US Playwright and Filmmaker Awards
Source/Author: William Leavengood '78, Theatre, Playwriting and Film Instructor
May 13, 2020
Congratulations to Aivey Wiggins '23, who won an Upper School Outstanding Playwright award this week, and Mila Salamone '22 who was named Outstanding Filmmaker.
Aivey Wiggins '23 won honors this year including Critic's Choice-Honorable Mention in Playwriting at District Thespians for her one-act, THE ORCHARD, about a disillusioned teacher and writer being approached by a mysterious teenager in a coffee shop who ends up inspiring him to return to his writing. (Aivey was due to compete at States before it was canceled.)
She also received a Silver Key in the Dramatic Script category from Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Her screenplay about a teenage boy suffering from mental illness who keeps seeing a ominous figure everywhere he goes, but cannot be sure whether it is real or an illusion, was one of the strongest pieces written this year.
Aivey Wiggins '23 won honors this year including Critic's Choice-Honorable Mention in Playwriting at District Thespians for her one-act, THE ORCHARD, about a disillusioned teacher and writer being approached by a mysterious teenager in a coffee shop who ends up inspiring him to return to his writing. (Aivey was due to compete at States before it was canceled.)
She also received a Silver Key in the Dramatic Script category from Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Her screenplay about a teenage boy suffering from mental illness who keeps seeing a ominous figure everywhere he goes, but cannot be sure whether it is real or an illusion, was one of the strongest pieces written this year.
Mila Salamone '22 is an ambitious and talented Filmmaker who went above and beyond both in her critical reading/work and her films, creating numerous short films including a music video, a narrative film about a teenage girl who turns the tables on a boy who is bullying her at school, and an inventive series in which she recreated famous scenes from TV and film in which she took lead roles formerly played by iconic male actors such as William Shatner (as Captain Kirk in Star Trek); Matthew Broderick (as Ferris Bueller in Ferris Bueler's day off) and Alec Baldwin (from Glengarry, Glen Ross).
Mila also developed a documentary about Headmaster Mike Murphy's tenure at Shorecrest.
Mila also developed a documentary about Headmaster Mike Murphy's tenure at Shorecrest.
