Sarah Schreck

Hi there, friends!
My playwriting focus is in writing plays for young adult performers; because high schoolers and university students deserve smart, mature plays that fit into their communities and curricula.

I've had the joy of high schoolers performing my plays in district and state competition, on university campuses, festivals, and in community theaters. I value collaboration with all artists; if they need a production to be tailored to their community's needs, I'm there to serve.

I have experience as a dramaturg, having represented my alma mater at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and summer new play intensive, and currently read for national playwriting festivals - as well as thespian competition, where I serve as a playwriting adjudicator for middle and high...

Hi there, friends!
My playwriting focus is in writing plays for young adult performers; because high schoolers and university students deserve smart, mature plays that fit into their communities and curricula.

I've had the joy of high schoolers performing my plays in district and state competition, on university campuses, festivals, and in community theaters. I value collaboration with all artists; if they need a production to be tailored to their community's needs, I'm there to serve.

I have experience as a dramaturg, having represented my alma mater at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and summer new play intensive, and currently read for national playwriting festivals - as well as thespian competition, where I serve as a playwriting adjudicator for middle and high schoolers.

My academic career took me from degrees in advertising and theatre at the University of Central Florida in sunny Orlando, to the Master of Arts Management program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. I recently made the move to New Haven, Connecticut.

I think it's incredibly important to know what's happening in the lives of young adults, to make sure the stories we're giving them to process, perform, and learn from, speak to the questions of their contemporary life. (If you've performed or produced any of my work, please don't hesitate to submit feedback in this Google form: https://forms.gle/LMqHQiFNnP7bhP1r8 Thank you!)

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Scripts

An AA Meeting

by Sarah Schreck

1
Cast Size
5—6
Genre
comedy,
docudrama/historic,
parody/spoof

Five adventurers convene for their Adventurer's Anonymous meeting. They try to identify what they "found" when they got hopelessly, historically lost.

Adventurers include Amelia Earhart, Ferdinand Magellan, Percy Fawcett, Karen Mancheski of Scout Troop 7346, and the reluctant Christopher Columbus. *Ideal for high schoolers,* can be adapted for relatively any age. Just as in academic workshop, casting...

Five adventurers convene for their Adventurer's Anonymous meeting. They try to identify what they "found" when they got hopelessly, historically lost.

Adventurers include Amelia Earhart, Ferdinand Magellan, Percy Fawcett, Karen Mancheski of Scout Troop 7346, and the reluctant Christopher Columbus. *Ideal for high schoolers,* can be adapted for relatively any age. Just as in academic workshop, casting encouraged to defy "historical accuracy."

Across the country, high school productions of An AA Meeting have earned superior ratings in district and state competition.

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First Miss - A Short Play, High School Edition

by Sarah Schreck

Cast Size
7
Genre
comedy,
drama,
romantic comedy

Grant and Michele reunite four years after their off-target prom kiss to reconnect and clear up some misunderstandings. During the evening, the two remember the conversations with friends that guided them along their way. Full of snark, love, and opportunities for interesting staging, this play has you rooting for the characters all the way until a heartwarming goodbye.

Appropriate for high school audiences and...

Grant and Michele reunite four years after their off-target prom kiss to reconnect and clear up some misunderstandings. During the evening, the two remember the conversations with friends that guided them along their way. Full of snark, love, and opportunities for interesting staging, this play has you rooting for the characters all the way until a heartwarming goodbye.

Appropriate for high school audiences and players, with limited and easily replaceable mature language use, if desired.

The 2024 cast of First Miss (HS) earned a superior rating in their district competition!

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January

by Sarah Schreck

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
drama

Dee and her mother Jennifer stand in line at a media convention, waiting to meet Lina, Dee's voice actor idol. However, who they are about to meet will not be who either of them expect. This story looks back in time to meet Jennifer as Jenny, a budding artist in school, and ahead through time to meet Dee as Desiree, now a fundraising manager at an art museum. It's a story of two women, both young, both old...

Dee and her mother Jennifer stand in line at a media convention, waiting to meet Lina, Dee's voice actor idol. However, who they are about to meet will not be who either of them expect. This story looks back in time to meet Jennifer as Jenny, a budding artist in school, and ahead through time to meet Dee as Desiree, now a fundraising manager at an art museum. It's a story of two women, both young, both old, mother and daughter. Heartwarming and reflective, funny, and with many nods to nerd culture, this play looks at how people defy our expectations and art defies time.

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First Miss - Full Length, University Edition

by Sarah Schreck

2
Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
drama,
romantic comedy

If you are interested in a high-school appropriate short play. version, please see "First Miss - High School Edition."

An exploration of first relationships, First Miss follows Michele and Grant from their “emotionally sweaty” prom dance floor to the dumpster-fire days of their early twenties as they try to figure out why rom-coms look so deceptively simple. First Miss is a touching story of friendships, first...

If you are interested in a high-school appropriate short play. version, please see "First Miss - High School Edition."

An exploration of first relationships, First Miss follows Michele and Grant from their “emotionally sweaty” prom dance floor to the dumpster-fire days of their early twenties as they try to figure out why rom-coms look so deceptively simple. First Miss is a touching story of friendships, first loves and what it means to miss someone who, by all means, appears to be right there.

Originally produced as a one-act as part of university festival. Well suited to young adult performers.

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