Dear Friends and Followers,
As you may have guessed, the New Jersey Young Playwrights Festival is no longer in operation. Sadly, Writers Theatre of NJ, the organization that produced the contest/festival since 1989 closed its doors at the end of 2019. I recently discovered that I still had access to this Facebook page and felt it was a good time to update you on the status of this program.
I had the privilege of serving the young playwrights of New Jersey as the producer and coordinator of this program from 2002-2018 and saw a number of excellent stories and people pass through the doors. The program was also the subject of my doctoral dissertation and I continue to engage with the wider field of youth playwriting around the world.
While the NJYPF is no longer in service, I encourage you to continue exploring and dreaming in your writing and to seek out avenues to share and develop your work here in the Garden State, and beyond. You can find these programs in the Young Playwrights Guide, a blog that I update semi-annually.
Since I am the administrator of the NJYPF Facebook page and this blog, and there is no longer anyone left at Writers Theatre to administer the program, I will keep them open for the continuing future. I wish you all the best in your creative work and look forward to seeing what you create next!
Sincerely,
Dr. Jim DeVivo
