Young Playwrights Festival
2011-2012 TOP TEN
Listed in alphabetical order by play title.
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Play Title
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Playwright
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Plot Summary
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High School
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Mentor Teacher
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The Cure for
Power
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Devon Kidd
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In the future, the president inherits the job and may stand in
the way of the cure for a deadly disease
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Rufus King
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Anna Figlesthaler
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Epic Island
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Sonia Escamilla
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A group of ill-matched crazies find themselves stranded on an
island together with hilarious results
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Reagan
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Carrie Baker
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Fairy Tale Dilemma
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Stacy Knitter
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A magical book in the school library thrusts a group of high
school students into a fairy tale world
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Reagan
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Carrie Baker
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Family Time
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Ian Mahuta
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Three teens, living with their father, struggle with their
parents' separation
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Rufus King
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Anna Figlesthaler
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A Great Reckoning in a Small Room
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Eric Schabla
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After Christopher Marlowe's death, Shakespeare and his
contemporaries debate the loss and reveal unexpected truths
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Rufus King
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Anna Figlesthaler
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Just Another Day in Dentures
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H'vyn Jones
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A disgruntled teen, forced to visit her hilariously eccentric
grandfather, learns more than she ever imagined
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Messmer
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Gail Burkel
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Misunderstanding
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Imari Conner
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An hour spent in study hall allows a reluctant, troubled new
student to learn important life lessons from her peer tutor
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Reagan
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Carrie Baker
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Quirky
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Laura Brennan
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A class assignment brings a student's critical professor to
observe her nutty relatives with side-splitting results
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Divine Savior Holy Angels
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Michael Stoddard
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Stitches
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Matthew Lewis
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A rebellious granddaughter spends the summer working in her
grandma's rural quilt shop and finds a way to grow up
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Reagan
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Carrie Baker
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Taksufka
(Polish for taxi)
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Amber Williams
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A Jewish family returns to 1940s Poland to visit a sick relative
and finds reasons for fear and faith
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Reagan
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Carrie Baker
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What is the Young Playwrights Festival?
This writing competition is designed to encourage high school
students to explore themes and relationships from a uniquely
adolescent perspective, through the writing of a one-act
play. It culminates in the fully produced performance of
three winning plays in the Studio Theatre at the Broadway Theatre
Center.
Who can enter?
Playwrights must be high school students during the current
academic school year. Submissions are taken until June 1 and
winners are notified by August 1 of every program year.
Who benefits?
This program serves hundreds of people each season. Teachers can
receive four FREE playwriting workshops for their students, led by
education director/literary manager, Jacque Troy, and a packet of
additional activities and handouts to supplement artist visits.
High school students not only receive in-class instruction, but
one-on-one mentoring as they draft and revise their play.
College students receive the opportunity to fulfill one of the
design or technical positions required for our biennial
showcase of YPF plays. Non-professional actors of ALL ages
are encouraged to attend auditions for the three winning plays, to
be directed by Milwaukee theatre professionals.