Calling all Teen Writers!
#ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence
Workshops: April 19 & 20, 2025
Performance: April 26, 2025
ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence confronts gun violence by creating new works of theatre that spark critical conversations and inspire meaningful action in communities across the country. ENOUGH!'s mission is to promote communications and playwriting as a tool for self-expression and social change, harnessing this generation's spirit of activism and providing a platform for America's youth to discover and develop their voices today.
Theater Alliance has been chosen to pilot a Core Theater program with ENOUGH!, and will implement this new play development curriculum as our primary education programming with DC youth. Our teaching artists will teach the fundamentals of storytelling as a tool for self-expression and social change.
Timeline and Curriculum
In this course, playwright KJ Moran Velz and director Aria Velz teach the fundamentals of playwriting, providing students with the necessary tools to brainstorm, draft, and revise their own plays.
During April 19th and 20th, students will draft 10 minute plays that confront gun violence. On April 26th, their work will be performed by professional actors at Theater Alliance’s Hothouse New Play Block Party.
Proposed Schedule
- April 19-20, 2025: Writing Workshops
- April 26, 2025: Public performance as a part of Theater Alliance’s Hothouse New Play Block Party.
Program Goals
- Process – Introductions with the primary goals of building relationships, discussing theatre, reading a play, and discussing gun violence and how it manifests in our lives.
- Structure – Exploring structure, characters, and dialogue with particular attention to the inciting incident.
- Feedback – Reading plays out loud and developing ways of delivering constructive, positive feedback.
- Fine Tuning – Making edits based on feedback provided, growing the plays, and closing the group.
- Location : 340 Maple Dr SW, Washington, DC 20024
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