WINNER of the 2023 BARRYMORE - VICTORY AWARD FOR EDUCATION!
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WINNER of the 2023 BARRYMORE - VICTORY AWARD FOR EDUCATION! -
PAPER WINGS
IN-SCHOOL PLAYWRITING RESIDENCY
ABOUT PAPER WINGS
Paper Wings students write and perform their own work as part of two annual festivals: our Winter Mini Monologue Festival and our Spring 10-Min Playfest.
Working with Mx. TS Hawkins, and the in-classroom teacher, students learn how to craft and perform original monologues and plays based on themes they want to explore. Kicking off Theatre Exile’s 28th season and the partner school's curriculum, these young creatives are writing on the theme of "expressionism"; lingually curating what it means to examine one’s vivid emotional response to the unraveling human experience on the world stage. Join these creative young minds on an expedition you don't want to miss!
At each school partner school, students work directly with the Director of Education, TS Hawkins. After all the theatre games, world building, story sculpting, and community showcases, by the end of school year, the students will have the opportunity to become published writers & playwrights!
To stay immersed in the students’ creative process, check out last year's Commemorative Book, photos, videos, and Literary Eagle Award winners here on the theme of "Fearless: plays of a new tomorrow”! Like what you see? Feel free to email education@theatreexile.org to have your school become a part of the Paper Wings Playwriting Residency Program!
2024-2025 SEASON EVENTS
2023-2024 SEASON EVENTS
WEEK 2
FLYEST STORY OF THE WEEK #Nominees
WEEK 1
ABOUT THE LITERARY EAGLE AWARD
The Literary Eagle Award was established in the Fall of 2020 by Education Director TS Hawkins to spotlight the youth voice(s) that exemplified exceptional participation and follow-through within Paper Wings! Awarded during the Fall and Spring sessions of the program, participating students have the opportunity to be voted on by their classmates. After all the student votes have been tabulated, the final numbers are reviewed by Theatre Exile’s Education Director and the partnering classroom teachers. The winner is announced during the culminating presentation; the Fall Monologue Fest and/or the Spring 10-Minute PlayFest.
The Literary Eagle Award winners for 2024 are:
• Evie SanMartin, Nikita Lin & Lucas Nguon
• Runner ups: Desi Nutini, Rose Lutz, Nettie Parker-Thomas & Lucy Dipiazza
Working within a large group is no easy feat. Thus, congratulations are in order for the Writers Room that gave it their all for the whole year. Enter the Radical Writers Room Awardees...
• The Bluebirds Writers Room
• The Writers: Rae Furyan, Chase Fox, Jayden Chen, Jimdenny Analco Bartolo,
Honor Jenkins, James Bryant, Isabella Negron & Jayden Pedrazzani
Past Award Recipients & Runner-ups
• 2023 Fall Semester Winners:
Nayeli Perez Saloma, Sebastian Wolfson & Ishmael Savadogo
• 2023 Spring Semester Winners:
Zakeer Clark-Burnett, Summer Sok & De’Viana Davis
• Runner ups: Charlie French, Samuel Rinde, Abdallah Boudissa, Nihal Ouchene,
Sophia Jasmin, & Jenny Jv
• 2022 Overall Winners: Johnny Dang & Ismael Boro
• 2021 Overall Winners: Julian Sankey & Kristy Do
• Runner ups: Natalia Caro-Ceron, Summer Reid & Aleishai Beltran-Barbon
• 2020 Overall Winner: Denisha Thapa
• Runner ups: Natalia Caro-Ceron & Hajra Khan
FEARLESS - PLAYS OF A NEW TOMORROW
FEARLESS - PLAYS OF A NEW TOMORROW
Commemorative Book vol. IV
edited by TS Hawkins, Director of Education
part of Theatre Exile’s In-School Playwriting Residency
ft. student work from Fanny Jackson Coppin & Franklin Learning Center
