THE BLANK THEATRE’S
30TH ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
Professional actors and directors present 12 winning plays by young playwrights from across the nation as digital shorts, streaming on Vimeo and then migrating to The Blank’s 3rd Stage on Patreon. Three different plays are presented each week (two plays in week four and one play in week five).
For a complete list of play descriptions, mentors, and directors
and to obtain watch codes, go to www.theblank.com.
DATES:
July 8 – August 11
ADMISSION:
INDIVIDUAL VIEW PASS
Donate What You Want (option to view for free is also available)
FESTIVAL PASS
(View all plays with one registration; provide enhanced support for the festival — $40)
Viewing instructions and access codes will be sent out the morning of the
debut stream for each week.
WEEK ONE July 8 – 14
UNDER MY SKIN
By Disha Catt (age 16), Kirkland, WA
LEMON
By Cady Walls (age 17), Snellville, GA
stand. Up. HIT!
By Wyn Alyse Thomas (age 18), Buffalo Grove, IL
WEEK TWO July 15 – 21
I’LL LOVE YOU FOREVER
By Spencer Emerson Opal-Levine (age 19), Sarasota, FL
GRAY AREA
By Simone Chaney (age 17), Interlochen, MI
THE LEGEND OF CAENEUS
By Zander Pryor (age 19), Dallas, TX
WEEK THREE JULY 22 – 28
SO-FISH-TICATED
By Ava Ditto (age 17), San Antonio, TX
HERE’S TO ALL THE BROKEN GIRLS
By Elizabeth Shannon (ELLIS), (age 18), New York, NY
DOLLFACE
By Jeremino Sutton (age 17), San Antonio, TX
WEEK FOUR July 29 – August 4
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AND OTHER WILD FROG FACTS
By Alethea Shirilan-Howlett (age 19), Jamesville, NY
DROPLETS PELLETS BULLETS
By Isabel Beatriz Tongson (age 18), Winter Park, FL
WEEK FIVE August 5 – 11
SPECIAL YPF+ AWARD
VENUS, AND WHAT ELSE IS NOCTURNAL
By Dylan Malloy (age 18), Aliso Viejo, CA