MYPP at Westford Academy
One of my favorite parts of the school year is the Massachusetts Young Playwrights’ Project (MYPP), which brings playwright mentors into high schools all over the Boston metro. Over two class visits, we discuss play structure, read short plays, and read and discuss students’ work (which are 10-minute plays). The culmination of all this activity is the New Noises Festival in April, when all the participating schools come together for a four-day presentation — readings using professional actors and directors from the Boston theatre community — of their work. This year, I am mentoring students at Westford Academy, where the drama program is run by fellow alum Michael Towers. His students visit us regularly to see our plays; they are some of our favorite audience members around here, so it will be fun to see the work they decide to put on the stage.
