Curious New Voices

Curious Theatre Company's award winning playwriting program for teens ages 15-21

A Group Poem from Curious New Voices Playwrights-Summer 2009

Like hieroglyphics

Scrawled across the stone

Giving way

To flowing script

Words, words

Beautiful words

Borrowing

From each other

From the play OTHER PEOPLE'S ORGANS by Paige Roth (Photographed by Michael Ensminger)

Curious New Voices Summer Program is an innovative four-week playwriting intensive, created and led by Dee Covington (Curious Theatre Company Member), for young writers who are interested in bringing their passion for the written word to the theatrical world of playwriting.

Emerging artists will work alongside professional playwrights, teachers, actors, and directors to develop short new plays. At the end of the program, playwrights will be able to experience a 3-day staged reading festival of their finished 30-minute creation.

Awards and Recognition

2007 Denver Post Special Achievement Ovations Award to Dee Covington for the Curious New Voices "The New Decade Plays"

Curious New Voices at the National Performing Arts Convention in Denver June 2008

Read John Moore's article on Curious New Voices playwright, Max Posner's experience

For more information, contact Education Director Dee Covington at 303-623-2349 or email

Previous Curious New Voices Guest Playwrights include:

2004

Martin Moran

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

The Donald B. Vander Heyden Young Playwrights Project is made possible in part by a generous matching grant from the Olson-Vander Heyden Foundation.

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2010 Guest Playwrights:

Annie Baker

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Annie Baker is the recent recipient of the 2010 Obie Award for her plays CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION and THE ALIENS. She graduated from the Department of Dramatic Writing at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and will soon be teaching at the University of Rochester starting in late 2010.

Allison Moore

Monday, July 12, 2010

Allison Moore is a Core Member of The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis. Her plays include Hazard County, Eighteen, Urgent Fury, The Strange Misadventures of Patty, CowTown, and American Klepto.

Rogelio Martinez

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Rogelio Martinez is an award winning playwright whose plays have been developed and presented at many theaters across the country. Most recently the Denver Center Theater Co. premiered his new play WHEN TANG MET LAIKA. Mr. Martinez is an alumnus of New Dramatists and teaches playwriting at Goddard College and Primary Stages.

Year Round Playwriting Opportunities

Curious New Voices strives to create an artistic home for young playwrights during the summer and all year long.

Companion Pieces

Writers compose short plays to be performed in conjunction with one of the Curious Theatre Company main stage productions.

Eco Plays

Curious New Voices playwrights create 10-minute plays dealing with themes of climate change and sustainability.

Writers' Church

A drop-in playwriting workshop for anyone ages 15-21 interested in writing, reading, and developing their own plays...or interested in knowing if they might be interested. First Sunday of every month, from 10:30am-1:30pm at Curious theatre Company. RSVP by clicking here.