “30 For 30” THE LIVING ROOM SERIES MONDAY EVENINGS 8 PM Learn More… Over the last 28 years, The Blank Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival has produced 345 plays by young writers ages 9 to 19 selected from over 5,000 nationwide submissions. Nowhere else in the world can young playwrights see their vision come to life on stage in professional productions with caring and capable mentoring to help them develop their craft. Introducing YPFuture YPFuture is a member community passionate about investing in the future of theatre. YPFuture’s mission is to establish and grow a robust, sustainable, and supportive community whose contributions ensure the future of The Blank Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival. LEARN MORE ABOUT YPFUTURE To become a Founding Member of YPFuture please call us at 323.871.8018 or email us ypfuture@TheBlank.com . Become A YPFuture Founding Member The Blank Theatre is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization. Blank Theatre productions are made possible in part by Los Angeles County Arts Commission Department of Cultural Affairs – City of Los Angeles Plum Foundation Rosenthal Family Foundation YPFuture Founding Members Deb and Ed Koehler and the Raymond N. Plank Philanthropy Fund Home Donate Now Young Playwrights Academy Living Room Series Young Playwrights Festival UCROSS + THE BLANK THEATRE – Future of Playwriting Prize YPFuture Now Streaming! Major Gifts Who We Are What We Do Where We Are Volunteer Opportunities Apprenticeship Opportunities Contact Us © Copyright The Blank Theatre 2017. All rights reserved....