JAW Play Reading: Teen Playwrights Showcase

JAW Play Reading: Teen Playwrights Showcase

Directed by Margot Bordelon
Written by Natalia Bermudez, Moss Johnson, Aaron Leonard-Graham, Becca McCormick, and Nevaeh Warren

Don’t miss this chance to experience some of the newest voices in theater! These five teen playwrights have been commissioned by PCS to write short scripts for JAW. They were selected following their deep involvement in PCS’s education programming, including in-school playwriting residencies, Teen Council membership, and Teen Academy classes. They have been developing their JAW scripts for the last three weeks, under the mentorship of celebrated Portland playwrights Anya Pearson and Sara Jean Accuardi. This showcase will feature the work they’ve developed — dynamic two-character, 8-10 minute plays — that will be performed by professional actors.

Join us in person at The Armory, or watch the performance online!

• Performed on the U.S. Bank Main Stage (free; tickets and masks required).
• Streamed live (free; reserve a ticket for access)

Amity Springs by Natalia Bermudez
Annabelle. . . . . . . . . . . . . Crystal Ann Muñoz*
Maintenance Guy. . . . . . Joshua J. Weinstein*

(Not) The Worst End by Moss Johnson
Vincent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerrin Delane Mitchell*
Andrea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crystal Ann Muñoz*

The Right Thing by Nevaeh Warren
Kaya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Marie Green*
Tevon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerrin Delane Mitchell*

First Date by Aaron Leonard-Graham
Jordan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerrin Delane Mitchell*
Joshua. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua J. Weinstein*

Pageant by Becca McCormick
Mary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Marie Green* 
Caleb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua J. Weinstein*

Stage Manager: Kristen Mun*
Playwright Mentors: Sara Jean Accuardi & Anya Pearson
Sign Interpreters: Dot Hearn, Kassie Hughes & Dana Walls

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Thank you to PGE Foundation, the James & Shirley Rippey Family Foundation, and the Herbert A. Templeton Foundation for their support of the JAW Teen Playwrights program.