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Playwriting Intensive at the Arts Club Theatre
for Teen Writers (Grades 10-12)

LEAP Student Readings - Audio Clips

 

All The Truths …that I wish to tell - by Tanisha Salomons
Four young women struggle with toughness, gangs, their inner feelings, and the desire to find love after death.
John Oliver Secondary School, East Vancouver, BC

Error of Love - by Phoebe Yu
A clever love triangle play set in an internet reality—where “MyCo” (or “My Document”) leaves “Rec” (or “The Recycle Bin”) for “Doc” (“Document”). The world changes as screen savers kick in, and spam is a constant threat. 
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Vancouver, BC

Hurricane Allison - by Carolyn Price 
A delicate comedy about losing your diary and finding love.
Hugh McRoberts Secondary, Richmond, BC

I Don’t Know What You did last Summer - by Jennifer M. Huva
Two goofy parents try a number of ridiculous schemes to get their teenage daughter out of the house. When aliens whisk off their daughter, they discovers she has been building a device to save all of humankind. 
Seycove Secondary, North Vancouver

Identity Theft - by Jimmy Wang
What happens if we go on line and pretend to be someone else? A soap operatic comedy.
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Vancouver, BC

In Search of… - by Janny Ke 
A boy escapes to a fairyland utopia; only to find that it is also tainted with his its own problems.
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Vancouver, BC

Little Willie - by Alyksandra Ackerman 
A dark comedy about sibling rivalry and incineration set in the 1950s, inspired by 18th century poetry.
Recent Graduate of Seycove Secondary, North Vancouver

Piracy in D Minor - by Graham Stirling Ockley
Real Pirates try to pirate a musician’s tunes. A riotous comedy.
Gladstone Secondary, East Vancouver

The Homeland - by Oleg Piltsin
Soldiers struggle with fear, fatigue and recklessness on the last battle of the next world war.
R.C. Palmer Secondary, Richmond, BC

Teacup - by Sharanya Thavakumaran 

A mother struggles with how to help her eleven-year-old son deal with the racial prejudice that led to his father’s death.
Gladstone Secondary School, East Vancouver, BC

What Define us are not our Actions but our Intentions - by Patricia Trinh
Two best friends struggle with a painful secret—one of the young women had to give up her baby daughter for adoption.
Burnaby, BC 

INSTRUCTOR/PROGRAM LEADER: Elaine Avila’s plays have been performed in Los Angeles, Victoria, Edmonton, Vancouver, Michigan, and Scotland. Some of her favourite projects include Lieutenant Nun (based on the true story of a woman conquistador), Burn Gloom (a music-theatre collaboration involving writers from 14 cities, including Malawi, Santiago, Tasmania, Bali, New York City, Montreal, and Belle Ile, France) and Good Fooling (the story of Shakespeare’s Clown). She is the recipient of numerous awards including The Victoria Critic’s Circle for Best New Play, a Canada Council Millennium Award, Semi-Finalist—Princess Grace Award, and the Alden B. Dow Fellowship. She has an MFA in playwriting from California Institute of the Arts. She has taught at Calarts, UBC, Cabrillo College, Malaspina University College, San Francisco State University, Tooba School of Physical Theatre, University of Tasmania, and as a Guest Playwright at the University of Alberta.