For additional information on DTC's Delaware Young Playwright's Festival, please contact:
Mimi Warnick, Artistic Director
DELAWARE YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL 2024-2025
DYPF 2025 Performance and Recognition Night
Thursday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m.
2024-2025 DYPF Theme:
“Now is the time for the real work.”
--Mama from Stompin' at the Savoy*
*Stompin' at the Savoy is a new musical by Phaedra Michelle Scott and Alan Govenar
Delaware Theatre Company is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 DYPF Finalists and Honorable Mentions.
They are as follows:
The 2024-2025 DYPF Finalists:
Home Shelf by Spencer Camlin, Sussex Central High School
Lines in the Sand by Joey-Christina Werts, Cab Calloway School of the Arts
Salem by Emily Howard, Charter School of Wilmington
The Everything Store by Ahshira Wilson, St. Elizabeth High School
Voices Unheard by Darby Ann Tisdel, MOT Charter High School
Honorable Mentions:
The Oncoming Fight by Paul White, Charter School of Wilmington
The Unraveling by Aidan Reagan, Cab Calloway School of the Arts
Unlucky Passing by Elias Olvera, Cape Henlopen High School
Hind n' Bind by Adrien Kinderman, MOT Charter School
A Retirement's Retirement by Samuel Obilie Mante, William Penn High School
Congratulations to these playwrights, and to all who participated in this year's DYPF! Thank you and your students for your participation in this year's DYPF--
we were thrilled with the level of interest and the exciting content of the plays!
2024 DYPF Winners on Performance Night
Left to Right: Amara Harrison, Emily Howard, Mia Trotter, Valentine Logan, Darby Ann Tisdel
The mission of Delaware Theatre Company's DYPF is to provide students with an authentic audience for their creative writing and teachers with an innovative literacy program. Guided by passion and professionalism, DYPF uses educational resources, interactive workshops, personal feedback to every playwright, and public performances to engage students in the art of theatre through the act of writing a play. Both competitive and cooperative, DYPF fosters, respects, and celebrates the voices of young writers.
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I would absolutely suggest this program to other playwrights, as this experience has helped me to gain more insight into the process of writing, and what to keep in mind while developing characters and plots. This opportunity is a great chance to get to learn more about further analyzation of your stories. Getting to see it live in front of you, with the way that actors portray the characters, gives you, as the writer, a different take on who they can become through the actor's abilities.”
– Jordan, student playwright, Aquinas Academy
DYPF is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.