Last night I had the pleasure of attending PlayWrite Inc.’s showcase of performances at the Portland Center Stage Gerding Theater. It was two hours of joy to watch professional actors and singer/songwriters perform work written by middle and high school students from the Portland area. PlayWrite is non-profit organization that provides week long intensive writing workshops to students who traditionally have limited access to the arts. Open Meadow Middle School was a lucky host to one of these workshops in the fall of 2006 and our very own Morgan O’s play was one of the six plays highlighted at last night’s performance. What a pleasure to see such professionals working so well with our students.

Posted by Elizabeth Jensen, Open Meadow Middle School Program Director