Young Playwrights Festival

May 8-20

What happens when a professional theater company produces 85 plays written by playwrights ages 8-18?
Plays seriously workshopped at Writopia Lab this school year, and the winning plays from nearly 100 outside submissions, will be professionally produced--performed by professional actors and directed by NY’s elite theater professionals--at the 45th Street Theatre and at 59E59 Theaters in May as part of our 2012 Worldwide Plays Festival.

How Did this Amazing Thing Happen?
This is the third year that Writopia Lab has produced a festival of plays. David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Inc., began funding our annual festival last year. Worldwide Pants has again granted us $50,000 to produce our writers' poignant, entertaining, and sometimes hilarious works!
A huge thank you to everyone involved with the production, especially our directors, Dan and Kara. Read more!

NYC Literary Honors

April 23

Congratulations to Writopia superstar Angelica Modabber, who was the only student honored by Mayor Bloomberg at the inaugural NYC Literary Honors, along with Paul Auster, Marie Ponsot, Robert Caro, Roz Chast, and Robert Silvers! Read more!

Writopia Turns 5!

April 16

Writopia celebrated its 5th birthday this April at the JCC in Manhattan. Along with a fundraiser auction to help grant scholarships to current and future Writopians, the event featured Susan Cain, author of the New York Times Bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, and performances of excerpts from Writopia students’ work. Several Writopia students were honored with the following awards:
Emma Goldberg -- The Susan Cain Award for Humility, Commitment, and Outstanding Work
Angelica Modabber -- The Susan Cain Award for Humility, Commitment, and Outstanding Work
Rachel Berger --  Changing Worlds with Personal, Outstanding Work
Nora Miller -- Changing Worlds with Poetry Award
Katie Hartman -- Community, Commitment, and Mentorship Award (for running workshops for inner city youth)
Rebecca Teich -- Community, Commitment, and Mentorship Award (for inspiring and guiding Writopia's youngest writers throughout the entire year) Read more!