A New Script Development Program
“It was just really powerful to experience my work in that way.”
– Adanna Paul, YPIP Playwright
Young Playwrights in Progress (YPIP) is an opportunity for young, early-career playwrights to engage in a script-development and workshop reading process of original, not-yet-produced one-act or full-length plays with Young Playwrights’ Theater (YPT).
The length of engagement in YPIP will be mutually agreed upon by the playwright and YPT and can vary from 6 – 12 months. Each month, playwrights meet with YPT Artistic Director Farah Lawal Harris for in-depth script advising sessions. Between sessions, playwrights will complete writing assignments and script updates, as well as get assistance from a dramaturg. Additionally, YPT may produce workshop readings of the playwright’s script.
Through our partnership with Howard University, YPT selects playwrights to engage in YPIP.