MAPP Young Native Playwrights Initiative (Humanitas Festival)

Admission is FREE to this showcase of one-act plays by young Coeur d'Alene and Nez Perce writers, performed by professional actors. Seating is limited; early arrival is recommended. The goal of the Young Native Playwrights Initiative is to enhance the voice and creative education of underserved indigenous youth, develop cross-cultural relationships regionally, and bring a greater cultural awareness to communities. Through a series of intensive mentored playwriting workshops, young people are taught to examine the dynamics of conflict and write plays where crisis, urgency, and possible consequences are explored. The process culminates in public staged presentations of the young writers' original plays by professional actors. This performance is presented by WSU Performing Arts as part of the second annual Humanitas Festival (http://performingarts.wsu.edu/humanitas), with support from WSU's Office of the Tribal Liaison and the Museum of Art/WSU, Luigi Gastaldo and Flora Brevette Rosa Endowment for Buy-a-Busload-of-Kids Program.