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Adult Finalists:

"Learner's Permit" by Michelle Jane Wilson - PDF | MP3

A native Minnesotan, I grew up in Lancaster, Minnesota, a village ten miles from the Canadian border. The tenth of twelve children there was always a lot of drama. I can't remember when I started writing, but a pack rat, I have everything (and possibly all the drafts) I have written since I was eleven. (Of course I never read any of that crap.) I have written poetry, short stories, but really think I found my comfort zone when I wrote my first play. Decades ago I was a playwright in residence with the Playwright's Lab, now the Playwright's Center, and my play FROM ZERO TO ALMOST 1% was produced during the Lab's Open Season. Then as a writer in residence with COMPAS I researched and wrote a play, THE BRIDGE OVER THE OCEAN, for the St. Paul History Theatre's Living History Project. After this residency I got side tracked studying screenwriting at Film in the Cities with Frank Daniel, whose influence has improved all my writing, and after getting an MFA in film studies, instead of a movie, I produced two marvelous little girls. Motherhood so immersed me into the here and now, that I couldn't get into a fictional realm, and I started writing personal essays. I just recently resumed writing plays and am having such fun.

"Calling Long Distance" by Scott McMorrow - PDF | MP3

Scott has lead playwriting workshops at The Playwrights Showcase of the Western Region in Denver, and been a Guest Artist at The Kennedy Center’s Playwriting Intensive. His award-winning plays have been produced in Italy, Scotland, New York (Off-Off Broadway), San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, Alaska, Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon (Ashland New Play Festival), and West Virginia. Several of his plays have been translated into Italian, and his work has been published by Smith & Kraus and Meriwether. Scott’s professional memberships include The Playwrights' Center, The Dramatists Guild of America, and PEN USA. Please visit www.scottmcmorrow.com

"The Jewel of Adam" by Dan Dietz - PDF | MP3

Dan Dietz’s plays include Dirigible, Blind Horses, Tilt Angel, and Americamisfit, and have been seen in New York, Los Angeles, and points in between. His play tempOdyssey received a rolling world premiere from the National New Play Network in 2006-07, premiering at Curious Theatre (Denver, CO), Studio Theatre (Washington, DC), Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis, IN) and New Jersey Rep (Long Branch, NJ). Dietz has been honored with a James A. Michener Fellowship, a Josephine Bay Paul Fellowship, and the Austin Critics Table Award for Best New Play. His short play Trash Anthem received the 2003 Heideman Award from the Actors Theatre of Louisville. His work has been published by Samuel French, Dramatists Play Service, Stage & Screen, Smith & Krauss, and Heinemann. Dietz is a Core Member of the Playwrights’ Center. He was recently awarded an NEA/TCG Theatre Residency with Salvage Vanguard Theater to develop his new play, The Difference Engine.

Youth Finalists:

"Untitled" by Jon Fusco - PDF | MP3

Jon Fusco is your typical seventeen year old from Marin County, California. There he attends Redwood High School. He wrote this play while attending the National High School Institute Theater Arts Division at Northwestern University. He has acted in San Francisco at the Magic Theater, and hopes to act professionally in the future.

"We Freaks" by Oriana Lada - PDF | MP3

My name is Oriana Lada. I am fourteen years old, and will be attending ninth grade at Hill Murray High School this fall. I love dancing and writing, but most of all, I love to perform on stage. I’ve been involved in many plays around the twin cities area. My favorite roles included Rhondi in Sideways Stories at Wayside School at Stages Theatre Company, and Dot in Honk! Jr. at Ashland Productions. I am currently performing in The Wizard of Oz at Eagan Summer Community Th eatre. I someday hope to move to New York and perform on Broadway.

"Fifty-Nine Lines" by Daniel Burns - PDF | MP3

Daniel Burns, a senior in high school, currently resides in Parkland, Florida and has been involved in theatre for most of his life. He is a very active member of his school’s drama department and spends most of his school year in rehearsal and in community projects involving theatre. While performing is his true passion, writing has been a great source of creativity for him. Daniel wrote “Fifty-Nine Lines” while at Northwestern University’s National High School Institute as a Theatre Arts Cherub and would like to thank his parents as well as the entire faculty and his fellow Cherubs for their support.