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FSWW Online - Supporting Education

Our organization is committed to supporting education by providing scholarships, mentorship, and resources to students from all backgrounds. We believe that education is the key to creating a brighter future. Through our partnerships we work to ensure that every student can have access to our world class instructors. Your donation can help fund scholarships for students in need of opportunities to learn and advance themselves. Join us in our mission to make education accessible to all!

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The map to a new world is written by collective imagination. Writer and Producer Kristiana Rae Colón guides this intimate cohort in visioning alternate futures through storytelling and infusing characters with empathy and heart. Join us on a journey that includes generative writing prompts to start or continue a new play, mindful creativity to nurture your inner artist, and individualized feedback on your works in progress.

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Our Programs

Play Reading & Critique Series

Play Reading & Critique Series

Play Reading & Critique Series

Our new play readings and moderated critique sessions 

are live on Zoom. To see past 

readings go to the official

FSWW Youtube channel.

FSWW on YouTube

FSWW Online

Play Reading & Critique Series

Play Reading & Critique Series

At Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, Inc., we strive to empower writers from diverse backgrounds. Our mission is to provide a supportive environment that nurtures creativity and fosters artistic expression.

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Project 5-0

Residency @ #TheBHT

Residency @ #TheBHT

All readings in 2023-2025 are a part of our ongoing 50th anniversary celebration. 

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Residency @ #TheBHT

Residency @ #TheBHT

Residency @ #TheBHT

From 2016 to 2025, FSWW was in residence at the Billie Holiday Theatre in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, home to the largest Afro-American community in the United States. We're grateful for their partnership and continued friendship. As a fellow arts organization, we applaud and support the BHT as a premier institute and hub for the arts, and a central anchor for the Bed-Stuy community. 

INSPIRATION: Frank Silvera

July 24, 1914 – June 11, 1970

Frank Alvin Silvera was a Jamaican-born American character actor and theatrical director. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, raised in Boston during the 1930s and '40s, he worked in numerous stage productions on and off-Broadway, and radio shows. Making his film debut in 1952, he founded the THEATRE OF BEING, a company for Black actors, in 1965. Our thanks to award-winning director and producer Neema Barnette and BLACK HISTORY MINI DOCS 

for this wonderful portrait of Frank. 

About us

Mission Statement

Mission Statement

We are an arts organization dedicated to developing and supporting both new and experienced playwrights who tell stories 

of the Afro-American diaspora

and other traditionally marginalized communities.

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Mission Statement

Mission Statement

Mission Statement

To continue providing artistic, 

developmental support for playwrights 

rooted in the Afro-American diaspora, 

and artists who are shaping the theater 

of the 21st century and beyond.

Our Founders

Mission Statement

Our Founders

Billie Allen Henderson, Clayton Riley, Garland Lee Thompson, and Morgan Freeman founded our Audelco, and Obie Award-winning nonprofit in 1973 in the crucible of the American Black Arts Movement. 

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Thank you so much! Your donations help us to continue supporting playwrights, actors, and directors telling much-needed stories starting, but not ending, with the Afro-American Diaspora. 

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