About

The Young Playwrights Festival is a nationwide competition sponsored by Strand Studios and the Hackettstown Center for

the Arts. The best short plays, submitted by young playwrights ages 9 through 18, are rewarded with prizes from sponsors.

Additionally, winning plays are performed by a professional acting troupe!

We are part of but a few artistic performance establishments nationwide, that offer young playwrights the ability to see their

creation on paper, come to life on stage, film or television in a professional production by professional actors. We award,

produce, direct, rehearse and present the winning plays.

2023 Winner “Imagine” by Hajar Lababidi Please note that the Festival will be discontinued in 2024. Although our nationwide events were a success, AI writing technologies make judging extremely difficult and tedious to determine if scripts submitted are from the creative minds of humans or machines.

The Strand

2023 Young Playwrights

Festival

Hosted by

The Hackettstown Center for the Arts

Strand Studios

and the

Strand Performance Group

HACKETTSTOWN CENTER FOR THE ARTS

The Strand

2023 Young Playwrights

Festival

Hosted by

The Hackettstown Center for the Arts

Strand Studios

and the

Strand Performance Group

About

The Young Playwrights Festival is a nationwide competi-

tion sponsored by Strand Studios and the Hackettstown

Center for the Arts. The best short plays, submitted by

young playwrights ages 9 through 18, are rewarded with

prizes from sponsors. Additionally, winning plays are per-

formed by a professional acting troupe!

We are part of but a few artistic performance establish-

ments nationwide, that offer young playwrights the ability

to see their creation on paper, come to life on stage, film

or television in a professional production by professional

actors. We award, produce, direct, rehearse and present

the winning plays.

HACKETTSTOWN CENTER FOR THE ARTS