HIGH SCHOOL PLAYWRITING PROJECT
HIGH SCHOOL PLAYWRITING PROJECT
FINALIST READING SERIES - MAY 4, 2025
Circle Theatre is proud to invite you to the 2025 High School Playwriting Project
Finalist Reading Series on Sunday, May 4, 2025!
Celebrate the creativity and passion of our region’s most talented young playwrights with staged readings of the top finalist scripts, an awards ceremony, and a reception following the performances. This event is free and open to the public — all are welcome to attend and support these emerging voices in North Texas theatre.
Professional actors will bring the students’ stories to life in a day filled with inspiration, community, and celebration.
Doors open at 2:30 PM | Readings begin at 3:30 PM
Reserve your free seat today and join us in lifting up the next generation of storytellers!
Scroll Down for the full process of the project and recognitions for playwrights!
CONGRATULATIONS!
HSPP 2025 | FINALIST + SEMIFINALIST SCRIPTS
2025 FINALIST SCRIPTS
Emerson Munoz - The Ticket - Timber Creek High School
Leila Rivera - Washed Up - Timber Creek High School
River Russell - The Post - Arlington High School
Isabel Vazquez - Burnout - Founders Classical Academy of Flower Mound
Matthew Grand - Open Seat - Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
Ryan Ingram - To Have, To Hold - Lawrence D. Bell High School
Olivia Johnson - Eccentricity of Conduct - Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
Meagan McMillin - Fisher's Theory - Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
Zoe Narvarte - A Worm in the World - Mansfield Legacy High School
2025 SEMI-FINALIST SCRIPTS
*NEW* 2025 FEATURED CAMP SCRIPT
Zoe Narvarte - A Worm in the World - Mansfield Legacy High School
HSPP 2025 | TOP TWENTY SCRIPTS | Listed in alphabetical order
Victoria Betts – Wretched Hounds And Worse Husbands – Timber Creek
Lilian Clark – Evil Among Us – Arlington
Clarissa Casey – One Call Away – Timber Creek
Matthew Grand – Open Seat – FWAFA
Burnice Huddleston Jr. – Little Soldier – Arlington
Ryan Ingram – To Have, To Hold – Lawrence D. Bell
Olivia Johnson – Eccentricity of Conduct – FWAFA
Melody Johnston – Small Town Princess – Mansfield Legacy
Liam Markland – The Eye On Us – FWAFA
Anne Marini – The Average University Experience – Carroll Senior
Meagan McMillin – Fisher's Theory – FWAFA
Emerson Munoz – The Ticket – Timber Creek
Zoe Narvarte – A Worm in the World – Mansfield Legacy
Charlotte Prack – Wilted Flowers – Arlington
Leila Rivera – Washed Up – Timber Creek
River Russell – The Post – Arlington
Autumn Sewell – The Woods – Trinity Basin Prep - Titan Academy
Jonathan Sink – One Call Away – Timber Creek
Olivia Schneider – 1958 – Timber Creek
Dionne Lord – You’re Pretty Fly For a Bug Guy – Mansfield Legacy
Polina Lisovenko – The Average University Experience – Carroll Senior
Isabel Vazquez – Burnout – Founders Classical Academy – Shaina Thomas
ABOUT HSPP
Each year, Circle Theatre proudly hosts the High School Playwriting Project, a unique opportunity for young voices to shine on stage! We invite DFW Metroplex high school teachers to submit their students' 10-minute scripts, where emerging playwrights can have their work evaluated by an experienced panel of professional theater-makers and take their first steps into our vibrant creative community.
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Thank you to our generous sponsors who make our scholarship, program, and theater ticket donations possible.
