The Blank Theatre Company's
16th Annual Nationwide
Young Playwrights Festival

     

Since 1993, the premiere nationwide forum dedicated to
developing and producing plays and musicals by playwrights
19 years of age and younger

proudly announces this year's winners...





(Complete Festival Schedule - 1.6 MB PDF)

WEEK ONE   June 5 – June 8, 2008

THREE HEADED DOG
by Patrick Howley   Age 18   Avon, CT
Mentor: Jeff Greenstein       Director: Tiffani Thiessen

GUESTS
by Cayla Clark   Age 17   Santa Barbara, CA
Mentor: EM Lewis       Director: J. Richey Nash

THE WAR ON SAFETY
by Max Posner   Age 19   Denver, CO
Mentor: David Holstein       Director: Barbara Bain


WEEK TWO  June 12 – June 15

RIGHT TO PRIVACY
by Siena Leslie   Age 18   Los Angeles, CA
Mentor: Dean Mitchell       Director: Kirsten Sanderson

RESPECT FOR THE ELECTRIC
FIELD OF HORSES
by Lisa Meyers   Age 19   Orange, CA
Mentor: Jonathan Tolins      Director: Joshua M. Bott

QUIET SPIRITS
by David Watson   Age 19   New York, NY
Mentor: Robert L. Freedman       Director: Constance Zimmer


WEEK THREE  June 19 – June 22

RED CROSS
by Alex Nunnelly   Age 16   St Petersburg, FL
Mentor: Mark Saltzman         Director: Daniel Henning

IZZY ICARUS FELL OFF THE WORLD
by Aliza Goldstein   Age 16   Jacksonville, FL
Mentor: Allan Heinberg      Director: Thia Stephan

SPIN ALLEY
by Chad Baker   Age 19   Beavercreek, OH
Mentor: Austin Winsberg      Director: Warren Davis


WEEK FOUR  June 26 – June 29

FAMILY PORTRAIT
by Madeline Sprung-Keyser   Age 17   Los Angeles, CA
Mentor: Gary Tieche      Director: Al D’Andrea

A POEM BY JOSHUA FEINBERG
by Kate Herzlin   Age 15   Rockville Centre, NY
Mentor: Ellen Byron     Director: David Shine

DOUBLETS AND HOSE
by Griffin Hennelly   Age 16   Dumont, NJ
Mentor: Adam Belanoff      Director: April Webster