Tag Archive for: Student Playwriting

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Q&A with Student Playwriting Competition Winners, Finalists

Six winners have been selected for the Middle School & High School Playwriting Competition, three in each age group. This year, the DCPA received 142 middle school and 107 high school submissions – nearly 100 more than last year. The top three plays by each age group will be included in the 2024 Playwriting Anthology […]

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Finalists and Winners Announced for the 2023 Student Playwriting Competition

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is proud to announce the winning plays as part of its tenth annual Middle School & High School Playwriting Competition, which has impacted more than 25,000 students since its inception in 2013. This year, the DCPA received 179 total submissions from 22 counties across Colorado. After careful […]

DCPA Education announces winners of its eighth annual AT&T High School Playwriting Competition

  In 2013, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Education team launched a high school playwriting program to nurture Colorado’s young writers, cultivate theatre artists and audiences, develop new plays, and advance literacy, creativity, writing and communication through playwriting. Since its inception, the workshops and competition have impacted more than 25,000 students. Due to […]

Brandon Guo Scenesters 2020

The 2020 Scenesters: Brandon Guo

He’s one of three winning playwrights whose scripts will be presented at the Colorado New Play Summit

Connor Yokley Scenesters 2020 student playwriting

The 2020 Scenesters: Connor Yokley

He’s one of three winning playwrights whose scripts will be presented at the Colorado New Play Summit Today on the DCPA NewsCenter, we continue our daily spotlight of the three winning Colorado student playwrights for DCPA Education’s annual AT&T High School Playwriting Competition, whose plays will be read on Saturday, February 22, at the 2020 […]

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DCPA Education names three student plays to be featured at 2020 Summit

The three winning scripts will be presented at next month’s Colorado New Play Summit Denver Center Education has announced the three winning plays for its seventh annual statewide AT&T High School Playwriting Competition, which this year drew 154 one-act plays for consideration from Colorado student writers. The following plays will be presented together as a […]

Scenesters: DCPA announces 2020 class of student playwriting finalists

On Monday, DCPA Education will reveal the three scripts to be presented at next month’s Colorado New Play Summit Denver Center Education has announced the 10 finalists for its seventh annual statewide AT&T High School Playwriting Competition, which this year drew 154 one-act plays for consideration from Colorado student writers. On Monday, DCPA Education will […]