The Drama Department Annual Playwriting Competition
The Marilyn Swartz Seven ’69 Playwriting award is a fund established to support this annual competition. The friends and classmates of the late Ms. Seven have established it for all Vassar College junior and senior students.
About the Competition
The author of the winning play receives a $1,000 award, certificate. The Drama Department will host a staged reading directed by a guest director along with a small reception for special guests. Entry forms and play submissions are accepted late Fall and the winner is announced in early Spring each academic year.
Attached are the entry form and guidelines (PDF, 81K) and the poster (PDF, 86k).
For more information contact drama@vassar.edu.
2012-2013
- Deadline for script submissions February 2, 2013
- Announcement of winner March 1, 2013
- Staged reading and reception April 21, 2013
Previous Recipients
Isabella Batts '12
Winner, 2011
"The Inheritance of Nightdreams"
Julianna Gonzalez ’11
Winner, 2010
"El Mundo del Bolero"
Kartik Naram ’10
Winner, 2009
"Straw Men & The Remainders One Act Plays"
Carly Flint ’10
Winner, 2008
"Draining Still & Waterlines"
Marissa Skudlarek ’08
Winner, 2007
"The Rose of Youth"
Ensemble: Rigel Byrum-Ridge ’07, Li Cornfeld ’07, Erica Fox ’07, Tyler Penfield ’07 David Rosenbaum ’07
Winners, 2006
"Live Feed"
Jason Platt ’06
Winner, 2005
"Entering in Verdant Skin"
Christopher Johnson ’05
Winner, 2004
"Ol’ Head Country Wisdom & the Ibeiji’s Tale"
Megan Melanson Cooke ’03
Winner, 2003
"Over Here"
Sharyn Rothstein ’03
Winner, 2002
"The Three O’Clock"
Sri Gordon ’01
Winner, 2001
"Faust(s)"
Rob Grace ’00
Winner, 2000
"Paper Hearts and Suffern"
Trevor Oswalt ’99
Winner, 1999
"Young Boys Under Hot, Hot Lights"