Young Playwright Winners' Productions

YOUNG PLAYWRIGHT WINNERS’ PRODUCTIONS
Three plays by local high school students who were among winners of the Actors’ Theatre’s Young Playwrights’ Festival will be performed on KSQD (90.7 FM) at 9 p.m.. June 20. The plays are “Together at Last,” by Stella Pfefferkonn of the San Lorenzo Valley Nature Academy, “Ocean. Disaster,” by Julien Jacklin, and “Mother & Daughter” by Lila-Rose Roberts, both from Georgiana Bruce Kirby School.
Six other winning young playwrights will have their works presented on “Zoom Forward,” on June 25 at 5 p.m., in a production at Bookshop Santa Cruz in partnership with Phren-Z literary magazine. The plays are: “The Dog Days of Summer,” by Ryan Holderup, of Georgiana Bruce Kirby School; “Internal Thoughts¬¬¬¬–My Craft," by Meghan Kearney and Brigette Vance, both of Soquel High School, and “Imperfect,” by Acacia Neuburger, Emma Power-Perkins, and Adessa Lewis, all of San Lorenzo Valley Nature Academy. A tenth winner, “Gone,” by Davey Ouse of Soquel High School, will be presented as part of the “8 Tens @ Eight Short Play Festival” in January 2022.