HONORING YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS
2021 Submission Deadline: January 22, 2021.
Student Playwrights are honored each year with cash awards, certificates, and presentations of the winning entries at THE THEATER PROJECT’S Young Playwrights Competition Performance and Awards Ceremony in March.
THIS EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK FOUNDATION.
2021 Submission Deadline: January 22, 2021.
Student Playwrights are honored each year with cash awards, certificates, and presentations of the winning entries at THE THEATER PROJECT’S Young Playwrights Competition Performance and Awards Ceremony in March.
THIS EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK FOUNDATION.
Young Playwrights -- It's never too soon to start writing -- details below.
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Joseph Curka Award
for Young Playwrights Mrs. Marion Curka was one of the first supporters of The Theater Project. The award is named to honor the memory of Mrs. Curka's husband. Winners: FIRST PRIZE: Sam Zaslow-Braverman – Golda Och Academy SECOND PRIZE: A TIE: Mika Cullen - Leonia High School Lily Piede - Montclair Kimberley Academy THIRD PRIZE: Lindsey Polevoy – Bergen County Academies Honorable Mentions: Jacob Makofske, Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale Lucille O'Donnel, Diana Benenaula, Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy, Elizabeth Isabella Castillo, Mariana Meriles, Natalie Painter, Jordan Orlando, Aidan Winn, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack This program has been proudly supported by grants from Investors Foundation and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance 2020 Stages Festival. |
This event is part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance 2020 Stages Festival, made possible by support from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; Bank of America; The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey; OceanFirst Foundation; the George A. Ohl, Jr. Trust; New Jersey Historical Commission; and Fund for the New Jersey Blind. www.njtheatrealliance.org/stages.
Submission Guidelines for 2021:
TO ENTER:
2021 Key dates:
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About the Event:
The goal of the competition is to encourage the next generation of theater practitioners and audience by honoring their work and bringing it to life. The Theater Project is committed to the concept that participation in the arts builds fundamental skills in reading, writing and critical thinking, crucial at all ages. The competition was originally inspired by a generous donation from Bill Mesce, Jr. who will address the audience. Linden resident Mesce is an award-winning playwright/screenwriter whose novels have been published by Bantam Books.
On the day pf the awards ceremony, The Theater Project offers free tutorials to any interested entrant: a half hour script consultation with one of the adult playwrights and directors from The Theater Project. Young writers will also have the chance to meet with other contestants and the actors who are performing that day. |
2019 winners
First Prize:
THE GREED GAME by Kianni Keys Newark Academy, Livingston, NJ Second Prize: GOD IS A WRITER by Jaid Green Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ Third Prize: FIND ROMANCE IN 4 MINUTES by Fiona Flynn River Dell Regional High School, Oradell, NJ |
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Jacqueline Acunto Peren Yesilyurt Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ Stephen Lehren Columbia High School, Maplewood, NJ Julianna Feit Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Summit, NJ Jonathan Price Plainfield High School, Plainfield, NJ Spencer Scalamoni Roxbury High School, Roxbury, NJ Angel Cruz Rodrigues Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy, Elizabeth, NJ |
