Emerging Playwrights Festival

Riverwalk Theatre’s annual Emerging Playwrights Festival, taking place 7 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 3), highlights the work of five high school students whose original short-form plays were selected as winners from a pool of applicants from Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties.

This year’s scripts include “Buddy’s Pizza,” by Eastern High School senior Evan Bywater; “Butterfly Grief,” by Holt High School senior Olivia Quiroga, who was also named a 2023 Emerging Playwright; “Women at Housework,” by Ovid-Elsie High School junior Abigail Triantaflos; “Strangers Like Us,” by DeWitt High School senior Ella Reid; and “Roses Are Red,” by DeWitt High School senior Paulina Rivet.

Two of the scripts will be performed as full productions, while the other three will be presented as staged readings. Admission is free, but donations to Riverwalk Theatre are encouraged. For more information, visit riverwalktheatre.com/emerging-playwrights.html.