NHS Dramatic Writing Program

The plays in this festival were written as part of the NHS Dramatic Writing program, which originated through an artist-in-residence program known as Youth Ink! In this ten-session residency, the Education staff of McCarter Theatre in Princeton partnered with arts-passionate high school educators to empower participating students as young playwrights. Selected sessions in the original residency in 2004 were enhanced by visits from professional playwrights, directors, dramaturgs, and McCarter’s artistic director, Emily Mann. In subsequent years, either as part of another residency or on our own, NHS students in Dramatic Writing classes have studied dramatic structure and generated their own ten-minute plays in a workshop environment. The plays you are hearing tonight were written last fall as part of this undertaking. We hope you enjoy being part of their developmental process!