EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS IS A PLAY-WRITING COMPETITION SPONSORED BY RIVERWALK THEATRE. THE COMPETITION IS OPEN TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN INGHAM, EATON AND CLINTON COUNTIES. STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12 ARE INVITED TO WRITE SHORT ONE-ACT PLAYS AND SUBMIT THEM TO THE COMPETITION. FIVE PLAYS WILL BE SELECTED FOR PRODUCTION AND EACH AUTHOR WILL RECEIVE A $1000 PRIZE.

Congratulations to the 2024 Emerging Playwrights

​Evan Bywater​, 12th grade, Lansing Eastern HS with the script Buddy’s Pizza

​Olivia Quiroga, 12th grade, Holt HS with the script Butterfly Grief (Olivia Quiroga was also named an Emerging Playwright in 2023.)

​Ella Reid, 12th grade, Dewitt HS with the script Strangers Like Us

Paulina Rivet, 12th grade, Dewitt HS with the script Roses are Red

​Abigail Triantaflos, 11th grade, Ovid-Elsie HS with the script Women at Housework

June 26 - Award Certificates and $1000 checks presented to the 5 authors of the winning scripts at the Riverwalk Theatre Annual Barney Awards ceremony.

August 3The Emerging Playwrights Festival: Two scripts will be presented as full productions and three scripts will be presented as staged readings at Riverwalk Theatre.

QUESTIONS? Contact us at emergingplaywrights.rwt@gmail.com

Generously Supported by Gordon Masters.

Emerging Playwrights is not affiliated to the MSU Wharton Center's Young Playwrights Competition.