Write Stuff!, MMT’s young playwrights festival, returns for its fourth year! MMT’s program to encourage young playwrights culminates in readings and staged readings of the winning scripts.
6 plays have been selected to be workshopped this year. 3 plays will receive readings and 3 will be produced in a staged reading format, all performed by Mill Mountain Theatre Conservatory students.
Reading Series
True Love, by Gracie Ridings, shares the story of Sandy, a sixteen-year-old girl who is told by a psychic that she will meet her Aquarius true-love within the current moon cycle. Will Sandy meet the man of her dreams? Her best friend Minty will stop at nothing to see Sandy carried off into the sunset!
Okay, by Caroline Moledor, is a coming of age story, exploring the inner struggle of making friends and feeling like you belong. Follow Sam on her journey of growing up and becoming more comfortable in her own skin.
Café Amor, by Serena Fick and Anna Clare Fleenor, is a hilarious and farcical tale set in Victorian-era France. Forbidden romance, baguettes, and a poodle fill the Café Amor and run rampant with all of the creative characters that inhabit it.
Staged Reading Series
LoveFiguratively, by Conner Hunt, explores the chaotic world of speed dating. Join James Smith, a 34-year-old who enjoys fast food dinners and short runs on the treadmill, as he meets a menagerie of kooky characters. Will James find love or just continue to pick up the crazies?
The Third Wheels, by Ava Lazar, sheds light on the rivalry between the Prom Decor Club and the RPG (role-playing-games) club at the local high school. What starts out as an initiation prank between two students blossoms into a beautiful relationship.
Apple Apocalypse, by James Moledor, is an alternate-reality story when all apples have been banned from the world. Young Mack Intosh goes on a vendetta to see that apples are reinstated, and he hopes to make his Granny Smith proud.
The presentation of the winning plays will take place on February 22nd, 2020 at 7:00pm on MMT’s Waldron Stage.
Tickets to Write Stuff! 2020 are Pay What You Can and only available 30 minutes prior to performance time.
