Ignition 2010 August 17, 2010

IGNITION creates a pipeline to production for the work of young playwrights of color. By providing this platform for the next generation, IGNITION launches new writers into the national spotlight and continues Victory Gardens core mission of originating new plays that serve diverse communities. Six new plays will be presented in a festival of readings scheduled for the week of August 15 - 22, 2010. These plays will be directed by leading artists from Chicago and around the country. Following the readings, two of the plays will be selected for intensive workshops during Victory Gardens 2010/11 season. Victory Gardens will produce at least one of these final scripts in the 2011/12 season.