Category: Press

April 11, 2013 Writopia Lab: Fostering Joy, Literacy, and Critical Thinking in All Young People by Dina McQueen Writopia Lab incubated inside the active mind of founder and Executive Director Rebecca Wallace-Segall while she was teaching in the classrooms of New York City. Today, this vibrant non-profit has developed into one of our country’s premier…

May 8, 2013 See the original article here.

May 10, 2013 JC 11-Year-Old’s Play ‘9/11’ Showcased in New York Festival By Summer Dawn Hortillosa Siena Malmad may have been a mere babe when the World Trade Center was attacked in 2001, but that didn’t stop her from writing 9/11, a play which reflects on the event. This weekend, Siena’s play will be one…

May 10, 2013 See the original article here.

October 26, 2014 The Write Stuff by Katie Linek The Power of Expression in a Safe Space In a small New York City theater one May evening, the lights go down and a series of short, entertaining, and thought-provoking plays begins. Touching on themes like cultural tension, mental illness, and dysfunctional relationships, each play brings…

March 12, 2012 10 Best New NYC Summer Day Camps for Kids This veteran writing program for school-aged kids is hosting its first-ever summer camps. In Fiction and Fun, kids work on fiction, memoir, poetry or scripts with the help of a published author. In Playwriting and Performance, dramatists help children pen plays and musicals,…

5/12/2012 Weekend FeatureYoung Playwrights Get Works Performed At Festival By:Kristen Shaughnessy Co-artistic director of the Writopia Lab’s Best Playwrights’ Festival Kara Ayn Napolitano recently sat down with NY1’s Kristen Shaughnessy to discuss Writopia’s annual Best Young Playwrights Festival. http://www.ny1.com/content/161036/weekend-feature–young-playwrights-get-works-performed-at-festival

July 13, 2013 DC Student Writers’ Plays Produced Off-Broadway, Stories Celebrated at Carnegie Hall This has been a busy month for Rachel and Gillian Page (Deal Middle School) and Sarah Cooke (Sidwell Friends School). Over the course of three weeks, these talented young writers have given a reading at Politics and Prose, had their plays…

10/4/2012 A Passionate, Unapologetic Plea for Creative Writing in Schools By Rebecca Wallace-Segall, Founder and Executive Director of Writopia Lab (Read Rebecca’s bio) Some fiction and memoir programs are a waste of classroom time. Others sharpen students’ thinking and provide them with unmatched insight. Good teachers know the difference. “I’m not sure if eight-year-olds should…

January 30, 2013 Writopia Summer Camp Time Out says Youngsters expand their imaginations under the guidance of professional writers in this nonprofit organization’s summer programs. Kids work with a published author to create a piece of fiction, a memoir or a poem, or opt for the Playwriting and Performance session, where they spend time with…