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The Young Writer's Project is a five-year old artistic community outreach project produced for Theatre of NOTE by Jonathan Klein . Each year four High Schools are chosen to participate in a workshop-based writing experiment that culminates in the staged production of four short plays. One play representing each school. This 2007 season will be representing young writer's from LONG BEACH POLY HIGH SCHOOL in Long Beach, MIRA COST HIGH SCHOOL in Manhattan Beach, NEWPORT HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE ARTS in Newport Beach and THE WINDWARD SCHOOL in Venice. The fully-staged productions will be presented at Theatre of NOTE in Hollywood in May of 2007.
Presenting the 2007 season of plays for Theatre of NOTE 's Young Writer's Project :
"Zepheryill Eye Drops" and "Spelling Bee"
Written by : Christian Aaron Saldena
Directed by David Platt .
With: Stewart Skelton , Rich Pierrelouis , Stephen Schaffold , Jennifer Ann Evans, Mandi Moss and Jonathan Klein .
"A Night Out"
Written by : Miguel Acuna
Directed by : Phinny Kiyomura
With: Inger Tudor, Stephen Schaffold and Maria Pasquarelli
"Family Reunion Without Food"
Written by : Caitlin Raftery
Directed by : Heather Holloway
With : Krista Conti , David Bickford , Chris Gyre , Jon Monastero , Stephen Schaffold and Mandi Moss
"Out of Shit Comes Order"
Written by :Lauren Marie Buangan
Directed by : Stephen Carver
With: Monroe Makowsky , David Wilcox , Lauren Letherer, Linda Graves and Maria Pasquarelli.
"Percy's Great Feign"
Written by : Karina Smith
Directed by : Terry Tocantins
With : Jon Monastero , Rich Pierrelouis , Juliette Storace , Lauren Letherer and David Bickford .
Congratulations to all!!!

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It's more like who we would like you to meet : THE WRITERS

MEET THE WRITERS:

CAITLIN RAFTERY
"Family Reunion Without Food"

CHRISTIAN AARON SALDENA
"Zephyrill Eye Drops" and "Spelling Bee"

KARINA SMITH
"Percy's Great Feign"

THE HOSTING PLAYWRIGHTS :

Playwright MARTY BARRETT will be bringing his experienced hand to students at LONG BEACH POLY HIGH SCHOOL.

Playwright/Director HANK BUNKER has written, directed and acted throughout Los Angeles. His play "The Noon of Games" was produced at Glaxa Studios by Oxblood. "The Interview" and "Futon Dialogues" were originally produced on separate bills at Theatre of NOTE . Other plays include "Lefty" and "All Saints’ Day". He is a founding member of the Oxblood Theater Company in L.A., and his writing appears in the anthology "Los Angeles Under the Influence", from Doublewide Press. He has an MFA in playwriting from USC, and was a long-time collaborator with the Padua Hills Playwrighting Workshop. Mr. Bunker will be volunteering his services to guide young potential playwrights at MIRA COSTA HIGH SCHOOL.

CHRISTOPHER KELLEY is an award-winning playwright and director who has had several shows produced at Theatre of NOTE . This season his "The Bomba Trilogy" was presented to kudos and packed houses. The portion of the trilogy called "Darkness" won best ensemble from Backstage West and Mr. Kelley's script was nominated for best play. Mr. Kelley will be workshopping students' original work at THE WINDWARD SCHOOL.

ERIK PATTERSON has had several works produced at Theatre of NOTE and other Los Angeles stages. NOTE is proud to have presented the first and second installments of his eventual trilogy. Both "Yellow/Flesh/Alabaster/Rose" and "Red Light/Green Light" wowed local audiences in their examination of the inner workings of one of the most dysfunctial but loving family units to have ever graced the stage. Mr. Patterson is bringing his prolific vision to THE NEWPORT BEACH HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEATRE ARTS.

My Blog

New Success!

Great news from one of 2007 Young Writers!"This is Caitlin Raftery, writer of "a Family Reunion without food" a part of the Young writers project last year (2007). I just wanted to let you know that,...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:07:00 GMT

2007 Season Smashing Success!!!

Four days of completely packed houses illustrated to our five Young Playwrights what a life in the theatre can be like at its most fulfilling. In their talkback sessions, all the writers agreed that c...
Posted by on Sun, 27 May 2007 14:32:00 GMT

The shows are cast!!!

Presenting the 2007 season of plays for Theatre of NOTE 's Young Writer's Project :"Zepheryill Eye Drops" and "Spelling Bee"Written by : Christian Aaron SaldenaDirected by David Platt .With:Stewart Sk...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:31:00 GMT

2007 Plays announced!

The plays and playwrights chosen for the 2007 presentation of the Young Writer's Project at Theatre of NOTE are as follows :A FAMILY REUNION WITHOUT FOODBy Cailin RafteryMira Costa High SchoolPERCY'S...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:33:00 GMT

Thank you Hollywood Chamber!!!

The Young Writers' Project, through Theatre of NOTE, has been awarded a $2,500.00 grant from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce! They were so taken with what we have done with the project that the awar...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:36:00 GMT

Auditions!

Professional actors who are ensemble members of Theatre of NOTE will be auditioning for this years round of chosen plays! The auditions are being held on Sunday, April 28th. All the playwrights from c...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:17:00 GMT