2021 Young Writers Short Play Festival available August 6th through August 21st on our website and social media outlets.
MadLab is proud to present the tenth edition of The Young Writers Short Play Festival featuring plays written by local high-school students. Young Writers 2021 is staying virtual this year. All of the shows will be filmed and available in 2 different sets of one-act plays written by Ohio teens and performed and produced professionally by MadLab. In its 10th year, the program continues to grow and expand its presence in Central Ohio, this year the playwrights are from 9 different high schools including for the first time, WhiteHall Yearling and Central Crossing.
Tickets - $15/$25 for both nights
Student/Senior/Member - $12/$20 for both nights
Lighting Design by Kurt Mueller
Sound Design by Susie McGarry
the shows
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NIGHT ONE:
Crime Board by Jackie Jones The American Dream by Elizabeth Voll The Crown by Kendall Crotty A Dance with the Devil by Rowan Killina Tik-Tok on the COVID Clock by Kyra Lesmerises Crime Board by Jackie Jones
Written by Jackie Jones Directed by Will Macke with assistance from Robert Rothwell It might not be totally above-board for police detective John to be working this case, but he has to find out what happened that led to his girlfriend's murder. Cast: John: Emery Saunders Caitlyn: Allyson Brickner Jenne: Anita McFarren The American Dream by Elizabeth Voll
Written by Elizabeth Voll Directed by Tay Lane with assistance from Dana Ernest Liv, an Iranian-American grieving widow, tries to remember what led up to the car accident that caused both the death of her Army husband and her own memory loss. Cast: Liv: Hallie Mirzamani Jackson: John Grote Dr. Teasley: Colleen Kochensparger Amy: Allyson Brickner Amber: Hannah Portmann Group Leader: Eric Corthell Eric: Emery Saunders The Crown
Written by Kendall Crotty Directed by Emery Saunders The heir apparent fights hard for her right to take over the throne, while political schemes happen all around her. Cast: Princess Megara: Reagan Hyer Lord Viren: Matt Schlichting Corvus: Austin Beauchamp Thief: John Grote Lord 1: Jessica Gibson Lord 2: Karma Shafaieh Lord 3: Mark Dubovec Knight 1: Ashton Brammer Knight 2: John Quigley A Dance with the Devil
Written by Rowan Killina Directed by Shane Davis with assistance from Briana Harger Elisabeth has been holding on to her need for perfection so tightly for so long...until she meets a mysterious stranger at a mysterious bar... Cast: Lucifer: Travis Horseman Elisabeth: Rachel Cagle Nathaniel: Mark Dubovec Bartender: Colleen Kochensparger TikTok on the COVID Clock
Written by Kyra Lesmerises Directed by Hannah Yankasky with assistance from Porter HIskey Teenagers can react very differently to the same stressful situation (like, say, a global pandemic), but a nosy narrator doesn't help the situation at ALL. Cast: Evan: Nikhil Makhija Natalie: Kate Jones Cassidy: Ashton Brammer Derek: Austin Beauchamp Narrator: Jacob Erney |
NIGHT TWO:
The Waiting Game by Annabel Long Pearls of the Past by Stella Peters If Philosophers Ran The World by Winter Cameron Trust by Amarra Haines and Hailee Franklin The Murder Mystery by Liam Browning The Waiting Game
Written by Annabel Long Directed by Ally Brickner Cherry has been waiting for her father in an ethereal restaurant ever since she died of cancer as a teenager, and now he's finally joining her. Cast: Cherry: Hannah Portmann Dad: Scott Clay Offstage Voice: Austin Beauchamp Pearls of the Past
Written by Stella Peters Directed by Dallas Ray Have you ever wanted to meet Queen Victoria before she was ever the queen? Just try on these family heirloom pearls and get transported to a time well before your own! Cast: Nicole Woods: Kayla Theis Ella Woods: Anita McFarren Queen Victoria: Reagan Hyer Carlisle Blank: Jacob Erney Samuel Cara/Person 2: John Quigley Gravedigger/Person 1: Nikhil Makhija If Philosophies Ran The World
Written by Winter Cameron Directed by Jim Azelvandre The world hangs in the balance as many different philosophies try to agree on...well...anything. Cast: Traditionalist: John Grote Enlightenment: Matt Schlichting Nihilist: Rachel Cagle Moral Nihilist: Sydney Morgan Hedonist: Karma Shafaieh Hegelian: Kate Jones Post-Modernist: Michelle Sandler The People: John Quigley Trust
Written by Amarra Haines and Hailee Franklin Directed by Ashley Kramer with assistance from Hannah Yankasky Sometimes it's hard to know how much you should trust your friends... Cast: Eleanor: Jamia Burdett Symphony: Olivia Rojas Arianna: Malina Ransom Brandon: Nikhill Makhija The Murder Mystery
Written by Liam Browning Directed by Mary Sink When a notorious terrible-quality-toilet-paper-selling billionaire holds a Halloween In February party, anything could happen! Cast: Detective: Colleen Kochensparger Albert Finch: Jacob Erney Mrs. Finch: Anita McFarren Lydia: Emily Turner Character 5: Mark Dubovec Butler: Jessica Gibson Guy w/Lizard: Hannah Portmann |
