Eight area high school students have been chosen as the winners of the 13th annual Young Playwrights Festival at Syracuse Stage. The winning works will be performed by students from the Department of Drama in Syracuse Universitys College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) at a staged reading at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 9, in the Storch Theatre at Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St. This event is free and open to the public.
Each year, Syracuse Stage challenges Central New York high school students to write original 10-minute plays and other performance pieces for entry into our annual Young Playwrights Festival contest.
Our panel of theatrical and literary professionals evaluates each students play. Semifinalists are invited to a writing workshop at Syracuse Stage, where their plays are read and critiqued. Finalists are selected and staged readings of their plays are performed by SU Drama students at the annual Young Playwrights Festival. Each student receives a free T-shirt and enjoys a reception after the performances.
Winners of the 2011 Young Playwrights Festival were chosen from more than 100 submissions from area high school students. A panel at Syracuse Stage chose 13 semi-finalists to participate in a writing workshop. Those semi-finalists revised and resubmitted their scripts for final consideration. The following eight works were chosen as the winners:
- Agony of De Feet by Kaitlyn Murphy, Jamesville-DeWitt High School, 12th grade
- As Good As Dead by Nate Goebel, Christian Brothers Academy, 12th grade
- The Character Channel by Erica Fedigan, Auburn High School, 11th grade
- The Dog Kept Sleeping by Megan Grosholz, Marcellus High School, 12th grade
- For Honor by Anthony Carno, Christian Brothers Academy, 12th grade
- Love and Sick by Morgan Pflug, Auburn High School, 11th grade
- Newlymets by Kathleen Kennedy, Nottingham High School, 11th grade
- Noodles by Joseph M. Hall, Jamesville-DeWitt High School, 12th grade
Semi-finalists include:
- Unseen Vengeance by Stephen J Wright, Cortland Jr.-Sr. High School, 12th grade
- Snowflakes in Spring by Tevin Martin, Nottingham High School, 12th grade
- High Cost by Brianna Suslovic, Jamesville-DeWitt High School, 11th grade
- Sleepless by Rhiannon Randall, Christian Brothers Academy, 12th grade
- Shattered by Jane Kallmerten, Christian Brothers Academy, 12th grade
Information on participating in the 2012 Young Playwrights Festival will be available at http://www.SyracuseStage.orgin November.
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