City Theatre congratulates the winners of the 2008 Young Playwrights Contest!
Middle School Division (Grades 7–8)
Ellen McCague
“Prove Him Wrong”
Rogers CAPA Middle School
Kelsey Miller
“Appreciation”
Rogers CAPA Middle School
Emily Valley
“Picture Day”
Keystone Oaks Middle School
High School Division (Grades 9–12)
Eli Diamond
“Sense and Senselessness”
Peters Township High School
(now a Carnegie Mellon University freshman)
Leah Friedman
“Brother Have I Loved”
CAPA High School
Sarah Rogers
“Eight Poems About Perry”
Woodland Hills High School
(now a Fordham College freshman)
Join us January 6–11, 2009 as City Theatre produces professionally staged readings of the winners’ works! This year’s festival will also feature performances of brand-new plays by former Young Playwrights winners in a special project funded by the Allegheny Regional Asset District’s (RAD) Renaissance Grant to celebrate Pittsburgh’s 250th Birthday.
For more details on the 2009 Young Playwrights Festival, contact Kristen Link, Director of Education, at 412.431.4400 ext. 274 or klink@citytheatrecompany.org.