STUDENT TEN-MINUTE PLAYWRITING FESTIVALS
(* Best Play, ** Runner-Up)
2023
Festival Production Manager: Preston Boyd
* A MATTER OF TIME by Elaina Bayard
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Director: Leona Collesano
** THE GAME OF GIFTS by Seamus Kehoe
Home-Schooled
Director: Blake Walton
BLOOD AND TEA by Eve Hare
Cardinal Mooney High School
Director: Leona Collesano
CHANGING FORTUNES by Patrick van Eyck
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Director: Bob Trisolini
THE DEADLINE by Damion Clifford
Lake Gibson High School
Director: Blake Walton
THE DEVOUT SPINSTER by Sawyer Girgis
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Director: Ann Morrison
FATHER’S FINAL GIFT by Jaylen Benony
Booker High School
Director: Bob Trisolini
SEEDLING SPRITE by Kayla Moran
St. Petersburg Catholic High School
Director: Ann Morrison
Production Coordinator: Frank Motz
* THE REAL WORLD by Jake Pettingell
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Blake Walton
** THE LAST COLONY by Patrick van Eyck
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Tahlia Chinault
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO NECROMANCY by Elaina Bayard
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Annabelle Weber
THE DEATH OF BRENNAN DOYLE by Brice Carlton
Parrish Community High school
Directed by Tahlia Chinault
JAKE THE PAIN WITHIN by Jaylen Benony
Booker High School
Directed by Sage Miller
PUT A CLOCK IN IT! (IT’S A PUN) by Giovanni Porreca
Manatee School for the Arts
Directed by Ann Morrison
THE UNSPOKEN PROBLEM by Lexi Vega
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Blake Walton
YOU BELONG WITH ME by Jennifer Tomas
Lake Gibson High School
Directed by Ann Morison
Presented online as radio plays
Production Coordinator: Frank Motz
BLOODLINE by Olivia Raab
River Ridge High School
Directed by Blake Walton
A CHANGE IN PERSPECTIVE by Peter Balos
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Kaity Cairo
THE DARKEST SHADE OF GRAY by Tyson Duerr
Braden River High School
Directed by Jamie Lee Butrum
** FERMATA by Elaina Bayard
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Blake Walton
* FLYING SOLO WITH IBD by Spencer Opal-Levine
Pine View School
Directed by Preston Boyd
MASKING by Elizabeth Novotorova
State College of Florida Collegiate School
Directed by Carrie McQueen
THE RESONATING SOUND by Jacqueline Harrison
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Preston Boyd
TIME WARP By Tatum Tellbuescher
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Carrie McQueen
Encore! Encore!
Listen again or for the first time to the short plays of the Ninth Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival. This is also an opportunity to hear actors use their vocal talent to create the image unseen and to carefully appreciate the playwrights’ words.
Cook Theatre at FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts
Production Coordinator: Donna DeFant
A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING by Sarah MacPhail
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Robert Ennis Turoff
THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ACT by Elaina Mizak
Pine View School
Directed by Seva Anthony
LOVE IS IN THE AIR by Emily Hikade
Riverview High School
Directed by Jan Wallace
PAST LIFE by Mia Mariano
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Mark Woodland
THE CLOCK by Maxine Mandt
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Seva Anthony
THE JEFFREY EFFECT by Kassandra Haakman
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Jan Wallace
**THE DRILL by Spencer Opal-Levine
Pine View School
Directed by Mark Woodland
*THE THEATER MAN by Kea Kamiya
State College of Florida Collegiate School
Directed by Robert Ennis Turoff
Cook Theatre at FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts
Production Coordinator: Donna DeFant
HALF-MAST by Cas Bradley
Sarasota High School
Directed by Bob Trisolini
HOLD ON, WE’LL BE ALRIGHT by Elia Chatham
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Seva Anthony
THE LUCKY PENNY by Kea Kamiya
State College of Florida Collegiate School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
PILLOW FORTS by Bella Liakakos
Sarasota High School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
A STONE IN THE MOSAIC by Grace Lumpkin
Sarasota High School
Directed by Bob Trisolini
*THE TRAGEDY OF BENJAMIN FINCH by Mary Margaret Steber
Sarasota High School
Directed by Michele Strauss
WAITING ROOM by Harley Haas
Sarasota High School
Directed by Michele Strauss
**WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU by Riley Dillard
Sarasota High School
Directed by Seva Anthony
Cook Theatre at FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts
Production Coordinator: Donna DeFant
BAKER ACT by Kaylee Hernandez
Sarasota High School
Directed by Preston Boyd
PSYCHOSIS by Ryan McKeever
Sarasota High School
Directed by Helen Holliday
WE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU IN PEACE by Courtney Zoller
Manatee High School
Directed by Ken Basque
* TOO MANY COOKS by Luke Valadie
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Seva Anthony
UGLY SWEATER by Erica Lomnitz
Sarasota High School
Directed by Seva Anthony
AWAKENING by Kassandra Haakman
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Helen Holliday
WHAT HAPPENED TO MY DAD? by Demetrius Davis
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Ken Basque
** THE QUADRENNIAL BET by Spencer Emerson Opal-Levine
Pine View School
Directed by Preston Boyd
David S. and Anne V. Howard Studio Theatre
Production Coordinator: Donna DeFant
THE LIES IN A PERFECT LIFE by Guinevere Pijor
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Seva Anthony
TOMORROW by Pierce Carnell
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Jeff Dillon
Directed by Preston Boyd
Directed by Jenny Aldrich Walker
Directed by Preston Boyd
Directed by Seva Anthony
Sarasota High School
Directed by Don Walker
Directed by Jeff Dillon
David S. and Anne V. Howard Studio Theatre
Production Coordinator: Donna DeFant
IN THE MIDST TURMOIL by Jacob Thodal-Ness
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Dan Green
GOOD GUYS FINISH FIRST by Samson Yang
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Sara Logan
THE GAME OF CHICKENS by Richard Caldwell
Sarasota High School
Directed by Dan Green
CHECK PLEASE by Colin Kalitta
Manatee High School
Directed by Dan Green
* BROTHERS IN ARMS by Julien Freij
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Preston Boyd
** MOM’S SPAGHETTI by Amy D.O.P.
Bayshore High School
Directed by Sara Logan
David S. and Anne V. Howard Studio Theatre
Production Coordinator: Preston Boyd
DUMBELLS by Richard Caldwell
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Dan Greene
by Amy D.O.P.
Directed by Cinda Goeken
Directed by Dan Greene
Directed by Cinda Goeken
David S. and Anne V. Howard Studio Theatre
Production Coordinator: Preston Boyd
* ELEVATE MY LIFE by Joseph Grosso
Lakewood Ranch High School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
OUR FUTURE by Eric Nolting
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Mark Woodland
DEATH BEFORE DECAF by Amy Carothers
Cape Coral Christian School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
** THE GATE by Jenna Greenfield
Lakewood Ranch High School
Directed by Mark Woodland
SUSPECT by Tiffany Miller
Lakewood Ranch High School
Directed by Louise Stinespring
GAME OF LIFE by Brooke Farnsworth
Lakewood Ranch High School
Directed by Louise Stinespring
David S. and Anne V. Howard Studio Theatre, SCF
Production Coordinator: Preston Boyd
** RECESS by Joseph Grosso, Kasey Blanco & Jillian Smith
Lakewood Ranch High School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
THE DATE by Kemery Colbert
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Julie Look
FRIENDS FOREVER by Francesca DiMaio, Melina Cuffaro & Amanda Robbins
Lakewood Ranch High School
Directed by Julie Look
* THERAPY by Sabrina Viota & Summer Begalka
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
