Winter Shorts 2026 Line up
* Student Playwright
*Writing Class Terror
By the 2018-2019 YAP Class
Ages 9-14
A girl relentlessly manipulates and eliminates writing class partners until she is partners with a girl against whom she carries a deep, dark grudge. She plots her revenge through a slow campaign of Writing Class Partner Terror. Each macabre writing assignment is not only designed to make her target very uncomfortable, but also provide a clue as to the grudge.
*Where the Fire Meets the Sea
Ages 9-18
A group of students must decide what their science project will be, and decide to present a Volcano Project. As they create their project, they are drawn to the ancient myth of Pele and Namak, the story of the two deity sisters of Fire and Sea. As the students explore the myth, their own stories are revealed as they create their presentation. Pele and Namak bring the students to explore themes of friendship, respect, anger, calm, and the importance of having one person who knows and understands you.
Nature’s Finest
By Sena Yacteen
Ages 9-18
A family of trees is confronted with harmless campers, a bear and above all mischief !
Woah
By Charlie Watts
Ages 13-18
A friendship between two teenagers forms in the visitation room of a prison. As they become closer, they must face issues of societal shame, and accept that the fault does not lie with them.