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YPIP 2026 Spring Workshop Performances

YPIP 2026 Spring Workshop Performances

For a digital program, visit: yptdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/YPIPProgram.pdf About the Performances and Artists Honey Island by Yisrael Robinson Yisrael is a senior BFA Acting major at Howard University from Tucson, Arizona. A performer, choreographer, and emerging writer, Yisrael is passionate about using the arts to explore human experience and connection. Drawn to storytelling for its power to […]

YPIP 2026 Spring Workshop Performances Talkback

YPIP 2026 Spring Workshop Performances Talkback

For a digital program, visit: yptdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/YPIPProgram.pdf About the Performances and Artists Honey Island by Yisrael Robinson Yisrael is a senior BFA Acting major at Howard University from Tucson, Arizona. A performer, choreographer, and emerging writer, Yisrael is passionate about using the arts to explore human experience and connection. Drawn to storytelling for its power to […]

Dresses That Twirl live reading at CHAW

Dresses That Twirl live reading at CHAW

Digital Program Dresses That Twirl explores the relationship between two teenage girls and their mothers living in the 1960s. The girls must make difficult decisions about how to maintain their dynamic when the scrutiny of their world and their mothers’ past threatens to break them apart. This reading is the culmination of a one-week workshopping […]

Dresses That Twirl Talk Back

Dresses That Twirl Talk Back

Dresses That Twirl explores the relationship between two teenage girls and their mothers living in the 1960s. The girls must make difficult decisions about how to maintain their dynamic when the scrutiny of their world and their mothers’ past threatens to break them apart. This reading is the culmination of a one-week workshopping process with […]

Silence is Violence: Liberation

Silence is Violence: Liberation

Voices Unbarred Community Advocate Dev D’Ryan returned to the YPT stage at Busboys and Poets Takoma in Washington, DC on March 15th, collaborating on Silence is Violence: Liberation, a multi-performance event inviting youth and adult audience members to explore liberation and self-mastery.

Silence is Violence :Liberation Artist Talk Back

Silence is Violence :Liberation Artist Talk Back

The artists of Silence is Violence: Liberation returned to the stage at Busboys and Poets Takoma in Washington, DC on March 15th. Moderated by YPT Artistic Director Farah Lawal Harris, the group answered questions about liberation, their processes, and the messages of their pieces.

Riot: The Beat of Freddie Gray by Ty’Ree Hope Davis

Riot: The Beat of Freddie Gray by Ty’Ree Hope Davis

Riot: The Beat of Freddie Gray is a powerful and engaging solo performance taking the audience on a journey through the life and memories of Freddie Gray, told from the perspective of two characters: Freddie Gray and Ty, a middle school student who witnessed Freddie’s murder.

Fabiolla Da Silva discusses her time teaching this school year

Fabiolla Da Silva discusses her time teaching this school year

YPT Teaching Artist Fabiolla Da Silva recounts some stories and experiences working with students during the 2023-24 school year!

Silence is Violence: Wish Me Well

Silence is Violence: Wish Me Well

Silence is Violence: Wish Me Well features performances and poetry exploring wellness.