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“Playwrights talk among themselves, and the Jackie White Competition is considered among the ten most significant in America for children’s theatre plays. It is well-respected as a venue which has encouraged the development and production of new works for young audiences, and I’m very proud to have won it.”
- Evan Guilford-Blake, 2006 Jackie White Memorial Play Writing Winner
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1994 JACKIE WHITE MEMORIAL
PLAY WRITING CONTEST WINNERS\
FIRST PLACE: AUNT ALICE'S SUMMER
Vicki Bartholomew, Tigard, OR
When 91 year old Alice Summerfield visits her great niece Stacy who has just married Mike Tate, she finds their newly "blended" family of six children (four hers, two his) are mixing about as well as oil and water. With Aunt Alice's help, the two families move toward becoming one family. This warm look at a timely problem will be enjoyed by audiences of all ages.
SECOND PLACE: ROSEMARY PHLOX SAVES THE WORLD
Peg Sheldrick, Lincoln, NE
Rosemary Phlox, magical person, has been assigned to see what is causing a vortex in Cross Crick to suck magic out of the world. She discovers the town's adults, led by Halston and Lotta Umbrage, have decided that imagination has no place in the real world and are running town and school accordingly. The resulting dullness of the children's lives is pulling all the magic from our world. Will Rosemary succeed in saving the world and all its magic? Tune in to this delightfully original fairy tale to find out.
THIRD PLACE: OGRE HERE, OGRE THERE
Jerry Kraft and Charles Kenfield, Cheney, WA
Feeling left out of everything during his sister Pam's wedding celebration, young Prince Ty decides the way to become so important that people will notice him is to go out and kill ogres. After all, everyone knows ogres are mean and horrible. At least that's what everyone says, even though no one Ty talks to has actually met an ogre. This entertaining musical looks at the important subject of prejudice and teaches the audience as well as Ty that it's depressing to be ignored because of who you are; that thinking about things from the other person's viewpoint can be useful; and that ogres might not be as awful as "everybody" says they are.
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