Playwriting Camp 2023
Fighting Words staff and volunteer mentors were privileged this year to work with a gifted, talented and fun bunch of 11 to 13 year olds! Over the course of five days working, we explored playwriting and helped these fantastic individuals to craft their own short plays from scratch. The work each author selected for inclusion is collected here. To all the young playwrights - keep writing all of you! We hope we work with you again soon!
Fighting Words staff and volunteer mentors were privileged this year to work with a gifted, talented and fun bunch of 11 to 13 year olds!
Over the course of five days working, we explored playwriting and helped these fantastic individuals to craft their own short plays from scratch. The work each author selected for inclusion is collected here.
To all the young playwrights - keep writing all of you! We hope we work with you again soon!
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SCENE 1<br />
New York, New Name<br />
An ordinary day. The sky was bright and blue filled with chirping birds, the sun was<br />
gleaming through the gaps in the curtains of an old red brick apartment, Brooklyn,<br />
New York.<br />
A girl peeks out of the curtains looking frightened.<br />
GIRL : OH NO THEY’VE FOUND ME! I HAVE TO GET AWAY!!!<br />
She races out the front door down the brick steps, out into the middle of the busy<br />
road.<br />
Scene stops. Freezeframe. Cars stop, people stop walking, the birds stop chirping,<br />
GIRL : “Uh uh” pants<br />
The freeze frame breaks, a car comes and BAM! Darkness.<br />
SONIA: What was that!( off stage )<br />
JIMMY: I don’t know ! Let’s go check<br />
The scene brightens again, Sonia and Jimmy walk onto the stage. Jimmy speaks with<br />
a light New York accent mixed with an Eastern European, Sonia speaks with an Eastern<br />
European accent, they are both around 60. SONIA: OH MY GOSH! What has happened!<br />
A character steps out of the car.<br />
CAB DRIVER: I was just driving, I didn’t see her, she ran out into the middle of the road<br />
and just stopped.<br />
The cab driver had a thick New Jersey accent. His breath smelled like smoke and<br />
alcohol.<br />
JIMMY : Call an ambulance!<br />
Nee naw, nee naw an ambulance enters the stage. They pull out the gurdey.<br />
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