Teen Playwrights bring Original Works to the Stage

Overview

Student-written works and student-led production design are showcased at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) New Plays Festival taking place on Friday, May 29th at 7 PM.

This annual festival is an artistic endeavor in the school's theatre curriculum featuring four plays written, directed, and performed by upperclassmen theatre students and designed by production arts students. The event brings together skills acquired in script writing, directing and acting classes as students fully take on the challenges of creating new works for the stage.

This year's selected plays are: BRAINS NOT INCLUDED by Savannah Springer, THE FAMILY DINNER by Alexandria Hutton, DOMINOES by Tzariah Manns, and PIZZA MISSION by Amiere Gray.

Charter Arts’ Artistic Director of Theatre, Kelly Minnner- Bickert shares: “This year's New Plays Festival promises a wide variety of content and characters. Our students have come up with clever, comical ways to find inspiration in the world around them and bring their ideas to life on stage. This is a collaboration we are incredibly proud of as our junior and senior theatre majors partner with the production arts majors to create an evening of new work that's sure to be entertaining and unforgettable.”

Tickets for the event are $8-$14 and are available online at CharterArts.org or at the door.