I’m a little behind on updating with Sam and Pig news, but back in February I wrote an article for online journal Howlround arguing that TYA plays should regularly center youth writers. It also explains the process Ollie and I used to write the play.
There are lots of interesting, thoughtful TYA plays being written by adult playwrights out there. But I argue that the best work for youth de-centers adult voices (no matter how awesome) to let kids speak to kids.