“Thanksgiving Surprise,” a play by Betsy Zaubler ’17 won third place in the 2016 Theater Project’s Fourteenth Annual Young Playwrights Competition and will be performed on March 12, 2016 at the Cranford Community Center. Last year, “Thanksgiving Surprise,” won the 32nd annual NJ Playwrights Theatre Contest and was performed by professional actors at the NJ Playwrights Festival on June 2, 2015. Betsy worked closely with NJ Playwrights’ directors, dramaturges and actors to bring her play to life. By virtue of this success, Betsy was given membership in the Dramatists Guild of America and was awarded a 2015 Governors Awards in Arts Education.
Olivia Collazo performing in Zaubler’s play, “Robin Hood & The Fairy Tale Friends to the Rescue”
In addition, Studio Players Community Theater in Montclair commissioned Betsy to write and direct a play, “Robin Hood & The Fairy Tale Friends to the Rescue,” which she composed during Creative Writing last year. It ran for eight performances, 1:30 and 3:30 on February 13, 14, 20 and 21, 2016. Kianni Keys ’19 performed in the play. Several Newark Academy faculty members and students attended this thoroughly enjoyable production. Brava, Betsy!
