Mind the Gap: Intergenerational Playwriting Workshop, October to December

Mon, Sep 19 2022
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Virtual

creative writing teen time writing workshop

Apply to take part in this workshop series happening from October to December 

Mind the Gap is free intergenerational theatre program from New York Theatre Workshop in which elders [ages 55+] and youth [ages 14-19] interview each other and write or devise short plays inspired by their personal stories. Mind the Gap’s primary goal is to use theatre as a creative tool to increase empathy and communication between generations. No theatre experience is required to participate in the program.

Over the course of 10 sessions, participants work in intergenerational pairs to interview each other and write plays inspired by their partner’s personal stories. Each playwriting workshop culminates with an invited work-in-process presentation in which professional actors read participants’ work aloud. 

The goals of the program are both to teach writing and theatre skills and foster better communication and understanding between these two age groups. No playwriting or theatre experience is necessary to participate in Mind the Gap.

Through the workshop participants are able to:

INVESTIGATE, LISTEN and EMPATHIZE with someone of another generation, while using playwriting as a tool to understand and represent their unique experience; 

BROADEN THEIR PERSPECTIVE, see the other generation in a new light, and take on the task of telling someone else’s story with respect and understanding;  

SHARE THEIR STORIES and ultimately see them interpreted through another’s eyes making meaning out of their personal narratives and gaining insights into their own lives

Mind the Gap at Brooklyn Public Library Fall 2022:

Wednesdays - In Person at Central Library, 

10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238,

October 12 – December 21, 2022, 4:00-6:00pm

The full schedule for Mind the Gap at BPL Fall 2022 is as follows.

October 12, 19, 26; November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; December 7, 14

December 19 - Final Play Readings

December 21 - Wrap-Up Session

Application deadline is September 19th by 5:00pm ET

Application link: https://airtable.com/shrrgSTWUM2aGpyHe

To learn more about Mind the Gap, visit www.nytw.org/education/mind-the-gap/

Apply to take part in this workshop series happening from October to December 

Services for Older Adults is partially funded by Coordinated Outreach Library Services aid from the New York State Education Department, administered by the State Library’s Division of Library Development. All programs are sponsored by Brooklyn Public Library’s Department of Outreach Services.

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