Badalamenti ’18, Gross ’17 & Zaubler ’17 Finalists in NJ Playwrights Competition

Plays by Francesca Badalamenti ’18, Joelle Gross ’17 and Betsy Zaubler ’17 are three of 18 scripts to reach the final round of judging in the 33rd NJ Playwrights Festival annual high school contest. Joelle’s play, “Double Exposure,” was written during the 2014 Page to Stage June Term. Francesca’s play, “October Fifteenth,” and Betsy’s play “Bubblegum,” were written in Creative Writing class. Finalists are now required to revise their work using feedback from contest readers. Francesca, Joelle and Betsy will combine festival feedback with suggestions offered by the Creative Writing class to revise their scripts and resubmit them by March 13th. Wish them luck!