- 2023-10-09
2013 Marin Young Playwrights Festival press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARIN THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES
FINALISTS OF MARIN YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
Eight ten-minute plays written, directed and acted by Marin County teens
will be featured on March 10, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. at MTC
MILL VALLEY, CA— Marin Theatre Company Teen Advisory Board and Director of Education Daunielle Rasmussen are pleased to announce the eight finalists of the fourth annual Marin Young Playwrights Festival:
• Fruit Madness by Anna Feiner, Sarah Jo Millar and Jack Jenkins, Sir Francis Drake High School
• Tom’s Umbrella by Madelaine Bixler, Elsie Allen High School
• Terminal Illness by Jack Foley, Terra Linda High School
• Devoid of Love & Grace by Abby Bordin, Tamalpais High School
• To Be a Great Man by Rachel Zilberg, San Domenico School
• Play Pretend by Jane Reagan, Terra Linda High School
• Hope by Tessa King, Tamalpais High School
• The Big Ass Russian Novel by Jake Rosenberg, Jewish Community High School
Featuring Marin County teens acting and directing, these eight ten-minute plays will be performed as staged readings at Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Avenue in Mill Valley, on Sunday, March 10, at 7:00pm. This event is free and open to the public. Advance reservations are strongly recommended.
The Marin Young Playwrights Festival celebrates the work of teen playwrights in Marin County and encourages a focus on playwriting in local high schools. Each fall, teens who live in Marin are encouraged to submit original ten-minute scripts to the festival. The Teen Advisory Board, which is made up of local middle and high school students who serve as ambassadors between MTC and the teen community in Marin County, reviews the scripts in a blinded process and selects eight finalists. Local teens perform the finalist plays at the annual festival held at MTC.
MTC’s Artistic Staff serve as judges and select one winning script, which receives a staged reading with professional actors and a professional director at MTC in conjunction with the company’s New Works Series. Now in its fourth year, the Marin Young Playwrights Festival is sponsored by MTC and produced by the company’s Teen Advisory Board. This season, the Teen Board selected the eight finalists from over 50 submissions.
CALENDAR LISTING
WHAT
2013 Marin Young Playwrights Festival
WHO
Written, directed and acted by Marin County teens
WHEN
March 10, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE
Marin Theatre Company | 397 Miller Avenue | Mill Valley, CA 94941
ABOUT
Join MTC for the fourth annual Marin Young Playwrights Festival, which features eight ten-minute plays written, directed and acted by Marin County teens. The MYPF celebrates the work of teen playwrights in Marin County and encourages a focus on playwriting in local high schools. At press time, participating high schools included: Elsie Allen High School, Jewish Community High School, San Domenico School, Sir Francis Drake High School, Tamalpais High School and Terra Linda High School.
TICKETS
FREE. Advance reservations are recommended. This event fills capacity every year.
CONTACT
marintheatre.org | (415) 388-5208 | boxoffice@marintheatre.org
ABOUT MTC
Founded in 1967, Marin Theatre Company is the Bay Area’s premier mid-sized theater and the leading professional theater in the North Bay. We produce a six-show season of provocative plays by passionate playwrights from the 20th century and today in our intimate 231-seat proscenium theater. We are committed to the development and production of new plays by American playwrights, with a comprehensive New Play Program that includes two nationally recognized annual playwriting awards, new play readings and workshops by the nation’s best emerging playwrights and a leadership position in the National New Play Network. Our numerous education programs serve more than 6,000 students each year.
PRESS CONTACT
Sasha Hnatkovich, Communications Director
(415) 388-5200, ext. 3313 | sasha@marintheatre.org
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