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 2020-2021 season are Lucas Dymit, Erinn Grendahl, and Kayla Marie Mielke.
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 2020-2021 season are Lucas Dymit, Erinn Grendahl, and Kayla Marie Mielke.
For more information about PlayPen, be sure to follow the WHS Theatre instagram account. Meeting details will be posted there throughout the year!
Due to the school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, our 2019-2020 one act plays were fully produced and performed digitally. To see our work from this past spring, check out the video below!
Resources and inspiration
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
Dennis Joslyn: Dennis.Joslyn@wayzataschools.org
- 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
Dennis Joslyn: Dennis.Joslyn@wayzataschools.org
