Forward This Page to a Friend

Experience Our Plays. Create New Works.

     After this experience, I felt like I understood myself better as a writer. The discussions
    I had with my dramaturg and director showed me that there is a purpose
    for every character, action and line of dialogue, whether I realize it at first or not,
     and they helped me realize that purpose. Thanks to their help, I feel I can better
    assess my own writing and writing skills next time I put pen to paper. Also, seeing
    my characters come to life was AMAZING!!! Best thing ever. Words cannot describe
    the feeling of sitting in a sold out theatre seeing the live reactions of the audience
    to your ‘baby’.
    – New Voices Young Playwrights Festival Participant







NEW VOICES
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
Sponsored by The Norton Foundation
With additional support from the Gannett Foundation,
Councilman Kevin Kramer, Councilman James Peden
and Councilwoman Mary C. Woolridge.

Actors Education is pleased to announce the 2010 NEW VOICES Young Playwrights Festival plays & playwrights. Congratulations to all 410 playwrights from around our region who entered this year’s New Voices
ten-minute play contest. Details will be posted on our website later this summer regarding our submission process to the 2011 New Voices contest and festival.

In the meantime, we invite you to bring a friend and join us for the
5th annual New Voices Young Playwrights Festival, on April 12 and 13
in the Bingham Theatre. The event is free but ticketed; please call the box office at 502-584-1205 to request your tickets.


The New Voices Young Playwrights Festival will feature the Acting Apprentice Company in the following plays:

The Wait is Always Scary by Hannah Jones,
Muhlenberg County High School, Greenville, Ky.

Finale by Trey DiNoto,
Providence Junior-Senior High School, Clarksville, In.

Sets by Max Abner,
Youth Performing Arts School, Louisville, Ky.

HP LaserJet 6P/6MP Postscript by Noah Park,
duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Ky.

The Curious Case of Ashes and Posy by Sheila Watson,
duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Ky.

Calcu-Clash by Nisa Jones,
Louisville Male High School, Louisville, Ky.

5 Sure Fire Ways to Finally Get the Girl by Erica Schmidt,
Bethlehem High School, Bardstown, Ky.

A Creation of Small Proportions by Josh Wiersema,
North Oldham High School, Goshen, Ky.

The Threepenny Space Opera by Jackson Wolford,
duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Ky.

HONORABLE MENTIONS
The Tortoise and the Hare by Jordan Golding,
Atherton High School, Louisville, Ky.

Kongaloosh by Daniel Tuma
Moore Traditional High School, Louisville, Ky.

Frederick and William Stop the Terrible Thing by Tyler Samples
Providence Junior-Senior High School, Clarksville, In.

What is a New Voices residency?
Aimed at teaching the basics of playwriting, New Voices is a classroom residency program guiding middle and high school students through the process of writing a ten-minute play. In the 2008-2009 school year, 450 students participated in eighteen residencies throughout fifteen schools. Our annual New Voices Young Playwrights Contest is open to ten-minute plays written in our residency program as well as those written independently. Winning plays are developed and fully produced in an evening of world premieres performed on stage at Actors Theatre by members of the Acting Apprentice Company. These plays are then published in our annual New Voices Anthology of student-written work.

2009-2010 EDUCATION PROGRAMS & STUDENT MATINEES
Classroom Programs
2009-2010 Yum! Family Series Student Matinees On Sale Now!

At Actors Theatre, our education mission is to provide innovative and meaningful programs to students of all ages, nurturing the creative spirit, the inquisitive mind and a life-long appreciation for the arts. Whether you’re looking for a performance, workshop or classroom residency, Actors Theatre has a program to fit both Kentucky/Indiana Education Standards and the needs of your students.

Last year over 15,000 area students participated in our education programs. These programs are designed to help students make sense of and communicate ideas of drama/theatre as well as reinforce other school curriculum. Recent studies have shown direct correlation between arts education and gains in reading, self-concept, motivation and empathy for others.

At Actors, we believe in educating the whole child, understanding that the future of our world is dependent upon creative, insightful and compassionate human beings. We look forward to meeting you and your students.

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Steven Rahe, Director of Education
Jacob Stoebel, Education Coordinator