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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Nanny Margaret:<br />
Marion’s Funeral and Looking Back on My Life<br />
Characters:<br />
Alana<br />
Margaret<br />
Cillian<br />
Nurse<br />
Scene 1<br />
We open on the funeral of Nanny Margaret’s daughter Marion.<br />
Use two chairs and the prop box as casket. Place Marion’s personal affects (hat, picture,<br />
flowers, etc.) on ‘casket.’ The audience is part of the funeral.<br />
“Dancing In The Sky” by Dani & Lizzy is playing.<br />
Split audience creating a pathway to wheel casket through by the pallbearers.<br />
Holy water is sprinkled on the casket by the Priest.<br />
Nanny Margaret is tearfully standing awaiting the casket to give her eulogy.<br />
Margaret – (Sniffling) I just want to say thank you everybody for coming here today.<br />
You know I was only just in this Chapel in December burying my grandfather. But at<br />
my age you are meant to lose a lot of people that you love. But not in a million years<br />
did I think that my baby Marion would be the person who we are remembering here<br />
today. (She starts to quiver.)<br />
I just want to say…<br />
SET GOES BLACK<br />
Scene 2<br />
Change ‘personal affect’ props on top of casket for Mary.<br />
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