Young Playwrights Show Their Talent at Judged Competition

Young actors and script writers from eight area high schools performed original works Monday at the Marin Young Playwrights Festival on Monday at the Marin Theatre Co. in Mill Valley.

The eight finalists were from Drake, San Marin, Redwood, Marin School of the Arts, and Analy (Sebastopol) high schools. 

Most of the kids read from scripts that lasted 10 to 25 minutes. In the end, the judges chose Pillsbury by Lindsy Mobley and Matt Saunders of Drake High as the winners. Their play will receive a professional staging with equity actors at Marin Theatre Co.

Mobley and Saunders appear in the accompanying video along with students from San Marin High.

The other finalists were:

-- Aquarium by Ben Rosenthal of Redwood High School

-- The Challa by Gurleen Rai, Lindsey Zecherle and Katie Kushnir of San Marin High School

-- Dandelions by Ali Wuerfel of Redwood High School

-- The Guy Who Was Pretty Dead by Evan Greenwald of Marin School of the Arts

-- I Wonder by Paris Dowd of Drake High School

-- Liberty Belle by Lauren Feldman of Analy High School

-- Quite Literally by Steve Jun, Sarah Marthinson and Julia Raven of San Marin High School

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