WINNERS 2006
Florida Teen Playwright Festival

In the order in which they will be performed

Because the Boss Said So
by Shawn Spalding
University of Florida

Eddie needs to get into the only convenience store open in a thirty mile radius to get jumper cables. Eddie is baffled when he realizes he can't enter the store because it has two "exits" and no entrance. Thaddeus the "cashier" of the store, and Lucas, the "manager," are of no help as they amuse themselves with Eddie's hopeless arguments as to why the should let him enter though the exit. Taking place in one real-time scene in the doorway of the convenience store, Eddie tries desperately to get into the store while the duo pleasantly rebuffs his attempts. Cracks begin to appear in Eddie's story, and one begins to question what his true intentions for entering the store.

For Cupcakes and Justice
by Anna Wedell
Greenwood Lakes Middle School

Roy has had it with his dad. How could the man take Roy away to go camping on the day Depression Inc. was supposed to be in town? Roy travels into the forest to mull things over under the guise that he’s gathering firewood. All of a sudden, a fox jumps out of the brush and mauls him. He quickly loses blood and consciousness. Things only get stranger when he wakes up in a bizarre cabin with a fairy, Good, protector of the forest and giver-outer of justice! Through witty banter, Good convinces Roy to capture Evil, the other fairy, because she is “causing all the animals to turn so darn evil.”

Day to Day
by Theodore Weisman
Stanton College Preparatory School

Into the first hours of securing a lease a barrage events occur that make one man, named Adam, to reconsider the rental of an apartment and the sanity of the other inhabitants of the complex. From an elder lady who is constantly making pies, the landlady who professes to be a ghost, and to the unexpected roommate in his one bedroom apartment Adam must finally decided if the location is worth the suffering. Examining the sometime absurdity of apartment living Day to Day is a dark comedy that begs the question; is reality just a matter of local conformity?

And the class with the most submissions
EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
TAMMY MYERS
They win a Pizza party for their class

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