<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></span></font></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Playwrights Local announces<br>A new program for emerging writers</span><br> </span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><strong>YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS COLLECTIVE (YPC)</strong></span></span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/young-playwrights-collective-ypc/">http://www.playwrightslocal.org/young-playwrights-collective-ypc/</a></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42)">Founding Members</span><br>Luke Brett<br>EJ Dahl<br>Arien Hodges<br>Hannah Rae Leach<br>Kevin Latimer<br>Angelo Maneage<br>Shaun O’Neill<br>Sam Sommer<br>Maribeth Van Hecke<br><br><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42)">Coordinator</span><br>Hannah Rae Leach<br><br><span style="color:rgb(165,42,42)">Info</span><br>The Young Playwrights Collective serves emerging writers approximately 30 and under. The group meets regularly to workshop new material, provide support, and otherwise keep each other's writing on track. YPC members are asked to make a firm commitment to the process and to seeing their work and that of the others develop.<br><br>Playwrights in the YPC enjoy free tickets to events and other benefits as members of the Playwrights Local community.<br><br>Immediate plans for the YPC involve helping its playwrights prepare their primary one-acts and full-lengths for production. Future plans involve staged readings and other presentations. <br><br>Join us in welcoming these great new talents to the Playwrights Local family. We can't wait to see what they come up with! </span></font><br></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#a52a2a"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Website</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-inden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