VSA Playwright Discovery Award Program
2012 Playwright Discovery Award Call for Scripts is now open!
The VSA Playwright Discovery Program invites middle and high school students to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of playwriting. Playwrights may write from their own experience or about an experience in the life of another person or a fictional character. Scripts can be comedies, dramas, or even musicals–be creative! Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a script. Entries may be the work of an individual student or a collaboration by a group of up to five students.
A distinguished jury of theater professionals selects up to five scripts as recipients of the 28th Annual VSA Playwright Discovery Award. The selected playwrights receive a $1,000 cash award and a trip to Washington, D.C. over Labor Day weekend to participate in workshops and view a reading of their work on stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
- Click to download the 2012 Application Form.
- Click to download the 2012 Submission Rules and Procedures.
Submissions are due April 16, 2012.
To request these documents in an alternate format, please contact us at (202) 416-8898 (voice) or vsainfo@kennedy-center.org.
VSA has an innovative and Free Resource Guide for Teachers to help guide teachers and students through the playwriting process.
Ryan Mercer and Florrie Bagel in the 2011 Playwright Discovery production, Handspeak by Emily Hedgecock. Photo by Scott Suchman
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