Palm Beach Dramaworks Young Playwrights’ Competition
Kids’ Dreams proudly sponsored the Young Playwrights’ Ten-Minute Play Competition at Palm Beach Dramaworks. Kids’ Dreams CPA & Treasurer, Pat DiSalvo, presented the winning awards. This unique cultural enrichment program supports high school playwrights from the developmental process through the performance of their own plays. Winners of this contest receive financial awards, a staged reading with professional actors, and the publication of their plays.
2019 Winning Plays
Forgive Me by Marisa Langston of A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
Rocket Boy by Catherine Paulitz of Wellington High School
Outage by Adriana Beltrano of Jupiter High School
Happy Ending by Ciara LaTouche* of Royal Palm Beach High School
Re-Do by Danny Beck of Palm Beach Day Academy
A Lion in Hanover by Lauren Ortega of A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
Just Like Everyone Else by Teah Ruiz of G-Star School of the Arts
Ellie’s Last Day by Ashley S. Watkins of Santaluces High School
Words in Smoke by Deja Gamble of Seminole Ridge High School
Fostered by Taylor Handley of Palm Beach Day Academy
*Ciara LaTouche was also one of two top winners at the 2019 Alan Lebow Award for Excellence in Shakespearean Performance.