Here's a look at my new project! The Homegrown and Growing playwriting festival! The idea came to me this past October and all the preplanning is finally done and we're ready to start accepting submissions.
Homegrown and Growing is a playwriting festival that showcases the talent of young and aspiring playwrights from the Hampton Roads area. But, more than that, it is a vehicle with which we can provide the youth of the area with a means of being heard. The path of an aspiring artist is by no means an easy one, and often met with discouragement and condescension. We want to show them that theatre (and art in general) is an indiscriminant thing; blind of race, creed, gender and especially age. It is our goal to encourage these aspiring artists’ discipline and praise them for their hard work and skill.
In the next couple of months we'll be looking for local professionals to star and direct in the productions we select. The event is set to take place as a pre show for The Fantasticks, the final show of the VSC season. It's going to be a great opportunity to introduce the talented youth we select to some of the most important people in local theatre.
Homegrown and Growing is a playwriting festival that showcases the talent of young and aspiring playwrights from the Hampton Roads area. But, more than that, it is a vehicle with which we can provide the youth of the area with a means of being heard. The path of an aspiring artist is by no means an easy one, and often met with discouragement and condescension. We want to show them that theatre (and art in general) is an indiscriminant thing; blind of race, creed, gender and especially age. It is our goal to encourage these aspiring artists’ discipline and praise them for their hard work and skill.
In the next couple of months we'll be looking for local professionals to star and direct in the productions we select. The event is set to take place as a pre show for The Fantasticks, the final show of the VSC season. It's going to be a great opportunity to introduce the talented youth we select to some of the most important people in local theatre.