Young Artists and Writers Project (YAWP) Middle School Playwriting program performed five short plays  at Stony Brook Southampton’s Avram Theater on Saturday, May 20.

The 9th annual festival represents a collaboration between student playwrights, actors and designers who have been taught and mentored by theater and writing professionals affiliated with Stony Brook Southampton’s MFA in Creative Writing and Literature, which created and sponsors the YAWP programs.

Playwrights, actors, and stage crew at the festival – a Dane Dupuis photo. 

Professional directors stage the plays, which encompass an array of genres—from comedies to dramas—with subject matter drawn from the students’ own lives.

Playwrights for the festival were drawn from YAWP playwriting classes at Eastport South Manor, The Ross School, Shelter Island School, and the YAWP Summer Conference session.

Read more: http://www.stonybrook.edu/happenings/arts/young-artists-and-writers-project-to-host-9th-annual-middle-school-playwrights-festival-may-20/