Playwriting Competition for New Jersey High School Students
Accepting Submissions for Original Plays in January, 2015
The purpose of this playwriting competition is to encourage high school students to write and also advance their interest in theater.
This competition is going into its 13th year. Secondary school students aged 13-18 are invited to submit either a short play or an excerpt from a longer work that they have written. Winners’ plays will be performed by professional actors.
Accepting Submissions for Original Plays in January, 2015
The purpose of this playwriting competition is to encourage high school students to write and also advance their interest in theater.
This competition is going into its 13th year. Secondary school students aged 13-18 are invited to submit either a short play or an excerpt from a longer work that they have written. Winners’ plays will be performed by professional actors.
Young Playwrights Competition
The 2014 Winners
FIRST PRIZE
Phillip Anastassiou, Tenafly
Bergen County Academies
TIED FOR SECOND PRIZE
Miranda Hoyt-Disick
Tenafly, Riverdale Country School
Shira Kindler
Leonia, Bergen County Academies
THIRD PRIZE
Emily Donegan
Paramus, Bergen County Academies
Honorable Mentions
Emma Baxter
Randolph, Randolph High School
Alexa Derman, Westfield
Westfield High School
Maddie Grubbs, Summit
Hightstown High School
Paige Robinson
Montclair, Montclair Kimberley Academy
Tomas Russo,
Fanwood, Union County Academy for the Performing Arts
Dennis Shteyn,
Denville, Morris County Vocational Technology School
Elizabeth Treimanis
Allendale, Bergen County Academies
This competition was inspired by a generous donation from Linden, NJ resident Bill Mesce, Jr., an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, whose recent short story collection, PRECIS, was published by Stephen F. Austin University Press. He is also the author of OVERKILL: THE RISE AND FALL OF THRILLER CINEMA, and writes regularly about film and television for the award-winning website, Sound on Sight. Mesce says about the competition: "It is not only impressive but inspiring to see these young people applying themselves to an art form that has always been about a command of language, and a bit awesome to see how well they carry it off."
More Theater Opportunities for New
Jersey High School Students
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Playwriting Contest and
Opportunities to Direct, Produce, Design and Perform
Stage Scene & Song Performing Arts in Bergen County, New Jersey invites submissions for one act plays or musicals. One will be selected for a staged reading showcase in New York City in April. Submission deadline is January 10, 2014. The Spring Play 2014 Development Program also offers opportunities for teens who are interested in directing, stage management, performing and designing for theater. Registration opens February 1, 2014. Click on link for play submission details, and more information about the Spring Development Program. http://www.3spa.org/Spring_2014_Program.html |
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