Performance of Winning Works from Young Playwrights Competition
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Dorset Theatre Festival provides opportunities for regional middle and high school students to learn about playwrighting and create a play of their own through its annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition. A public reading of this year’s winning works will be held on Friday, September 29.
The Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition is an annual collaboration between Dorset Theatre Festival and local schools. Each spring, a visiting playwright and Bennington College mentors teach a series of playwrighting workshops at participating schools, after which students are invited to submit a short play for adjudication by a panel of nationally recognized playwrights. Winners are chosen in autumn, and their works are then given a public reading onstage at the Festival.
This year’s high school winners are Will Koch from Stratton Mountain School (faculty mentor: Mary Mangiacotti), Gracie Smith from Arlington Memorial School (faculty mentor: Gayna Cross), Rudy Senecal from Burr and Burton Academy (faculty mentor: James Raposa). This year’s middle school winner is George Zilkha from Maple Street School (faculty mentor: Conor Welch).
For more information on the Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition, visit dorsettheatrefestival.org.