Alabama Shakespeare Festival | Young Playwrights

ASF’s Young Southern Writers’ Project One Act Play Competition was created to give voice to a new generation of Southern authors. By providing school visits, teacher training and prize incentives, YSWP creates a venue for high school writers to try their hand at the exciting art of playwriting.

Playwright in the Classroom

Students across the state experience hands-on creative writing exercises led by working playwrights. Through the use of critical thinking, conflict resolution and problem solving activities, students learn how to create a one-act play while exploring their creative potential. Students have the unique opportunity to interact with a professional playwright and learn the ins and outs of the craft.

The outreach component of visiting high schools, giving workshops and cultivating young
writers has its own satisfaction. I would like to think that each year the Young Southern
Writers’ Project one-act play contest receives more and better plays because of the
school visits and that we have given them a curiosity and an interest in theatre.
- Carlyle Brown, playwright

For more information Nancy Rominger or Kevin Stewart.