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- EIN 31-1628797
- (202) 832-7329
- 2229 Newton St Ne Washington DC 20018-3072 USA
- www.blackwomenplaywrights.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
Mission: The black women playwrights' group (bwpg) is a service and advocacy group for african american playwrights writing for the professional theater. The mission of bwpg is to support and promote the work of our members as well as advocate on critical issues within the theater world. For more than 20 years in the washington, dc metropolitan community, we have been an institution that reflects and serves our community, gives voice and an artistic haven to women who are writing their first play and to those who have won many honors and awards. Bwpg represents women playwrights of color at national theater convenings and in professional publications such as the theater journal, published by johns hopkins university.
Programs: "professional development" programs: professional development opportunities provided to bwpg members include group and individual mentoring of their writing and links to the professional world to foster readings and productions of their work. At each monthly meeting information is shared about opportunities as well as feedback on work members have written. A public reading at which 60 people were present at a local library as well as readings at the dc black theater festival and a theater company in south carolina.
"cyber narrative" program: the bwpg cyber narrative project links playwrights, theaters, and productions to create online content for plays. The purpose of this program is to create additional audiences and venues i. E. An online audience within a cyber venue, for playwrights. Playwrights and theaters must take advantage of new technologies to expand the reach of theater and the number of playwrights able to reach an audience beyond the one that comes to a particular theater at a particular day of the week to see a production. Activities this year included preliminary development of a video game based on a play that was under contract for development at the african continuum theater in washington, dc. In addition, we worked on the 12@12noon app, which broadcasts 12 line scenes written by playwrights on weekdays at 12 noon. Members of the black women playwrights group wrote 12-line scenes for the app. These scenes were developed within the supportive atmosphere of bwpg and multiple drafts were sharpened and honed within the monthly meetings as well as small group sessions with bwpg members.