Auditions for the 38th Annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival

Announcing Auditions for the 2015-2016 Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival!
All Ages will be considered.
Auditions will be held at Dobama Theatre, 2340 Lee Rd. Cleveland Heights, OH 44118.

Please call 216.932.3396 or e-mail youngplaywrights@dobama.org for more information.


Dates: Tuesday March 29th 5-7pm
Wednesday March 30th 5-7pm
Saturday April 2nd 10am-2pm.

Actors do not need to prepare a monologue, but should come prepared to move and read from scripts.

We hope to see you there!

Winning plays to be performed this year are:

Veggie Mayhem by August Cayce Malemud
1st Grade - Dorothy Lewis Elementary School, Solon
Cast includes: Various vegetables of no specific gender, mostly carrots.

Trouble for Four by Paisley Norris
2nd Grade - Emerson Elementary School, Lakewood
Cast includes: 1 Narrator, 5 elementary school aged girls


The Longest Bus I Ever Rode by Thaddeus Shabazz’El
3rd Grade – Central Primary School, Bedford
Cast includes: 1 Narrator, 4 African-American boys, 1 Police Officer
 
The Attack of the Pickles by Luke Zahler
4th Grade – Royal View Elementary, North Royalton
Cast includes: 2 boys, 1 adult man (who portrays "The Pickle Man"
 
Spicy Sabotage by Grace Brierley
6th Grade – North Royalton Middle School, North Royalton
Cast includes: 5 elderly women, 1 middle-aged male
 
Step Off by Benjamin Payne
6th Grade – North Royalton Middle School, North Royalton
Cast includes: 1 woman 35-40, 1 African-American boy, 1 Asian boy, 1 White boy, 1 African-American girl (all kids between 12-13 years old)

The Tragedy of Nisslo’s Diner by Anthony Koonce
Homeschooled – Cleveland Heights
Cast includes: 8 roles, including a narrator, the owner of a diner, teenager on a smartphone, two children and a "random food appreciator"


The Cost of Discovery by Colin Rush
8th Grade – North Royalton Middle School, North Royalton
Cast includes: 1 middle-aged male, 2 young males, 1 young female



The Chase by Jon Morrow Jr.
9th Grade – Cleveland Heights High School, Cleveland Heights
Cast includes: 1 African-American teenage boy, 1 adult male

Fix It In Post by Hadas Marcus
11th Grade – Shaker Heights High School, Shaker Heights
Cast includes: 2 male, 2 female (1 male is dressed as a movie monster)
 The Fallout by Auivelle Hutchinson
12th Grade – Saint Martin de Porres High School, Cleveland
Cast includes: 3 African-American teenage boys