Welcome to PlayPEN...
PlayPen is Wayzata High School Theatre's ongoing new play development club. We meet throughout the year to help developing theater writers continue to hone their craft and create brand new works of playwriting. We partner with WHS Theatre Drama Club to produce the 24 Hour Play Festival in the winter and a festival of student-produced one acts in the spring, called PlayGrounds.
PlayPen is lead by WHS Theatre students and mentored by staff member Sandra Struthers. The student leaders for the 2021-2022 season are Gabe Borken, Lucas Dymit, and Zoe Nisam.
For more information about PlayPen, be sure to follow the WHS Theatre instagram account. Meeting details will be posted there throughout the year!
PlayPen is lead by WHS Theatre students and mentored by staff member Sandra Struthers. The student leaders for the 2021-2022 season are Gabe Borken, Lucas Dymit, and Zoe Nisam.
For more information about PlayPen, be sure to follow the WHS Theatre instagram account. Meeting details will be posted there throughout the year!
PLAYGROUNDS 2022
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected as playwrights, directors, and designers for PlayGrounds 2022.
36oo Seconds
by Gabe Borken
Directed by Nathan Moon
A Wedding for the Ages
by Iris Hendrickson
Directed by Sophie Treanor
The Man in the Purple Mask
by Rish Naik
Directed by Sabrina Winford
The Artist and the Muse
by Sabrina Winford
Directed by Lucas Dymit
Lighting Designer
Finn Testerman
36oo Seconds
by Gabe Borken
Directed by Nathan Moon
A Wedding for the Ages
by Iris Hendrickson
Directed by Sophie Treanor
The Man in the Purple Mask
by Rish Naik
Directed by Sabrina Winford
The Artist and the Muse
by Sabrina Winford
Directed by Lucas Dymit
Lighting Designer
Finn Testerman
| PlayGrounds 2022 Cast Lists |
Resources and inspiration
PlayPen Student Archive
Not sure where to start? Check out some of the resources below for inspiration:
Do you have a play you are working on? Feel free to email us for some written feedback or schedule a reading for some group feedback!
Sandra Struthers: sandrastruthers@yahoo.com
Ms. Gerber: Sonia.Gerber@wayzataschools.org
Not sure where to start? Check out some of the resources below for inspiration:
- Think Written: 365 Writing Prompts
- Writing Tips: Playwriting Toolkit
- 3 Quick Playwriting Exercises
- Playwriting 101
Do you have a play you are working on? Feel free to email us for some written feedback or schedule a reading for some group feedback!
Sandra Struthers: sandrastruthers@yahoo.com
Ms. Gerber: Sonia.Gerber@wayzataschools.org
