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The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Teacher Award

The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Teacher Award was established to recognize teachers in middle and high schools who creatively bring disability awareness to their classrooms through the art of playwriting. This new award is an extension of the VSA arts Playwright Discovery Award, wherein students are invited to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views by writing a one-act play.

A panel of theater professionals and educators will select one middle or high school teacher for this award. The selected teacher will receive national recognition, funds to purchase playwriting resources for the classroom, and a trip to Washington, D.C. to be honored at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

View the 2006 Call for Scripts.