Description

The Voices Project 2011 & 2012 is a collection of seven-minute monologues tailored for young adult actors. Developed by Australian Theatre for Young People working with some of the country’s most exciting young playwrights, these powerful short stories are as diverse and vibrant as the young people that inspired them.

This collection features the scripts from the productions Tell It Like It Isn’t (2011) exploring the theme of ‘first love’, and The One Sure Thing (2012) exploring ‘first death’.

Biography

ATYP

ATYP, Australia’s oldest and largest youth theatre company, has been bridging the divide between young people and professional theatre practice since 1963. Each year, in their National Studio program, it brings together 20 young writers from across the country and challenges them to create stories. Its Voices Project which ran from 2011 to 2016, nurtured talented young playwrights in the development of seven-minute monologues for young actors. From 2017, it expanded the project to Intersection which features heartbreaking, funny and powerful interactions between characters, in addition to monologues, which together create a compelling snapshot of life as a teenager.