Fertile Ground 2024

Write.Voice.Play!

A PlayWrite Showcase of Original Student One-Acts
Sunday, April 14, 2024, 5:00 pm
Artists Repertory Theatre Lobby
128 NW 11th Ave., Portland, OR

When youth at-risk are challenged to write and direct their own short plays, surprising stories of trauma and tenderness, wisdom and wit erupt onto the stage. Join us for Write.Voice.Play!, an evening of student-created one-acts performed by some of Portland’s leading actors, workshopped and produced by PlayWrite, Inc.

PlayWrite brings “youth at the edge” together with theatre professionals in a performance art-based program that builds resilience, creativity, and confidence. In multi-day workshops, PlayWrite coaches and actors work one-on-one with at-risk kids, guiding them to explore and share their personal stories. Every word, character, and conflict of each resulting one-act is entirely, uniquely the student’s own.

Sponsored by PATA, Multnomah County Cultural Coalition. PlayWrite is an FG24 GROW Grant Recipient.

Free Admission

Suggested Donation $20