Young Playwrights Project

This Week’s AuthorSydney Susott This update is written by Sophomore Sydney Susott. This year, Sydney is a Sophomore Class Representative for ITS Troupe #5623. Beginning in January 2012, a new tradition was born to close each season.  Gibson Southern Theatre presented its first Young Playwrights Project.  Four students each wrote and directed their own ten-minute … Read more

This weekend, Gibson Southern Theatre presents the Young Playwrights Project 2019.  Each student below wrote and directed their own one-act play.  The Young Playwrights Project‘s mission is to facilitate the use of playwriting, encourage creative expression and improve literacy, and to support its writers through student driven acting, directing, and designing culminating in public performances. The Young … Read more

Gibson Southern Theatre closes their forty-second season with the Young Playwrights Project, a program that offers an opportunity for students to write, cast, direct, and produce their own plays. This year’s playwrights include Senior, Makenzie Hart, Juniors, Emma Williams and Rachel Rigsby, and Sophomore, Samuel Gilles. Apartment C by Makenzie Hart tries to understand how … Read more

Here are a few pictures during the rehearsal process of TLADOMAS for the Young Playwrights Project 2013. The show opens tonight at 7:00 at GSHS. There is a show tomorrow as well at 3:00. You can get your tickets at the door or at gshstheatre.com

Of the four playwrights featured in last year’s first annual Young Playwrights Project, three remain at Gibson Southern and will again direct their own student-written plays.  These students include Christian Rowe, senior, and Jacob Sellers and Alexis Kiesel, juniors.  This year, plays were selected after a submission deadline was given for any students who wanted … Read more