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THE 2010 NEW JERSEY YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST WINNING ENTRIES

High School Division (Grades 10-12)

• Final Draft by Steven Maier, 11th grade, Bergen County Academies
• A Sister's Gift by Sheli Paige Frank, 10th grade, Tenafly HS
• Why You by Justine DeSilva, 10th grade, Bergen County Academies
• Tempus Fugit by James Just, 10th grade, Bergen County Academies

Rewrites Division (Grades 10-12)

    No winner selected

Junior HS Division (Grades 7-9)

• The Write Way by Cory Gagliano, 9th grade, Mount Saint Mary Academy
• The Tangerine Dress by Janine Puhak, 9th grade, Mount Saint Mary Academy
• It's Good to Be Queen by Laura O'Shea, 9th grade, Mount Saint Mary Academy
• iLove by Hannah Rubenstein and Rachel Chowdhury, 8th grade, Millburn MS

Elementary School (Grades 4-6)

• The Million Dollar Cake by Taylor Sorensen, Emily Budine, Maggie Spector-Williams, Alex Vaporis, 5th grade, Spring Garden School
• The Haunted House by Sarah Vincent, 5th grade, St. Vincent Martyr School
• Amanda & the Bully by Kiersten Farrell, 4th grade, Milltown Primary School
• Express from Denver to Geartown by Aidan Carney, 4th grade, Lafayette ES

Honorable Mention

There were also 5 plays chosen to receive Honorable Mentions. While these plays will not be performed, the playwrights will receive certificates to acknowledge this accomplishment.

• John by Adam Milano, 11th grade, Bergen County Academies
• Waiting for Room by Katelyn Diekhaus, 11th grade, Bergen County Academies
• The List by Andrew Singer and David Talpalar, 8th grade, Millburn MS
• Borders by Joseph Politano, 6th grade, Orange Avenue School
• The Adventures of Boyle and Fried by Daud Shad, 5th grade, Wildwood ES

Congratulations to everyone who wrote and submitted a play to the Festival this year. We look forward to working with the winning playwrights on their scripts in preparation for the Festival on May 17 and 18. Critique forms are still being collected from our readers and should be sent to playwrights by early May. Plays were read by several theatre professionals and were chosen by a panel with no knowledge of the writer's grade or school.

 

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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