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Friday, June 1, 2007                                                (212) 594-5440

YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS INC. TO HAND OUT AWARDS ON

Friday, JUNE 15, 2007

TO NEW YORK CITY’S YOUNGEST PLAYWRIGHTS --

WINNERS OF THE 2007 WRITE A PLAY! NYC CONTEST

Young Playwrights Inc. (YPI), founded in 1981 by Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, is pleased to announce the WRITE A PLAY! NYC Awards Ceremony, a celebration of New York City's young playwrights and their plays, on Friday, June 15, 2007 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm at the Donnell Library, 20 West 53^rd Street in Manhattan.

The ceremony will celebrate the achievements of over 200 New York City public, private, and independent school students from all five boroughs who submitted original plays to this year’s WRITE A PLAY! NYC contest. An audience of playwrights and their teachers, friends, and family members will salute the 9 student winners (three in each of three divisions: Elementary School (Grades K-5), Middle School (Grades 6-8), and High School (Grades 9-12) and 7 students who received honorable mentions. Excerpts from all 9 winning plays will be performed by professional actors.

All contest entrants will receive written evaluations of their plays and Certificates of Merit. All awards ceremony attendees will receive special gift bags and have the chance to win door prizes.

Admission to the 2007 WRITE A PLAY! Awards 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 and other YPI programs in New York City and throughout the United States, please call (212) 594-5440 or log onto www.youngplaywrights.org.

YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS INC. 2007 WRITE A PLAY! NYC – Winners

Elementary School Division - Winners

Rachel’s Wish
By Lily Capstick
NEST +m (Manhattan)

Banana Bread Friends

By Morgan L. Hodson

Muscota New School (Manhattan)

Rise of the Headless Horseman

By Christian McArthur

Muscota New School (Manhattan)

Middle School Division - Winners

Is Young Love Real Love?

By Cindy Chung

M.S. 135 (Bronx)

Patpong Road

By Tori G. Lassman

J.H.S. 51 William Alexander (Brooklyn)

Can Cheese Doodles Do You Harm?

By Jack Slattery

J.H.S. 51 William Alexander (Brooklyn)

High School Division - Winners

The Love of Life

By Garri Avnilov

Edward R. Murrow High School (Brooklyn)

Hidden Poetry

By Karina Amalia Billini

Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences (Brooklyn)

Simultaneity

By Melanie Wallner

Columbia Preparatory School (Manhattan)

YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS INC. 2007 WRITE A PLAY! NYC – Honorable Mention

Elementary School Division – Honorable Mention

The Witch and the Teachers Pet

By Joel Corcino, Amber Marte, and Shantel Rodriguez

Muscota New School (Manhattan)

Bulls Problem

By Walker D’Agostini

Muscota New School (Manhattan)

Middle School Division – Honorable Mentions

Procrastination

By Ivan Diaz

M.S. 135 (Bronx)

Life as it is

By Alice Fishbein

J.H.S. 51 William Alexander (Brooklyn)   

Strength

By Sofia Johnson

J.H.S. 51 William Alexander (Brooklyn)                                                                                            

High School Division - Honorable Mention

Domestic Mastermind

By Alison Adams

The Birch Wathen Lenox School (Manhattan)
 

Big Girls Don’t Cry

By Justyna Malota

Edward R. Murrow High School (Brooklyn)

Inside the Outside

By Sarah A. Rebell

The Spence School (Manhattan) 

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