YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS IN PROCESS WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Pictured: Semi-finalists from 2016.

Young Playwrights in Process (YPiP) is an annual playwriting competition for Indiana students in grades 6-12. The competition was created in 2005 through the Margot L. and Robert S. Eccles Trust, and sponsored in collaboration with IRT. YPiP encourages junior high and high school students across Indiana to create plays for live theatre that reflect and challenge their world.

The two finalists of the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s YPIP competition have been announced. The winners, Grace Wang (Columbus North High School) and Rachael Major (The Oaks Academy), will be celebrated at the finalist workshop and public event.

Both Wang and Major will receive a workshop of their play, and a full public, professional reading at the Final Event and Reception. Both Finalists will also win $1,000 and a full scholarship to the IRT Summer Conservatory.

WHERE: Indiana Repertory Theatre, 140 W Washington Street, IRT Cabaret (located on the 3rd floor of the IRT building).

WHEN: Saturday, December 16, 2017

TIME: 4:30 p.m.

CONTACT + RSVP: Seema Juneja, sjuneja@irtlive.com

FINALIST INFORMATION
The six finalists were selected from 150 submissions.  

High School Winner

Grace Wang (previous winner)
I’ve Been Feeling Everything (We Were Dancing on a Sunday)
Grade 10 at Columbus North High School
Columbus, IN
 
Middle School Winner

Rachael Major
The Courage to Stand Where Color Divides
Grade 8 at The Oaks Academy
Indianapolis, IN


SEMI-FINALIST INFORMATION:

High School

Charlie Conners
The Mediocre Escape?
Grade 12 at Carmel High School
Carmel, IN 

Jana Peters
“Fire”d
Grade 12 at Franklin County High School
Brookville, IN 

​Middle School

Anna Liimatta
Hoops of Hope
Grade 7 at Central Middle School
Columbus, IN 

Zoe Ware
The Time of the Forgotten
Grade 8 at The Oaks Academy
Indianapolis, IN