Two Sewanee students in Professor Elyzabeth Wilder's playwriting course, Carson Mendheim ('25) and Sofia Tripoli ('26) attended the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Young ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵern Writers Program over Spring Break.
There, they worked with Nathan Maxwell, a Sewanee Writers' Conference alum, in the college workshop. The students were given a writing prompt and tasked with writing a play in 24 hours, which was then performed on the closing night of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵern Writers Festival. Carson's won the Critic's Choice Award!
