2019-20 Resident Playwrights
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Alise Mackey
Grade 12, Strath Haven High School Residency play: 5 Minutes It’s been ten years since June’s brother, Axel, pleaded guilty to a crime he didn’t commit. Tired and almost devoid of hope, she and her family decide to embark on a journey to break him out. Can they pull this off—and can it erase all of the frustrations the past years have brought? What I want the audience to come away with: What are the things you do today that are an ode to your younger self? How far would you go for those you love? |
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Andrew Marcus
Grade 9, Cedarbrook Middle School Residency play: untitled |
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Angelina DeMonte
Grade 10, Harriton High School |
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Brenden Dahl
Grade 12, Germantown Friends School Next Year: Northwestern University www.brendendahl.com Residency play: PINTOP Rose’s friends, who have never felt real emotions, can’t help her. Eve is a widowed real estate agent, now a self-help guru, more concerned with appearing to help than actually helping. Celia is a prolific criminal defense attorney who loves brunch cocktails and holding grudges. She has a family too. Rose’s husband, whom she’s pretty sure she loves, laughs too much. They met in college and fell in love over post-expressionism and overcaffeination, but now their relationship has died and Rose has nothing to paint about. Rose’s son, who’s constantly going through phases, is a compulsive liar. He’s an otherwise well-adjusted 11-year-old kid, and they’re really stupid, trivial lies, but it bothers Rose more than she’d care to admit. Rose Evelyn Hawthorne lives in Pintop, a city, really more of a town, and she’s unraveling. Then she’s accused of murder. What would you like the audience to leave thinking about: I hope that people leave this play considering how the cycles of modern life can stifle self-expression, and how, in order to connect with others, you sometimes have to open the Pandora’s Box of inner demons. |
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Brontë Short
Grade 8, Julia R Masterman School Residency play: TIME AFTER TIME Wren has everything he could possibly want. He has a stable job, (two) friends who support him, and a cardboard cutout of Patrick Stewart. Yet, the one thing he wants most of all is a second chance with his college romance, Audie. Wren is shocked to find that Audie is coming to work as his assistant, and begins to question whether or not that’s what he really wanted. Audie, meanwhile, continues to be her perplexing self. What would you like the audience to leave thinking about: The audience will find themselves drawn into the witty almost-couple and will leave with a heartwarming conclusion. |
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Cecelia McKinney
Grade 10, Ridley High School Residency play: KEEP YOUR COMPETITORS CLOSER You know the award winning, club running, teacher worshipped students at the top of your class? Well, then brace yourself, because this play is all about them. Let’s walk you through these Grade-A+ assholes, shall we? There’s Aaron Carter, football captain, AP student, and a general, ego-driven asshole. Zoey Feldman, the teacher’s pet, overachiever, also in AP classes, and professional ass-kisser. Finally, there’s Patty Andrews, the classic lazy-ass. Patty has never done work in her life, and still somehow manages to stay in said AP classes, and believe me, you don’t want to mess with her, but you’ll see that shit go down for yourself. Watch these three highschool seniors interact in their oddly confining, competitive environment, as their lives begin to intertwine in ways they would never have expected, all while they begin to build their future. But after all that happens, can these brainiacs actually learn something meaningful for once? What would you like the audience to leave thinking about: I hope that people are unsettled after they see the show, because of how shocking the reality is. This is the environment that’s been cultivated by modern, academic competition, and these are the people that are born from it. I just really think it’s time the outside sees the truth about student’s lives today. |
Daniel Dwyer
Grade 12, Lower Merion High School
Residency play: Balance: The Other 50%
Grade 12, Lower Merion High School
Residency play: Balance: The Other 50%
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Dinah Day-Booth
Grade 11, Harriton High School Residency play: Two Shadows |
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Elena Webber
Grade 12, Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber Campus Residency play: Playing With Time A story of worlds colliding with no limitations of time or space; reconnecting through the past and healing through the present….possibly. Genres: Sci-fi, futuristic, non-fiction, drama. |
Ferdinand Moscat
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Residency play: How to Win
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Residency play: How to Win
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Guillermo Santos
Residency play: Troublemakers, or Something |
Hannah Nguyen
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Residency play: A Dark Knight
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Residency play: A Dark Knight
Isabelle Lazarus
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Residency play: untitled
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Residency play: untitled
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Jordyn Flaherty
Grade 11, Charter School of Wilmington Residency play: SHE WAS YOUR STEERING WHEEL After Diane goes missing, her boyfriend, Oliver, and her sister, Cay, go on a quest to find her. Past and present collide as we watch the events culminating in her disappearance. Can Oliver and Cay put aside their differences and find Diane in time? And does she want to be found? |
Katie Lu
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Residency play: untitled
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Residency play: untitled
Katrina Conklin
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Residency play: untitled
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Residency play: untitled
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Kim Le
Grade 12,Bayard Rustin High School Residency play: UNTITLED Emilie wants to leave. She wants to leave her dollhouse family in her picture-perfect suburban neighborhood. Finding herself with two plane tickets in hand, she discovers that her world is not what it seems to be. What would you like the audience to leave thinking about: I want to leave my audience thinking about the pivotal moments that define their lives. I wanted to capture the essence of being stuck in one place for too long and watch how we can either spiral downward or make the most of it. |
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Kira Wiener
Grade 11, Springfield Township High School Residency play: PLANTS and OTHER GROWING THINGS Four children discover a magical forest. And that would make a nice story, but after six years they've grown apart and outgrown make-believe. The forest is in danger, though. And whether they still believe in magic or not, they are the only ones who can save it. What would you like the audience to leave thinking about: growing up, loss of childhood innocence, 10-13 year olds aren't often taken seriously but they're trying to figure out the world in whatever cringy, melodramatic way makes sense to them. When can you say someone is old enough/knows enough for their problems to be considered real? |
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Maya Jennings
Grade 10, Springfield Township High School Residency play: I HATE ITHACA You know Mary Berry as the host of the Great British Bakeoff. Elijah knows Mary as her girlfriend's murderess. Join Elijah as she explores the blindness of not untruth, but truth; the truth not of loss but of the things found that remain. This is a story for Penelope, trapped in the legacy of an abandoned city and a lover sundered by the sea. What would you like the audience to leave thinking about: What's more reliable, the imaginary realm or the corporeal realm? Where can we go when living in our bodies isn't tenable? Is it possible to be at peace with knowing that things won't get better, not completely? |
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Olivia Shuman
Grade 11, Friends Select School Residency play: THROW AWAY THE KEY A play about love—a series of nineteen vignettes centering on the varying possibilities of the stories behind the “love locks” on the Eiserner Steg, a bridge in Frankfurt, Germany. We explore love of all kinds: platonic, romantic, former, having, finding, losing. As a noun and a verb. What would you like the audience to leave thinking about: My hope is that each person is able to see a piece of themself in the play and to take that home. |
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Phoebe Danz
Grade 11, Lower Merion High School Residency play: Subject Line Harper has learned, from distant and detached parents, that people don’t offer each other love and attention. But all AJ wants is to offer and receive endless attention and love. Awkward, attention-seeking AJ and smooth subtle Harper develop a true bond -- until one day, AJ is gone. What would you like the audience to leave thinking about: I would like the audience to have an idea in their minds about how love is different for everybody as is life. We all do it differently; that doesn't mean any of us have done it wrong. |
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Rosalie Kraines
Grade 8, Masterman Residency play: Where Do We Go From Here When the seams of a young girl’s life are torn apart, it’s all too easy for her to leave to a fantasy where everything’s all right again. But sooner or later, she’ll have to come back to reality and face the new normal. What would you like the audience to leave thinking about: I'd like audiences to be thinking about how quickly life can change and if it's okay to live in a fantasy as they exit. |
