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STUDENT TEN-MINUTE PLAYWRITING FESTIVALS

(* Best Play, ** Runner-Up)

 
2022

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

The Real World
THE REAL WORLD cast included Tony Boothby, Jude DeMaio, Ann Morrison and Owen DeMaio (not pictured).
2022 Student Playbill Cover
 
2021

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

The cast of FLYING SOLO WITH IBD: Aden Russell, Thomas Aposporos II, Jan Wallace, Tom Aposporos, Michael Bille, Preston Boyd and Donna DeFant.
The cast of FLYING SOLO WITH IBD: Aden Russell, Thomas Aposporos II, Jan Wallace, Tom Aposporos, Michael Bille, Preston Boyd and Donna DeFant.

Encore! Encore!

old radioListen 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.

Tune in here.

 
2020

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

The Theater Man
Olivia Yagy and Don Walker in The Theater Man. (Photo by Kim Coffman)
 
2019

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

Lauren Jones, Philip Troyer, Dylan Jones and Charlie Tyler in THE TRAGEDY OF BENJAMIN FINCH by Mary Margaret Steber.
Lauren Jones, Philip Troyer, Dylan Jones and Charlie Tyler in THE TRAGEDY OF BENJAMIN FINCH by Mary Margaret Steber.
2018

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

TOO MANY COOKS by Luke Valadie. Theatre Odyssey’s Best Play in the Sixth Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival. Photo credit: Cliff Roles
TOO MANY COOKS by Luke Valadie. Theatre Odyssey’s Best Play in the Sixth Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival. Photo credit: Cliff Roles
2017

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

 
THE PRICE OF FRIENDSHIP by Demetrius Davis & Fred Billy
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Preston Boyd
 
THE SCIENTIST by Kassandra Haakman
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Jenny Aldrich Walker
 
* AMAZING GRACE by Luke Valadie
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Preston Boyd
 
BERGAMOT AND LAVENDER by Courtney Zoller
Manatee High School
Directed by Seva Anthony
 
** GOODBYE, OLD FRIEND by Richard Caldwell
Sarasota High School
Directed by Don Walker
 
THE BATTLE by Emily D’Amico
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Jeff Dillon
James Kassees and Chuck Conlon In AMAZING GRACE by Luke Valadie, Theatre Odyssey’s Best Play in the Fifth Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival. Photo credit: Richard DiSammartino
2016

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

Alex Beach and Jacob Schweighofer in BROTHERS IN ARMS by Julien Freij, Theatre Odyssey's Best Play at the Fourth Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival. Photo credit: Cliff Roles
Alex Beach and Jacob Schweighofer in BROTHERS IN ARMS by Julien Freij, Theatre Odyssey's Best Play at the Fourth Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival. Photo credit: Cliff Roles
2015
 

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

 
** ONE CANDLED CAKE OF AUGUSTA ROBEAR
by Amy D.O.P.
Manatee School of the Arts / Bayshore High School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
 
* AS LONG AS THE MOON SHINES by Julien Freij
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Dan Greene
 
MISTAKEN IDENTITY by Hayes Chatham
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
Ben Kalish and Victoria Greenlaw in AS LONG AS THE MOON SHINES, Theatre Odyssey's Best Play at the Third Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival. Photo credit: Cliff Roles
2014

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

The cast of “Elevate My Life” by Jospeh Grosso, the 2014 Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival Best Play; photo credit: Cliff Roles.
2013

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

A scene from “Therapy” by Sabrina Viota & Summer Begalki, the 2013 Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival Best Play. photo credit: David Taylor.

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