PLAYWRITING WITH YOUNG ADULTS
Students in grades 7-12 will meet Core Standards in drama (create, perform/present/produce, respond, and connect). This one-of-a-kind tool, available through our In the Classroom program, strengthens students' literacy skills and helps them create and perform their own work. The curriculum is easily adaptable to support any other subject or class project.
CURRICULUM AND LESSON PLANS
Download the full curriculum, including lesson plans, in English.
Download the full curriculum, including lesson plans, in Spanish.
Listen to the audio recording of the curriculum below in English.
FREE PLAYWRITING RESIDENCIES
SY27, SY26: Year-long residency at City Academy with students in grades 9-12, taught as an English elective split into Beginning and Advanced Playwriting
SY26, SY25: Four-week residency at Salt Lake Center for Science Education (SLCSE) with students in grades 9-12
SY25: Year-long residency with students in grades 9-12 at City Academy
SY25, SY24: Two-month residency with students in grades 7-8 at Utah International Charter School
SY24: A four-month residency with students in grades 9-12 at City Academy
SY23: A three-month residency with students in grade 8 at Open Classroom
SY22: A six-month residency with students in grades 11-12 at Utah International Charter School
SY22: Twenty-nine plays were submitted (1-5 pages long, created by 140 student playwrights at three schools in three LEAs). Twelve were selected through an anonymous review process to be performed and filmed as staged readings by Conservatory students at Youth Theatre at the U. The 52 selected playwrights represent three schools in three LEAs and the Conservatory students represent one elementary, one middle, and six high schools in three LEAs. Enjoy the videos on the Youth Theatre at the U website!
SY21: Twenty-one plays were submitted (1-5 pages long, created by 47 student playwrights at six schools in four LEAs). All of them were performed and filmed as staged readings by Conservatory students at Youth Theatre at the U (representing one middle and four high schools in three LEAs). Enjoy the videos on the Youth Theatre at the U website!
Created as part of our In the Classroom program using our Playwriting With Young People curriculum, funded by the Utah State Board of Education as part of Professional Outreach Programs in the Schools (POPS).
Special thanks to Penny Caywood.
