 | Drama school student Stephen Moore, one of the mentors in the Dwight-Edgewood Program, talks shop with Troup Middle School students (from left) Leonard Chiquillo, grade 7; Christopher Jones, grade 8; Ashley Lugo, grade 5; and Lyndsay Cromwell (grade 5). |
Ten young writers of promising talent from New Haven have been selected to participate in this year's Dwight-Edgewood Project, a longstanding collaboration between the Yale Repertory Theatre, the School of Drama and the city's schools.
Now in its ninth year, the Dwight-Edgewood Project is modeled on The 52nd Street Project's "Playmaking" course in New York City. Ten local middle school students, under the guidance of mentors from Yale's drama school, spend the month of June learning about the theater and writing original plays. The program includes visits from professional playwrights and an overnight retreat to Camp Wightman in Griswald, Connecticut.
The project ends with two performances of student-created plays that are designed, produced and performed by Yale drama school students. This year's performances will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, June 25 and 26, in the Off-Broadway Theatre at 41 Broadway. Five different 10-minute plays, written by the youngsters, will be presented each night. Admission is free and open to the public, on a first-come, first-served basis.
This year, the local students participating in the program come exclusively from Troup Middle School. While in previous years participants were chosen based on their interest in performance, this year managing/artistic director Kenneth Lin and Yale Rep education manager Ruth Feldman opted to seek out students interested in writing in order to nurture the young authors' voices. The participants, who range in age from 10 to 15, were handpicked by Troup's principal, Richard Kaliszewski, based on their demonstrated writing skills. The 10 students are Erika Colon (grade 5), Ashley Lugo (grade 5), Lyndsay Cromwell (grade 5), Carlanna Leandry (grade 6), Tasseine Edwards (grade 6), Linda Cruz (grade 6), Juan Galan (grade 7), Leonard Chiquillo (grade 7), Christopher Jones (grade 8) and Jasmine Mallard (grade 8).
In addition to Lin, the staff of Dwight-Edgewood Project 2004 consists of Bryan Clark (general manager), Rolin Jones (production assistant), Jedadiah Schultz (director), Sara Clement (set/costume designer) and David Nugent (composer/sound designer). The drama school student mentors are Monica Achen, Nastaran Ahmadi, David Bardeen, Mark Blankenship, Anita Gandhi, Blake Hackler, Bridget Jones, Victor Kaufold, Stephen Moore and Sarah Treem. Michael Bernard, former artistic associate director of The 52nd Street Project, will teach the "Playmaking" course.
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