Emerging Playwrights is a play-writing competition sponsored by Riverwalk Theatre. The competition is open to high school students in Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties. Students in grades 9-12 are invited to write short one-act plays and submit them to the competition. Five plays will be selected for production and each author will receive a $1000 prize.
EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS SCRIPTS DUE BY FEBRUARY 12, 2025!
ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON, by USPS mail
OR ELECTRONICALLY BY 5pm on 02/12/2025.
Email applications and scripts to: [email protected]
OR Deliver or Mail to Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing, MI 48933.
Open to all High School students in Eaton, Ingham and Clinton Counties.
Applications and Rules Below.
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Congratulations to the
2024 Emerging Playwrights
Abigail Triantaflos, 11th grade, Ovid-Elsie HS with the script Women at Housework
Paulina Rivet, 12th grade, Dewitt HS with the script Roses are Red
Evan Bywater, 12th grade, Lansing Eastern HS with the script Buddy’s Pizza
Ella Reid, 12th grade, Dewitt HS with the script Strangers Like Us
Olivia Quiroga, 12th grade, Holt HS with the script Butterfly Grief (Olivia Quiroga was also named an Emerging Playwright in 2023.)
Paulina Rivet, 12th grade, Dewitt HS with the script Roses are Red
Evan Bywater, 12th grade, Lansing Eastern HS with the script Buddy’s Pizza
Ella Reid, 12th grade, Dewitt HS with the script Strangers Like Us
Olivia Quiroga, 12th grade, Holt HS with the script Butterfly Grief (Olivia Quiroga was also named an Emerging Playwright in 2023.)
QUESTIONS? Contact us at [email protected]
Generously Supported by Gordon Masters.
Emerging Playwrights is not affiliated with the MSU Wharton Center's Young Playwrights Competition.