MadLab announces The Young Writers Short Play Festival
Tickets: http://www.madlab.net/MadLab/Buy_Tickets.html
MadLab will present The Young Writers Short Play Festival, a collection of ten short plays written by Columbus area high school students. MadLab is a non-profit organization that provides an artistic haven for the creation and experience of original works. Part of that effort involves giving young people the opportunity to create original works. This festival was born from that goal. MadLab sought out submissions from area high schools and chose the ten best plays for the student workshop and production. Student playwrights worked with experienced local playwrights in a three month program to help them with their plays. MadLab is proud to produce the work of these wonderful young playwrights.
July 27th- August 11th
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
MadLab Theatre
227 N 3rd Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Tickets cost $12, $10 Students/Seniors, $8 Members.
Call 614-221-5418 or visit http://www.madlab.net/MadLab/Buy_Tickets.html
The Plays
Friday Performances:
Happy Birthday John Allen
by Sarah Carnes (Columbus Alternative High School)
Cast:
John: Stephen Woosley
Ruth: Michelle Batt
Alice: Jessica Studer
Directed by Jennifer Feather Youngblood
To Life
by Hannah Russell (Columbus Alternative High School)
Cast:
Frederick: Gabe Caldwell
Chaim: David Thonnings
Directed by Jim Azelvandre
A Man Runs Into A Bar
by Carl Burgason and Jessica Takos ( Hilliard Davidson High School)
Cast:
Jake: Stephen Woosley
Juliette: Lauren Yobbagy
Directed by Scott Tobin
The Many-Splendored Thing
by Piper Rasmussen (Columbus School for Girls)
Cast:
Jemima: Lauren Yobbagy
The Man: Gabe Caldwell
Directed by Jim Azelvandre
Petty View From the Park Bench
by Cody Troyan (Gahanna Lincoln High School)
Cast:
Lars: Gabe Caldwell
Henry: Carl Burgason
Rachel: Shana Kramer
Directed by Scott Tobin
Saturday Performances:
The Life I Live in
by Paola Benefo (Columbus Alternative High School)
Cast:
Paaie: Jessica Studer
Teacher: Michelle Batt
Antonio: Michael Moore
Abelie: Sage Schmalenbeger
Gabriello: Maria Ritchey
Orlando: Greg McGill
Jacky: Maria Ritchey
Agent #1: Erik Sternberger
Agent #2: Stephen Woosley
Directed by Andy Batt
TV Dinners
by Erikka Amrine (Hilliard Davidson High School)
Cast:
Bob: Greg McGill
Dave: Erik Sternberger
Eric: Robert Prines
Amy: Molly St. Cyr
Woman #1: Lauren Yobbagy
Woman #2: Maria Ritchey
Directed by Jessica Studer and Stephen Woosley
Half-Dead Farmer’s Wife
by Flannery Maney (Columbus Academy)
Cast:
Ben: Josh Kessler
Myra: Molly St. Cyr
Directed by Jennifer Feather Youngblood
Crazy Talk
by Emily Cipriani (Columbus Academy)
Cast:
Curtis: Andy Batt
Statue: Erik Sternberger
Directed by Michelle Batt
Thanksgiving
by Ezer Smith (Columbus Academy)
Cast:
Sebastian: Erik Sternberger
Jake: Robert Prines
Pawnbroker/Santa: Michael Moore
Directed by Maria Ritchey






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