ABCDE Youthwright
YouthWright is a yearly playwriting competition sponsored by the ABCDE. Students of teachers who are in good standing with the ABCDE submit plays to be adjudicated by professional playwrights. Winning playwrights receive an invitation to perform at the BC NTS DramaFest in May.
YouthWright 2024 was a great success this year with a record breaking number of student submissions. Thanks to all the teachers who supported your students through the process. Our esteemed adjudicator, John Lazarus read each one, and selected three worthy playwrights to attend feedback meetings.
And the winners are…
Chloe Giroux from Vernon Secondary with the play The Death Monologues
Bella Nybo from Highland Secondary with the play The Melting Point
Ben Anderson from Okanagan Mission with his play The Rhino
The plays can be found in the Scripts section on this page.
Each have received invitations to perform their plays at the BC NTS DramaFest.
Laurie Anne Lorge
ABCDE YouthWright Co-ordinator.
If you are a past winner of ABCDE YouthWright, and would like to have your play posted here, please contact Ms. Laurie Lorge (LLorge@ss22.bc.ca) to give your consent.
If you wish to perform one of the plays, please contact Laurie for information on obtaining rights.
If you have a copy of an anthology not listed here, we would love to borrow your copy, scan it, and include it on the website. Please contact Laurie if you can help.