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THE 2008 NEW JERSEY YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST WINNING ENTRIES

 

Back row:  (L-R: Playwrights - Brianna Delfs, Kate Douglas, Ben Muzi, Bennet Kirscher, Julie Earls.  Actor: Diana Gundacker

Front row:  (L-R: Actors - Hallie York, Alannah Potter, Becky Moore, Ben Clawson, Steven Medvidick)
 

High School Division (Grades 10-12)

• The Moodring Monologues    by Julie A. Earls
  11th grade, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack

• Sorry, Allie    by Bennett Kirscher
  11th grade, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack

• Impression:  Sunrise    by Ben Muzi
  11th grade, Lawrence HS, Lawrenceville

• Treading Water    by Kate Douglas
  12th grade, Westfield HS

Rewrites Division (Grades 10-12)

    No winner selected

Spanish Language Division (Grades 10-12)

    No winner selected

Junior HS Division (Grades 7-9)

• With These Hands    by Priya Sharma
  9th grade, Mount Saint Mary Academy, Watchung

• By the Neck    by Kira DeSomma
  8th grade, Manasquan Elementary School

• The Dignified Miner    by Brigid McDonald
  8th grade, Heritage Middle School, Livingston

• C Train to the Mother Ship    by Sam Blumkin and Michael Harmon
  8th grade, Millburn Middle School

Elementary School (Grades 4-6)

• Goodbye Kyle    by Madeline Dunn
  6th grade, Central Avenue School, Madison
   
• I'm Gonna Win    by Matthew Kandl
  6th grade, Hillside Avenue School, Cranford

• Trapped in Five Feet of Winter Vacation    by Isabel Chin
  5th grade, Lafayette ES, Chatham
   
• As the Portal Opens    by Alexandra Kramer
  6th grade, Kings Road School, Madison
   

Honorable Mentions were given to the following plays that reached the final round of their respective divisions in the NJ Young Playwrights Contest: 

• Some People Never Go Crazy (What Truly Horrible Lives They Must Lead)
  by Brianna Delfs
  11th grade, Bergen County Academies

The New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest is an annual contest that celebrates young writers from across the state of New Jersey, open to New Jersey students only. Each year playscripts are submitted to the contest and a panel of theatre professionals choose winning entries from four different divisions. In the past those plays have been given public readings and performances by professional actors and directors. 

 

 

 

 

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