PLAYWRITING COMPETITION PUBLIC “READING” AT PEQUOT LIBRARY May 20

PLAYWRITING COMPETITION PUBLIC “READING” AT PEQUOT LIBRARY

HOSTED BY New Paradigm Theatre

MAY 20TH, SUNDAY 2PM

New Paradigm Theatre (NPT) is excited to present their first collaboration with New York City Children’s Theatre!

New York City Children’s Theater, a 22 year old Non profit, held a playwriting competition to present short plays from some of the most talented playwrights in New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut: Middle School Students! Five short plays were chosen.

The New York City Children’s Theater (NYCCT) Middle School Playwriting Competition is designed to give blossoming young playwrights a platform to find their voice while exploring the issues that affect their lives. To participate, students in grades 6-8 each wrote an original, entertaining and enriching 10-minute play based on this year’s theme: How do we use technology to connect with others?

As the Grand Prize, New Paradigm and NYCCT will produce a staged Reading of the plays, performed by professional actors and New Paradigm Theatre youth on Theatre Row on May 14th and with local Broadway pros and NPT youth at Pequot Library in CT on May 20th.

Showcased are local Connecticut youth from NPT, Sydney Maher, Jaden Bonfietti, Aimme Turcotte, Ajibola “Keeme” Tajudeen, Dereje Tarrant, Jimi Wright with Jennifer Beveridge directing in Connecticut.

Tickets in CT are only $15 at the door (children under 6 are free) to help defray costs of this exciting collaboration. Doors open at 2pm.

MORE ABOUT THE NEW PARADIGM THEATRE:

New Paradigm Theatre Company is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit theatre fostering creative problem solvers, leaders, and global citizens through theatre arts education and productions. New Paradigm Theater Company, Inc. is a professional theatre that bridges, elevates, and advances society by synergistically combining Broadway, Film and Television professionals to cultivate today and tomorrow’s creative leaders through experiential learning, leading up to professional productions.

NPT’s theatre arts education enhances a student’s complete intelligence through classes, seminars and workshops, placing the student side by side with a master professional, who combines artistic techniques with experiential and project-based learning activities. This transformative platform of professionals and students collaboratively working shoulder to shoulder fosters creative and critical reasoning skills necessary for problem solving, global thinking and leadership growth.

NPT’s professional productions are designed as “theatre shows on the move” with a limitless community reach, often assisting other nonprofits by way of partnerships, because we understand theatre and art are key components of a healthy community.

MORE ABOUT NEW YORK CITY CHILDREN’S THEATER

New York City Children’s Theater (formerly Making Books Sing) is an award-winning nonprofit organization that creates original, entertaining and enriching theater for young audiences and adults to enjoy together. In 1996, New York City Children’s Theater began as the family theater and education program of the Tony Award-winning Vineyard Theatre. It became an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2001.

For more than 20 years, our local and nationally recognized arts-in-education programs and professional theater productions have served over 300,000 children and adults across all five boroughs and surrounding communities in the tri-state area.

Please write to info@nptheatre.org with any questions