WTown PLAYers
Performance Troupe for
​WCT PLAY Program
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​ Peer Leadership through
the Arts for Youth (PLAY)
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'24 '25 WTown PLAYers meet 1st and 3rd Sundays
from 2:30PM - 5:00PM
​2024 Interviews scheduled August 17
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The PLAYers is a joint partnership/collaboration with the Anika James Foundation, ​and supported by local artists.

"A Seat at the Table"
Walltown PLAYers immerse in a creative curriculum exploring the Creative Process, Playwriting/Journaling,  Acting, Monologue Writing and Presentation, and Leadership/Service.  WCT artistic staff develop the PLAYers’ journal notes into artistic, expressive performance pieces based on common threads/issues identified, and incorporating the various disciplines practiced by the students (music, singing, dance, acting). With these pieces, PLAYers engage with, present to, and perform for the broader WCT student population and their parents, other groups of youth, and/or the general public. After presentations, PLAYers engage the audiences in conversations on the topic(s) presented, gaining valuable feedback and insights. This feeds a perpetual cycle of reflection and growth within the PLAYers. With consistent encouragement, practice, and exposure opportunities, our PLAYers master the art of expressing themselves dynamically through various creative outlets. 
To recommend your youth for the WT PLAYers,
​please respond with a two paragraph recommendation answering the following:
-how will your youth be good for the PLAYers
-how will the PLAYers be good for your youth.
Please direct your recommendations and/or any questions to Cara Williams at [email protected].
Important Dates:
June 8, 2024 ~ Community Event (Race Unity Day)
August 17, 2024 ~ PLAYers Interviews
September 13-15, 2024 ~ WT PLAYer’s Annual Retreat (Triangle Inst.) 
April TBD, 2025 ~ Theater Performance Field Trip