identify and develop playwrights aged 18 or younger, involving them as active participants in the highest quality professional productions of their plays;
	develop new work for the stage;
	insure that young theater artists are heard and acknowledged by theatergoers and by the profession;
	promote the arts as an essential part of basic education by helping to integrate playwriting into the pre-college curriculum;
	serve as an advocate for youth regardless of gender, race, physical or economic ability, or sexual orientation.