Valhalla Tahoe has announced the winners of the 2020 WordWave One-Act Play Competition. This year more than 80 playwrights submitted original one-act plays to the competition.
“The Club” written by Pamela Weiler Grayson tells the story of a formerly successful, middle-aged, white playwright who writes a new play about a Syrian refugee family’s Thanksgiving, that becomes an absurdist, farcical look at diversity.
Steven Simoncic’s “Jason and Elvis” finds a 12-year-old boy and his imaginary friend, who happens to be Elvis, navigating a coming-of-age moment.
“The Mantis Dialogue,” written by Marcus McGee, delves into the what could happen when a man stranded without technology asks a stranger for help.
While Valhalla Tahoe wasn’t able to hold the WordWave event with play readings and author Q&As in Boathouse Theatre this year, Valhalla’s board of directors is planning to showcase them in 2021. | valhallatahoe.com
