The Mentor-Artists Playwrights Project (MAPP) presents the Young Native Playwrights Initiative, Sat., Sept. 27, at 12:30 p.m. in Wadleigh Theatre at Daggy Hall.
Admission is FREE to this showcase of one-act plays by young Coeur d’Alene and Nez Perce writers, performed by professional actors! The Vandal Nation drumming circle will also perform before and at the beginning of the program.
The goal of the Young Native Playwrights Initiative is to enhance the voice and creative education of underserved indigenous youth, develop cross-cultural relationships regionally, and to bring a greater cultural awareness to communities.
Through a series of intensive mentored playwriting workshops, young people are taught to examine the dynamics of conflict and write plays where crisis, urgency, and possible consequences are explored. The process culminates in public staged presentations of the young writers’ original plays by professional actors.
This performance is presented as part of the second annual Humanitas Festival by WSU Performing Arts with support from WSU’s Office of the Tribal Liaison and the Museum of Art/WSU, Luigi Gastaldo and Flora Brevette Rosa Endowment for Buy-a-Busload-of-Kids Program.
For more information about MAPP, see https://www.mentorartists.com/
More information on Humanitas Festival at https://performingarts.wsu.edu/humanitas
