Young Playwrights Festival

This marks the 9th year of the Young Playwrights Festival. Each year the Playwrights have surprised and stunned audiences as they tackle every subject imaginable, ranging from family drama, death, divorce, and even existential angst. What you see and hear from these 6th grade playwrights will forever change you and your students’ expectations about the power of writing. The performance is the culmination of an intensive 20-week writer-in-residency program with Emmy nominated writer, Casey Kurtti and professional actors. This unique program touches on every part of the theatrical creative process. Presented in association with the Poughkeepsie and Beacon City School Districts. The Bardavon Opera House, Inc. is a non-profit, member based organization. The 2003-2004 Daytime Performance Series is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. Generous support is also received from the Dyson Foundation; the Thomas W. & Florence T. Murphy Fund of the New York Community Trust; Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust; Louis Greenspan Charitable Trust; Ann & Abe Effron Fund; Harold & Helen Ross Charitable Trust; Northeast Dutchess Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; the NYS Legislature through the Office of the Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation; the Dutchess County Arts Council, as a funded member; Poughkeepsie City School District; Beacon City School District; Friends of Millbrook Music in Schools; Second Hand Rose/Community United Methodist Church; SalomonSmith Barney; Stewart's Shops; Chevron Texaco; and Fleet.