Grantee Database
PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
JUMP StArts - County and Community Facilities
Award Amount
$45,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, PWP will engage justice involved youth in Defining Moments playwriting and theater education. The program empowers students to exercise their artistry, value their personal achievements and develop greater empathy. It improves the perception of peers, adults, and the general public by demystifying commonly held myths about at-risk youth and celebrating their ability to succeed. The grant will pay for artists’ fees and program costs.
Organization Summary
Playwrights Project provides playwriting workshops in schools, communities, and correctional facilities, conducts the annual California Young Playwrights Contest for writers under the age of 19, and professionally produces community readings and full productions of Plays by Young Writers and The Mosaic Festival. Playwrights Project’s programs engage underserved populations in dramatizing stories drawn from imagination and life experiences, including reflections on the impact of poverty, incarceration, addiction, foster care, and military service. Recognizing that life presents difficult situations, forces beyond our control, and challenging decisions, the programs guide individuals to reflect on past experiences with compassion, create fictional plays that examine hardships, explore positive non-violent solutions, look forward to brighter futures, and celebrate the resilience gained by triumphing over difficulties.
Organization
Playwrights Project
Address
3675 Ruffin Road, Ste. #130
San Diego
92123
County
San Diego
Region
Far South
Phone
(858) 384-2970
Congressional District
California's 52nd congressional district
State Assembly District
District 77
State Senate District
District 39
