Young
Playwrights Inc. Announces
WRITE A PLAY! NYC Contest Winners
Avenue
Q’s Tony-nominated composer/lyricists Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx to
address young writers
Young
Playwrights Inc.¸ (YPI)
the 23-year-old invention of Stephen
Sondheim, is pleased to announce the
WRITE A PLAY! NYC Awards Ceremony on June 4th, from 4pm to 5:30pm at the
Donnell Library, 20 West 53rd Street
. Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, the
creative team behind the 2004 Tony Award nominated musical Avenue
Q, will give the keynote speech.
The ceremony will celebrate the achievement of over 400 students who
submitted original plays to this year’s
WRITE A PLAY! NYC
Contest. Each contestant,
their educators, and parents are invited to the ceremony, which will salute the
winners of three divisions: Elementary School (Grades K-5), Middle School
(Grades 6-8), and High School (Grades 9-12).
Excerpts of the prize-winning plays will be performed by
professional actors giving these young writers a rare opportunity to see their
works performed onstage.
All contest
entrants will receive written evaluations of their plays and Certificates of
Merit signed by YPI Founder
Stephen Sondheim.
All attendees will receive special gift bags stuffed with giveaways and a
chance to win door prizes.
Admission to the Ceremony is free, but seats are limited and reservations are required.
RSVP to Young Playwrights Inc. at (212) 594-5440.
For more about Young Playwrights Inc.’s
WRITE
A PLAY! NYC Contest of other YPI programs, please call
(212) 594-5440 or log onto youngplaywrights.org.
WRITE A PLAY! NYC Winners
High School Division
WINNER! HEAVEN FOR A 'G by Robert Michel (Edward R.
Murrow High School)
WINNER! ODE TO FATHER by Eugene Jones (Professional Performing Arts
School)
WINNER! WHAT ROSES DRINK by Irma Cedeno (Bard High School Early College)
Honorable Mention:
AGAINST ALL ODDS by Lelia Mangham (High School of Fashion Industries)
NUISANCE by Beatriz Ramirez (High School of Fashion Industries)
FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE by Yissel Ayala (High School of Fashion Industries)
TO IRELAND by David Watson (Hunter College High School)
THE FUNNY PLAY by Jonah Levy (Edward R. Murrow High School)
LA FAMILIA by Gabriella Loutfi (Michael J. Petrides High School)
WHEN DUM DUMS ARE JUST CANDY ON A STICK by Charlotte Martin (Bronx Science High
School)
CHECKMATE by John Scarpa (Michael J. Petrides High School)
GARDEN STATE by Lily Rothman (Hunter College High School)
SUBWAY by Julia Dawidowicz (Edward R. Murrow High School)
Middle School Division:
WINNER!
IT HAPPENED TO COCA by Shila Chowdhury (Bronx)
WINNER! THE LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN YARMULKE by Jesse Medalia-Strauss
(Churchill School)
WINNER! THE THUNDER & THE BURNING GROUND by Sam Caravaglia (William
Alexander Middle School 51)
Honorable Mention:
DRUG HOUSE DRAMA by Sade Cooper (IS 218)
MESSED UP by Shaquana Tulloch (IS 171 Abraham Lincoln School )
DO WHAT'S BEST by Sabrina Khan (PS 122 Mamie Fay School)
A $100,000 IN A BAG by Kareem Pearce (MS 135)
TILL DEATH DO US PART by Yesenia Batista and Diamond Hollman (IS 218)
JUST KEEP RUNNING by Joy Santiesteban and Elizabeth Cabrera (IS 218)
GANG WARS by Darius Parisienne, Jelani Irving and Tyshawn McGee (MS 61)
GOOD ENOUGH by Susanna An (PS 122 Mamie Faye School)
WITH ME by Frances Wertimer (PS 9 Sarah Anderson Middle School)
Elementary School Division
WINNER! PROHIBITED LOVE by Michelle Zhang (Joseph F. Lamb PS 206)
WINNER! MOLLY LILLY AGNUS MAY AND THE BLUE SLIPPERS by Emma Sharon
(Abraham Lincoln School)
WINNER! LIFEGUARD by Charlotte Cwikowski (PS 75 Emily Dickinson School)
WINNER! THE GRAND SPOOF by Ellis Meret and David Ritter (Muscota New
School)
Honorable Mention:
LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER by Nola Russell and Emma Holland (Muscota New School)
AMONG THE SPIRITS by Jocelyn Portillo (Muscota New School)
ABRACADABRA by Liaonn Patrice Martin (CS 200)
TODAY'S LESSON by Taylor Mendez, Arseniy Naumenko and Aleksandr Skorobogatov (PS
90)
HOLLYWOOD'S MOST WANTED by Ramo Nikocaj, Alex Hago and Eric Waden (Muscota New
School)
Congratulations to all participating writers! | 
