STUDENT TEN-MINUTE PLAYWRITING FESTIVALS
2024
Cook Theatre at FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts
Festival Production Manager: Donna DeFant
BEST PLAY: THE CATIDS by Delaney Lockwood
Venice High School
Director: Leona Collesano
RUNNER-UP: NO ENTRY by Dylan Humphrey
Gibbs High School (St. Petersburg)
Director: Ken Basque
ANOTHER STATISTIC by Giovanni Porreca
Manatee School for the Arts (Palmetto)
Director: Cinda Goeken
AS RED PEARLS ADORN THE WHITE ROSE by Chloe Johnson
Booker High School (Sarasota)
Director: Seva Anthony
THE COFFEE SHOP OF THE GODS by Seamus Kehoe
Homeschooled
Director: Jonathan Musser
CONFESSIONS by E’Nayshja Cousins
Lake Gibson High School (Lakeland)
Director: Glenn Schudel
ONE LAST REFLECTION by Jaylen Benony
Booker High School (Sarasota)
Director: Jan Wallace
SOMETHING FISHY by Patrick Van Eyck
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School (Bradenton)
Director: Scott Keys
2023
Cook Theatre at FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts
Festival Production Manager: Preston Boyd
BEST PLAY: A MATTER OF TIME by Elaina Bayard
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Director: Leona Collesano
RUNNER-UP: THE GAME OF GIFTS by Seamus Kehoe
Home-Schooled
Director: Blake Walton
BLOOD AND TEA by Eve Hare
Cardinal Mooney High School
Director: Leona Collesano
CHANGING FORTUNES by Patrick van Eyck
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Director: Bob Trisolini
THE DEADLINE by Damion Clifford
Lake Gibson High School
Director: Blake Walton
THE DEVOUT SPINSTER by Sawyer Girgis
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Director: Ann Morrison
FATHER’S FINAL GIFT by Jaylen Benony
Booker High School
Director: Bob Trisolini
SEEDLING SPRITE by Kayla Moran
St. Petersburg Catholic High School
Director: Ann Morrison
Cook Theatre at FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts
Production Coordinator: Frank Motz
BEST PLAY: THE REAL WORLD by Jake Pettingell
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Blake Walton
RUNNER-UP: THE LAST COLONY by Patrick van Eyck
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Tahlia Chinault
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO NECROMANCY by Elaina Bayard
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Annabelle Weber
THE DEATH OF BRENNAN DOYLE by Brice Carlton
Parrish Community High school
Directed by Tahlia Chinault
JAKE THE PAIN WITHIN by Jaylen Benony
Booker High School
Directed by Sage Miller
PUT A CLOCK IN IT! (IT’S A PUN) by Giovanni Porreca
Manatee School for the Arts
Directed by Ann Morrison
THE UNSPOKEN PROBLEM by Lexi Vega
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Blake Walton
YOU BELONG WITH ME by Jennifer Tomas
Lake Gibson High School
Directed by Ann Morrison
Presented online as radio plays
Production Coordinator: Frank Motz
BEST PLAY: FLYING SOLO WITH IBD by Spencer Opal-Levine
Pine View School
Directed by Preston Boyd
RUNNER-UP: FERMATA by Elaina Bayard
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Blake Walton
BLOODLINE by Olivia Raab
River Ridge High School
Directed by Blake Walton
A CHANGE IN PERSPECTIVE by Peter Balos
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Kaity Cairo
THE DARKEST SHADE OF GRAY by Tyson Duerr
Braden River High School
Directed by Jamie Lee Butrum
MASKING by Elizabeth Novotorova
State College of Florida Collegiate School
Directed by Carrie McQueen
THE RESONATING SOUND by Jacqueline Harrison
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Preston Boyd
TIME WARP By Tatum Tellbuescher
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Carrie McQueen
Cook Theatre at FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts
Production Coordinator: Donna DeFant
BEST PLAY: THE THEATER MAN by Kea Kamiya
State College of Florida Collegiate School
Directed by Robert Ennis Turoff
RUNNER-UP: THE DRILL by Spencer Opal-Levine
Pine View School
Directed by Mark Woodland
THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ACT by Elaina Mizak
Pine View School
Directed by Seva Anthony
THE CLOCK by Maxine Mandt
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Seva Anthony
THE JEFFREY EFFECT by Kassandra Haakman
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Jan Wallace
LOVE IS IN THE AIR by Emily Hikade
Riverview High School
Directed by Jan Wallace
PAST LIFE by Mia Mariano
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Mark Woodland
A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING by Sarah MacPhail
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Robert Ennis Turoff
Cook Theatre at FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts
Production Coordinator: Donna DeFant
BEST PLAY: THE TRAGEDY OF BENJAMIN FINCH by Mary Margaret Steber
Sarasota High School
Directed by Michele Strauss
RUNNER-UP: WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU by Riley Dillard
Sarasota High School
Directed by Seva Anthony
HALF-MAST by Cas Bradley
Sarasota High School
Directed by Bob Trisolini
HOLD ON, WE’LL BE ALRIGHT by Elia Chatham
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Seva Anthony
THE LUCKY PENNY by Kea Kamiya
State College of Florida Collegiate School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
PILLOW FORTS by Bella Liakakos
Sarasota High School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
A STONE IN THE MOSAIC by Grace Lumpkin
Sarasota High School
Directed by Bob Trisolini
WAITING ROOM by Harley Haas
Sarasota High School
Directed by Michele Strauss
Cook Theatre at FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts
Production Coordinator: Donna DeFant
BEST PLAY: TOO MANY COOKS by Luke Valadie
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Seva Anthony
RUNNER-UP: THE QUADRENNIAL BET by Spencer Emerson Opal-Levine
Pine View School
Directed by Preston Boyd
AWAKENING by Kassandra Haakman
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Helen Holliday
BAKER ACT by Kaylee Hernandez
Sarasota High School
Directed by Preston Boyd
PSYCHOSIS by Ryan McKeever
Sarasota High School
Directed by Helen Holliday
UGLY SWEATER by Erica Lomnitz
Sarasota High School
Directed by Seva Anthony
WE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU IN PEACE by Courtney Zoller
Manatee High School
Directed by Ken Basque
WHAT HAPPENED TO MY DAD? by Demetrius Davis
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Ken Basque
David S. and Anne V. Howard Studio Theatre
Production Coordinator: Donna DeFant
Directed by Preston Boyd
RUNNER-UP: GOODBYE, OLD FRIEND by Richard Caldwell
Sarasota High School
Directed by Don Walker
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Jeff Dillon
BERGAMOT AND LAVENDER by Courtney Zoller
Manatee High School
Directed by Seva Anthony
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Seva Anthony
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Preston Boyd
Directed by Jenny Aldrich Walker
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Jeff Dillon
David S. and Anne V. Howard Studio Theatre
Production Coordinator: Donna DeFant
BEST PLAY: BROTHERS IN ARMS by Julien Freij
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Preston Boyd
RUNNER-UP: MOM’S SPAGHETTI by Amy D.O.P.
Bayshore High School
Directed by Sara Logan
IN THE MIDST TURMOIL by Jacob Thodal-Ness
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Dan Green
GOOD GUYS FINISH FIRST by Samson Yang
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Sara Logan
THE GAME OF CHICKENS by Richard Caldwell
Sarasota High School
Directed by Dan Green
CHECK PLEASE by Colin Kalitta
Manatee High School
Directed by Dan Green
David S. and Anne V. Howard Studio Theatre
Production Coordinator: Preston Boyd
BEST PLAY: AS LONG AS THE MOON SHINES by Julien Freij
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Dan Greene
RUNNER-UP: THE ONE-CANDLED CAKE OF AUGUSTA ROBEAR
by Amy D.O.P.
Manatee School of the Arts / Bayshore High School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
DUMBELLS by Richard Caldwell
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Dan Greene
MISTAKEN IDENTITY by Hayes Chatham
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
David S. and Anne V. Howard Studio Theatre
Production Coordinator: Preston Boyd
BEST PLAY: ELEVATE MY LIFE by Joseph Grosso
Lakewood Ranch High School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
RUNNER-UP: THE GATE by Jenna Greenfield
Lakewood Ranch High School
Directed by Mark Woodland
OUR FUTURE by Eric Nolting
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Mark Woodland
DEATH BEFORE DECAF by Amy Carothers
Cape Coral Christian School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
SUSPECT by Tiffany Miller
Lakewood Ranch High School
Directed by Louise Stinespring
GAME OF LIFE by Brooke Farnsworth
Lakewood Ranch High School
Directed by Louise Stinespring
David S. and Anne V. Howard Studio Theatre, SCF
Production Coordinator: Preston Boyd
BEST PLAY: THERAPY by Sabrina Viota & Summer Begalka
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
RUNNER-UP: RECESS by Joseph Grosso, Kasey Blanco & Jillian Smith
Lakewood Ranch High School
Directed by Cinda Goeken
THE DATE by Kemery Colbert
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School
Directed by Julie Look
FRIENDS FOREVER by Francesca DiMaio, Melina Cuffaro & Amanda Robbins
Lakewood Ranch High School
Directed by Julie Look
