ARE WE WRITING LOUD ENOUGH?

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BENEFIT PERFORMANCE

ARE WE WRITING LOUD ENOUGH?
SELECTIONS FROM THE DIARY 21 PROJECT
featuring The Vineyard Theatre Student Company

In an extraordinary collaboration between The Anne Frank Center USA, Vineyard Theatre and Young Playwrights Inc., THE DIARY 21 PROJECT is uniquely designed to teach students literacy and tolerance through the arts using Anne Frank’s diary as inspiration. Showcasing plays created during this year's Diary 21 Project, The Vineyard Theatre Student Company performs ARE WE WRITING LOUD ENOUGH? — a one-night-only benefit that will directly support next year's program. Join us for a moving evening of original work inspired by a pivotal historical figure and one of the most widely read books in the world.

MONDAY, MAY 24, 2010, 7PM
at Vineyard Theatre 108 East 15th Street
Reception to follow performance

ONLY $15
For tickets call 212.353.0303 x211
Purchasing a ticket directly supports next year's program.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

The Diary 21 Project is a collaboration between The Anne Frank Center USA, Vineyard Theatre and Young Playwrights Inc. designed to teach students literacy and tolerance through the arts using Anne Frank’s diary as inspiration. This year’s playwrights attend NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies and Washington Irving High School.

The Anne Frank Center USA uses the diary of Anne Frank as a unique tool—an authentic Holocaust document and a literary work of art—to inspire young people to build communities based on mutual respect. www.annefrank.com

Vineyard Theatre is a non-profit Off-Broadway theatre company dedicated to new work, bold programming and arts education. One of America’s preeminent centers for the creation of new plays and musicals, it has consistently premiered provocative, groundbreaking works and developed innovative educational collaborations. www.vineyardtheatre.org

Young Playwrights Inc., founded by Stephen Sondheim in 1981 as the only professional theater devoted solely to the work of writers aged 18 or younger, promotes playwriting in basic education through the use of a standardized curriculum taught by professional playwrights. www.youngplaywrights.org

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