PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College’s annual “Young Playwrights Festival” – with a 23-year history in Bergen County – will introduce six new one-act plays by local students Thursday, June 4 at 8 p.m.
Performed by the College’s theater arts students in the Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre at the institution’s main campus, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus, the ­­free and open-to-the-public event showcases the countywide playwriting competition open to elementary school, middle school, high school and college students.This year’s winning plays are:
- “What Just Happened?,” Aideen Gannon, of Oakland, Valley Middle School
- “Sketching Shadows,” Rachael Chau, of Midland Park, Bergen County Academies
- “Lost and Found,” Tova Tencer, of New Milford, Bergen County Academies
- “Friendzoned,” Alyssa Weinberg, of Park Ridge, Park Ridge High School
- “Twenty-Three is the Luckiest Number,” Yana Abad, of Dumont, Bergen Community College
- “Perfect Match,” Monika Michaluk, of South Hackensack, Bergen Community College
Based in Paramus, Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu), a public two-year coeducational college, enrolls 16,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields. More students graduate from Bergen than any other community college in the state.
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