Young Playwrights Festival public performances

The six finalists of the Wharton Center and Michigan State Department of Theatre’s annual Young Playwrights Festival will debut their original one-act plays beginning 2 p.m. Saturday (May 11) at the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. Four of the finalists hail from DeWitt High School, and the other two hail from Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy.

The plays, which will be produced by MSU Department of Theatre students, include Daniel Luebs’ “The Death of a Cynic,” Ella Reid’s “Strangers Like Us,” Paulina Rivet’s “Roses are Red,” Ella Schieding’s “Shades of Perception,” Abigail Grifka’s “Skeletons In The Closet” and  Gabrielle Moulton’s “You’re Hired.”

The performances are free, and no registration is required. For more information, visit whartoncenter.com/young-playwrights-festival.