MIHS Drama Playwriting Project Debuts October 17

Mercer Island, September 30, 2024 - In collaboration with Youth Theatre Northwest, the Mercer Island High School Drama department proudly presents the annual Playwriting Project, taking place Thursday, October 17th at 7pm in the MIHS PAC.

Four student playwrights, four original plays written and revised in two weeks, four guest directors…the rest is theatre magic. These 10-minutes plays are written by Esme Dixon, Andie Donisch, Katie McGuire, and Alon Ten-Ami, and performed by the students of Drama 2. Admission is free.

The four plays:

• Four people stranded in an elevator realize that technology is no use so they must build relationships the old-fashioned way…
• When a child who doesn't speak English moves to a new school, they meet a classmate that only speaks English. Despite the language barrier the two kids create an unlikely friendship...
• Two childhood best friends reconnect the summer after their senior year and revisit their past emotional turmoil…
• Two siblings have a freakishly hilarious encounter with an unlikely stranger…