2007 WINNERS

FIRST PLACE:
A Human Shield by Robert L Kinast

SECOND PLACE:
Sow and Weep by Nitzan Halperin

THIRD PLACE:
Goliath: A Choreopoem in One Act   
      by Takeo Rivera

FINALIST:
School for Martyrs by John Wolfson
Off Stage by Mike Spiegel 
 
HONORABLE MENTION:
B4 by Kathy Hsieh
Flat by Ellen Clifford
Hannah’s Play by Celia McBride 
Please by Kellian L. Collins
Shadows by Redmond Reams
The Bird and the Two-Ton Weight
       by Darcy Fowler
The Sorters by Laura Camaione

PLAY LOG LINES / SYNOPSES:
FIRST PLACE:
A Human Shield by Robert L. Kinast.
New Year's Eve 2010. As the Grant family comes together for their traditional New Year's Eve celebration, the United States is on the verge of war.The ongoing political differences escalate when Dad and twin daughters each share life-changing news.Nothing could have prepared this politically charged family for the events that followed. 
  
SECOND PLACE:
Sow and Weep by Nitzan Halperin
An unconventional exploration of the lives of two families amidst a vicious cycle of hatred and killing. Pulled deep into the Israeli/Palistine conflict by the pain of sudden loss a Palestinian law student an Israeli peace activist, seek a way out only to discover confrontation is their only hope. The play asks us to question the walls we put between ourselves and the Other Side. 
 
THIRD PLACE:
Goliath: A Choreopoem in One Act by Takeo Rivera
This is the journey of David, one very human man who is just as much a victim, as he is an agent, of unspeakable atrocity. A meditation on the institutional and cultural forces that normalize the violence of war, whether it be war overseas, or the littlewars we wage privately with each other on a day-to-day basis.Inspired by a real incident that occurred March 13, 2006 twenty miles south of Baghdad.

UPDATES FOR 2007 WINNERS

A Human Shield by Robert L. Kinast was given a full production by 13th Street Repertory in NYC as a direct result of the reading produced by New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest.
A Human Shield received a production September 26 - November 2, 2008.

A Human Shield has been published by Heartland Plays.
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Sow and Weep by Nitzan Halperin received a reading at 13th Street Rep on March 2, 2008.