Monday, May 22, 2017

Announcing the 2017 NJ Young Playwrights Festival plays

We are pleased to announce the plays and playwrights whose work will be presented at the 2017 New Jersey Young Playwrights Festival on June 26 & 27:

High School (grades 10-12)
Hot Dogs and Feminism by Jasmine Sharma, Bergen County Academies
Learn Your ABCs by Elijah Gaines, Lindenwold HS & Jaleel Lindsey
Packing by Michael Villanueva, Middlesex County Acedemy for Performing Arts
Smile by Kianni Keys, Newark Academy
Trust No One by Gabrielle Poisson, Newark Academy

Junior HS (grades 7-9)
Chow Chow by Marra Finkelstein, Eisenhower Middle School (Wyckoff)
Dog Sitters by Lena Shmitt, Frelinghuysen Middle School (Morristown)
"My Extraordinary World" by Charlie McLace by Maya Levenstein, Green Meadow Middle School (Hackettstown)

Elementary (grades 4-6)
Girl World, Boy World by Isabella Cerciello, St. Vincent Martyr School (Madison)
Robot House by Luke Sherman, Torey J. Sabatini School (Madison)
Techno Takeover by Darren Van Pelt, Manasquan Elementary School

Read more about these plays/playwrights on the Writers Theatre blog at https://www.wtnj.org/thirty-fourth-annual-new-jersey-young…/