The 2010 High School Playwriting Festival
The 2010 High School Playwriting Festival featured nine courageous, poignant and outrageous plays written by and starring high school students from Bridgehampton School, Eastport South Manor High School, The Foreign Language Academy of Global Studies (F.L.A.G.S. School) in the /bronx, NY, Sag Harbor’s Pierson High School, Shelter Island School & Westhampton Beach High School.
The YAWP Playwriting Program is a two-month school residency that introduces students to the principles of dramatic writing. It is also held as a separate five-day retreat program. Teaching artists guide students through a curriculum inspired by Aristotle’s Poetics, exploring the elements of dramatic writing and assisting each student in the discovery of his or her unique perspective and creative voice. Every student who participates in the program completes a one-act play. One play from each participating class is selected by committee for professional staging at Avram Theater, Stony Brook Southampton. Students then audition to perform in, assistant direct or stage manage the plays under the mentorship of the YAWP staff and professional theatre artists for two public performances.
The 2010 production took place on Friday December 10 and Saturday December 11, and featured the following:
VOICES
By ALANA MERCURIO – WESTHAMPTON BEACH
Renee……………………………….. Molly Tucker
Inner Voice…………………………. Elizabeth Moore
Director: A.J. LEBENNS
THE END?
By GABRIELLE GARDINER – PIERSON (Residency Program)
Isabelle…………………………….. Sophia Gianis
Andre………………………………. Jesse Keitel
Director: LOGAN KINGSTON
Assistant Director: Rose Bishop
THE IN-BETWEEN
By LISA KAASIK – SHELTER ISLAND
Trinity………………………………. Ariana Loriz
Peyton………………………………Jill Calabro
Director: JOHN KAASIK
Assistant Director: Lea Giambruno
NOT TOO FAR FROM HOME
By JAMES ALLEN – SOUTHAMPTON (Retreat Program)
Street Kid…………………………..Sean Noonan
Passerby…………………………….Andreas Esposito
Director: ANDREW BOTSFORD
Assistant Director: Gabby Cavanagh
ANONYMOUS
By AMELIA NAVARRETE – EASTPORT SOUTH MANOR
Katie………………………………… Amanda Johnson
Josh………………………………… Steven Rathjen
Director: MEGAN MINUTILLO
Assistant Director: Shannon Cunningham
TRUE LOVE
By MAIGAN MONSANTO – F.L.A.G.S. School
Monica ……………………………………. Dulce Rico
Rafael …………………………………….. Jose Paulino
Director: NELSON EUSEBIO
Assistant Director: Curtis Jones
NO ONE BUT MYSELF
By AIMEE MORALES – SOUTHAMPTON (Residency Program)
Joe…………………………………………Jordan Joplin
Renz……………………………………… James Allen
Director: LYDIA FRANCO HODGES
CLOSE
By GABE BURFORD – PIERSON (Retreat Program)
James…………………………………… Grant Kusick
Anna………………………………………Hannah Kaminski
Director: KENNETH KILFARA
LOS ANTS
By GREGORIO ROJANO – BRIDGEHAMPTON
Bruce…………………………………….. Nate Hochstedler
Alfred…………………………………….. Brandon Jenkins
Director: JACQUI LEADER
Assistant Director: Sergio Palacios
Production Running Crew: Carlos Alonzo, Rose Bishop, Gabby Cavanagh, Jacketta Collins, Shannon Cunningham, Lea Giambruno, Curtis Jones, Maigan Monsanto, JoEllen Piemental, Steven Rodriguez
Participating Schools:
BRIDGEHAMPTON SCHOOL
Teaching Artists: Naimy Hackett, Victor Giannini
Classroom Teachers: Lenore Wright
Superintendent: Dr. Lois Favre
Principal: Jack Pryor
Participating Students: Dominique Clark Brandon, Nina Hemby, Nate Hochstedler, Sergio Palacios, Oscar Reyes, Jenkins Gregorio Rojano
EASTPORT SOUTH MANOR
Teaching Artists: Dominic Quartuccio, Michelle Whittaker
Classroom Teacher: Joe Minutillo
Superintendent: Mark A. Nocero
Principal: Joseph A. Steimel
Participating Students:
Morgan Connolly, Shannon Cunningham, Melissa Danowski, Jonathan DeLeon, Kathleen Flannery, Amy Ippolito, Amanda Johnson, Jesse Keitel, Emily Ladouceur, Kaiit McDonald, Amelia Navarrete, Nick Parsley, Steven Rathjen, Will Rivera, , Kevin Spellman, Charles Tyrie
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY OF GLOBAL STUDIES (F.L.A.G.S. School, Bronx, NY) – Retreat
Teaching Artists: Danielle Berg, Will Chandler, Dominick Quartuccio
Classroom Teacher/Chaperone: Caitlin Dunne
Principal: Leba Collins Augone
Participating Students: Carlos Alonzo, Maigan Monsanto, Dulce Rico, Jacketta Collins, Jose Paulino, Steven Rodriguez, Curtis Jones, JoEllen Piemental
PIERSON HIGH SCHOOL, Sag Harbor
Teaching Artists (Residency): Michael LoCurto, Tara Propper
Teaching Artists (Retreat): Danielle Berg, Will Chandler, Dominick Quartuccio
Classroom Teacher: Keith Holden
Superintendent: Dr. John Gratto
Principal: Jeff Nichols
Participating Students – Residency: Rose Bishop, Mari Carmen Chavez, Lindsay Cox, Harvey Dana, Dillon Decker, Joseph Faraguna, Gabrielle Gardiner, Sophia Gianis, Kevin Heine, Adam Heller, Hannah Kaminski, Sydnee McKie Senior, Tim Megna, Rachel Saidman, Julia Schiavoni, Jenna Shnayerson, Colman Vila, Holly Zappola
Participating Students – Retreat: Gabe Burford, Drew DeVito, Amanda Gleason, Molly Scheider, Kye Vatash
Chaperone: Amy Gleason
SHELTER ISLAND SCHOOL (Retreat)
Teaching Artists: Danielle Berg, Will Chandler, Dominick Quartuccio
Superintendent & Principal: Robert Parry
Participating Students: Jillian Calabro, Sam De Poto, Lea Giambruno, Lisa Kaasik, Ariana Loriz, David Oliver
Chaperone: John Kaasik
SOUTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL
Teaching Artists (Residency): Diana Gallagher, Matthew Miranda
Teaching Artists (Retreat): Danielle Berg, Will Chandler, Dominick Quartuccio
Classroom Teacher: Melissa Mitchell, Perri Nation
Superintendent: Dr. J. Richard Boyes
Principal: Timothy Mundell
Participating Students – Residency: Nicholas Acquino, Cristian Aguirre, Luis Alfaro, Stanton Ambrose, Juan Aparicio, Steven Camacho, Gabriella Cavanagh, Thomas Considine, Matthew Czelatka, Martha De Jesus, Franklin Dominquez, Evan Etter, Bryan Finalborgo, Tyrell Fowler, Korrey Furler, Justin Grzybowski, Drue Halsted, Joseph Hernandez, Ashley Hoehn, Brett Listl, Jason McKay, Aimee Morales, Melissa Morse, Jose Najarro, Ashley Oliver, Darios Pendleton, Madeline Price, Marlene Refugio, Jorge Rojas, Thalia Rojas, Megan Roughan, Christopher Rose, Matias Ruiz, Melissa Sadousky, Haley Schult, Jonah Torres, Jonathan Sheen-Waltzer
Participating Students – Retreat: James Allen, Gabby Cavanagh, Andreas Esposito, Cheyenne Vierra
Chaperone: Andrina Smith
WESTHAMPTON BEACH (Retreat)
Teaching Artists: Danielle Berg, Will Chandler, Dominick Quartuccio
Classroom Teacher/Chaperone: Pat Capon
Superintendent: Lynn Schwartz
Assistant Principal: Christopher Herr
Participating Students: Marc Cotter, Alana Mercurio, Michael Meyer, Roxy Richards, Nicole Stanek, Brandon Wagner, Sarah Warren, Christen Westerhoff
YAWP STAFF
MFA WRITING AND LITERATURE PROGRAM
Robert Reeves, Director
Carla Caglioti, Associate Director
Adrienne Unger, Administrative Coordinator
Christian McLean – Conference Coordinator
YAWP PRODUCTION STAFF
Executive Director – Emma Walton Hamilton
Program Director – Will Chandler
Producer – William Burford
Production Stage Manager – Sally Jane Kerschen-Sheppard
Costumes and Props – Yuka Silvera
Lighting Design – Peter Eilenberg
Sound Design – Gio Sgarlata
YAWP PROGRAMMATIC STAFF
Executive Director – Emma Walton Hamilton
Program Director – Will Chandler
Playwriting – Will Chandler & Emma Walton Hamilton
Screenwriting – Annette Handley-Chandler
Fiction & Personal Essay – LouAnn Walker
Poetry – Julie Sheehan
YAWP Playwriting Program Teaching Artists: Danielle Berg, Victor Giannini, Matthew Miranda, Michelle Whittaker,
Will Chandler, Diana Gallagher, Naimy Hackett, Michael Locurto, Tara Propper, Dominick Quartuccio
Special thanks to the following for their support of YAWP: The Jenjo Foundation, Joanna & Daniel Rose, Michael Coles and Edie Landeck, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Congressman Tim Bishop, Carol Brown/East- ern Suffolk BOCES, Nicholas Dyno/ Southampton School District, The Southampton Fresh Air Home, Jules Feiffer, Bob and Susan Fisher, Mike Gasparino, Stephen Hamilton, Hampton Ballet Theater School, Deborah Ann Light, Joe Minutillo, Joe Russell, Patti Sarubbi.
