Write.Voice.Play! A PlayWrite Showcase of Original Student One-Acts

PlayWrite, Inc.

Artists Repertory Theatre (1515 SW Morrison St Portland, OR 97205)

• April 14, 5 p.m.

When youth at-risk are challenged to write and direct their own short plays, surprising stories of trauma and tenderness, wisdom and wit erupt onto the stage. Write.Voice.Play! is an evening of student-created one-acts performed by some of Portland’s leading actors, workshopped and produced by PlayWrite, Inc.

PlayWrite brings “youth at the edge” together with theatre professionals in a performance art-based program that builds resilience, creativity, and confidence. In multi-day workshops, PlayWrite coaches and actors work one-on-one with at-risk kids, guiding them to explore and share their personal stories. Every word, character, and conflict of each resulting one-act is entirely, uniquely the student’s own.

The students PlayWrite works with come from historically marginalized and underserved populations. We see them. We understand and respect their resilience. We challenge them by asking for their best. And they deliver. Sponsored by PATA, Multnomah County Cultural Coalition. PlayWrite, Inc. is an FG24 GROW Grant Recipient. Visit www.playwriteinc.org.

Access information: Artists Repertory Theatre’s offers wheelchair seating. This is a staged reading and stage directions will read aloud. Contact ART’s box office at 503.241.1278 or email boxoffice@artistsrep.org with venue-related accessibility questions Email Aimee Farr at aimee@playwriteinc.org with questions related to this specific performance.