Finalists Announced for 2012 High School Playwriting Project
Circle Theatre and Fort Worth Theatre today announced the finalists and semi-finalists in their eighth annual High School Playwriting Project.
Staged readings of the four finalist plays are scheduled for 3:00pm, Sunday, April 29th, at Circle Theatre, in Sundance Square. Texas Christian University theatre professor, Alan Shorter, will direct the readings.
This annual playwriting project staged reading is free of charge and open to the general public, as well as families and friends of the playwrights. Finalist and semi-finalist students and their teachers will receive cash stipends, certificates, trophies and complimentary theatre tickets as an acknowledgement of their participation and accomplishment. A reception honoring the selected students and teachers will immediately follow the readings and awards ceremony on Sunday.
For further information or to reserve general admission seating, call 817-877-3040, from 12pm – 5pm, Tuesday through Friday. Circle Theatre is located in Sundance Square at 230 West Fourth Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102.
Finalists:
Where is Waldo? by Arden Terry, Teacher: David Berthold, Fort Worth Country Day School
Cornered by Peter Bowden, Teacher: Melodee Halbach, Fort Worth Country Day School
The Best Friend by Stephen Hwang, Teacher: Melodee Halbach, Fort Worth Country Day School
Lungs, Liver and a Stable State of Mind by Dean Phillips, Teacher: Renee Norris, Haltom High School
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