Now in its 24th year, PUP (Playwrights Under Progress) Fest features six staged readings of jury-selected scripts written by high school students. Theater professionals lead acting classes, mentor student playwrights, and direct student actors during the week-long rehearsal process leading up to the performances.
PUP Fest is a component of the Dallas Playwriting Arts Collective (D-PAC), a partnership between Junior Players, Kitchen Dog Theater, and the Dallas Independent School District to provide innovative programs and opportunities for high school playwrights.
PUP Fest 2025 Selected Plays
- What’s Wrong With Raising the Dead? by Hailey Bautista (W. H. Adamson HS)
- The Watcher by Javier Murillo (Hillcrest HS)
- Log 1,785 by Meagan Murphy (Booker T. Washington HSPVA)
- On Another Rainy Night by Erica Turner (Bryan Adams HS)
- Waiting for the Plug by Antonio Velasquez (Greenhill School)
- my queen by Tyler “Tai” Walker (Booker T. Washington HSPVA)
Now in its 24th year, PUP (Playwrights Under Progress) Fest features six staged readings of jury-selected scripts written by high school students. Theater professionals lead acting classes, mentor student playwrights, and direct student actors during the week-long rehearsal process leading up to the performances.
PUP Fest is a component of the Dallas Playwriting Arts Collective (D-PAC), a partnership between Junior Players, Kitchen Dog Theater, and the Dallas Independent School District to provide innovative programs and opportunities for high school playwrights.
PUP Fest 2025 Selected Plays
- What’s Wrong With Raising the Dead? by Hailey Bautista (W. H. Adamson HS)
- The Watcher by Javier Murillo (Hillcrest HS)
- Log 1,785 by Meagan Murphy (Booker T. Washington HSPVA)
- On Another Rainy Night by Erica Turner (Bryan Adams HS)
- Waiting for the Plug by Antonio Velasquez (Greenhill School)
- my queen by Tyler “Tai” Walker (Booker T. Washington HSPVA)
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Admission is free.
