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OUR PROGRAM
The Lucille Lortel Theatre’s NYC Public High School Playwriting Fellowship will support diverse young writers and create an awareness of playwriting as a career. The opportunities provided by this program will encourage NYC public high school students to become the next generation of playwrights.
WHAT TO SUBMIT
Students will submit:
- An artistic statement up to 500 words.
- Three story ideas, each 3-5 sentences long.
- A creative writing sample, 1-3 pages long.
ENTRY PERIOD
Begins: October 11, 2023 at 12:01 AM (EST)
Ends: December 11, 2023 at 11:59 PM (EST)
ELIGIBILITY
The Fellowship is open to any high school student who is currently enrolled in and attending public high school in one of the five boroughs of New York City at the time of entry.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Fellows must attend:
- 7 or more of the 8 mentorship workshops on the following dates:
- January 18
- February 1, 8, 15, 28
- March 6, 18, 20
- The final presentation on March 25, 2024.
Weekly mentorship workshops will occur in Midtown Manhattan at 4:30-6:00pm.
See terms and conditions for official rules.*
FELLOWSHIPS
Seven Fellows will be selected: one from each of the five New York City boroughs plus two additional Fellows, one from District 75 and one from District 79 schools.
Each Fellow will receive:
- Mentoring on the playwriting process from theatre professionals.
- A $500 honorarium.
- Dinner and tickets to a Broadway show.
- A professional staged reading of the Fellow’s play.
- A certificate of recognition.
- Publication of the Fellow’s play.
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Special thanks to the NYC Department of Education Theater Program.
This program was supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.