Winter Shorts 2025 Line up

* Student Playwright

A Polar Bear in New Jersey!

By Anna Moench

A teenage polar bear sets out on her own…to New Jersey. A play that’s a little bit about global warming, but mostly about fitting in when you’re different.

*Breath Minte Bobby & Ye Olde Kinge Ov Uncleanliness

By Wilder Allen

In a small kingdom in medaeval England, the tyrannous King Filthip has outlawed bodily hygiene, making all civilians stinky and unkempt. However, a young boy living in the stinkiest crevice of the city, Bobby, hasn’t a sense of smell, and is planning a secret revolution alongside a fired royal chef and all the residents of the king’s broken realm.

*Nothing’s Wrong

By Asha Morbyrne

Sage is struggling with questioning her identity, and time at her Grandmother’s farm brings unexpected clarity.

*Mess-tigation

By The 2016 YAP class

An older sister has had it with her two slobby, lying, whining siblings. She recruits a detective to investigate their messes and their excuses. The young detective finds she is in way over her head, as she is caught up in The Mess-tigation of the Stuffed Animal Army, the Dust Bunny Battle, and possibly the Alien Invasion Plot. Through it all, there is the Mysterious Jack Factor. Can she solve it?