The WRIGHT Way
Committed to developing the next generation of NC State playwrights, The WRIGHT Way series features workshops, readings, and masterclasses whose primary focus is supporting winners of the Creative Artist Award through the development of their award-winning plays — the right way.
The Forest Night by Alexandra Weld
Winner of the 2024-25 Creative Artist Award – Theatre
A research assistant returns from a voyage into the forest and finds that he and his companion are in need of variety in their lives. They witness some abnormal events, and what they do find out is both vague and unsettling. The arrival of a third party presenting uncomfortable moral questions throws them off. They must then decide; what do they value? What is right and wrong, and does it really matter during a nuclear apocalypse?
Upcoming readings…
All readings are held in Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre and are free to attend. Pre-registration is recommended. Select the date(s) you would like to attend below.
A conman, a killer, the devil, and death all find themselves riding the same train on the same night and come morning, only one will leave. Raise hell in this one act folk musical; a poker game of life and death where the winner takes all.
“Creative Artist Award in Theatre highlights budding playwrights”
Jameson Wolfe, Assistant Culture Editor
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Previous student-written plays
Teletype, 2024 Creative Artist Award winner by Wyat Hamilton
What We Grew Up With, 2023 Creative Artist Award winner by Kiran Soma
Muse, 2022 Creative Artist Award winner by Gaven Bell
A Case of Salt, 2021 Creative Artist Award Winner by Gaven Bell
Static, 2020 Creative Artist Award Winner by Aysia Slade
Middle Grounds, 2020 Creative Artist Award (Honorable Mention) by Penny Lawrence and Jack Deweese
Heritage, 2020 Creative Artist Award (Honorable Mention) by Griffin James