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"The Jackie White Competition has become an important part of my development as a writer. More important than the result was the feedback I received from the panel of readers. Plays are always read by multiple readers, so one reader's opinion is never the deciding factor. I can always count on an honest evaluation of my work from the CEC panel. I am grateful for the opportunities I have had with the Jackie White Competition and hope to enter again in the future."
-Stephen Murray, various finishes
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2002 JACKIE WHITE MEMORIAL
PLAY WRITING CONTEST WINNERS
FIRST PLACE: MASTER SKYLARK OF STRATFORD
Sylvia Ashby, Lubbock, TX
A young boy enamored of theatre is stolen away from his home in Stratford upon Avon because of a voice so beautiful that he is called Master Skylark. His captor treats him well, but Nick longs for freedom and his home. His voice eventually brings him to the notice of Queen Elizabeth I. With her patronage and additional help from Master William Shakespeare (who appears only as a very minor character whom we don’t meet until the play is almost over) Nick escapes his captor and returns home. Based on an old novel of the same name, this is a good picture of the Shakespearean era without being about the Bard himself.
SECOND PLACE: WINTERDREAM
Catherine Laflin, Olga, WA and Jane Alden, Eastsound, WA
A janitor cleaning up a theatre suddenly becomes aware of an audience watching him. Feeling obliged to entertain them, since they mistakenly arrived on such a cold night, the janitor presents a play about a kingdom besieged by an endless winter, where a troupe of actors must cheer up a sad princess, or face beheading. In this delightful play within a play within a play, the laughs keep on coming as a group of bumbling actors try desperately to remain entertaining–and remain alive.
THIRD PLACE: DULLSVILLE
Alan David Perkins, Middle Village, NY
In this delightful fairy tale, the king and subjects of Dellsville are given a lesson in the need for creativity and thinking outside the box, especially when the box is bankrupt and boring. This clever and amusing tale stresses both the importance of being a well rounded person and of the importance of the arts in adding spice to life.
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