Giving young Bay Area playwrights the opportunity to develop their work is the goal of the San Francisco Young Playwrights Foundation, created in 2005 by Lauren Yee.
The author of over a dozen plays that have been produced for festivals and theaters around the world, Yee knew first-hand the benefits of gaining early writing experience. In high school and later as a Yale University student, she won awards and recognition from the California Young Playwrights Festival to the Florida Teen Playwright Festival. But despite the many programs available in her hometown of San Francisco for teen performers, Yee saw a lack of opportunities for students to hone their skills writing for the stage.
Read more on the KQED Spark website.
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