NEW VOICES TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL

The New Voices Ten-Minute Play Festival is held in conjunction with the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Teachers interested in the New Voices playwriting course in their classroom can contact the Education Department at 502-584-1265 or Education@ActorsTheatre.org

NEW VOICES TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL

April 3 & 4 at 7 p.m.
Victor Jory Theatre
Members of the Acting Apprentice Company and Actors Theatre staff will perform the winning high school plays.
Free, but tickets are required—Call 502-584-1205 for reservations.
Some mature themes and language.


2008 PLAYS ANNOUNCED
Public, private, and parochial school students throughout Kentucky and Indiana submitted more than 250 ten-minute plays to the New Voices Ten-Minute Play contest at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Ten plays written by high school students were selected as winners of the festival, while three were chosen as Honorable Mentions.

Winning Plays
A Hypothetical Situation by Caitlin Willenbrink, DuPont Manual High
American Beer by Neil Carter, Louisville Male High
Behind the Yellow Brick Road by Leyla Nouri, Atherton High
Gin by Laura Garrett, Atherton High
Gin and Tonic by Jackson Wolford, DuPont Manual High
Little Miracles by Lusie Cuskey, Atherton High (book & lyrics) and Nicole Carlson (score), Ballard High
Sessions by Leah Blair, Louisville Male High
The Laurel by Max Newland, Youth Performing Arts School
What Doesn’t Kill You by Ramey Monem, North Oldham High
Write of Passage by Shawn Hughes, Jr., Meade County High

Honorable Mention
Measure Still for Measure by Jacob Lyle and Wes Laudeman, Trinity
High Talk Politics by Morgan Sinnard, Atherton High
Dependent by Tara Duffy, Ballard High