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Brooklyn Durs

Brooklyn Durs

Brooklyn Durs is an actor and aspiring playwright from Louisville, Kentucky. Brooklyn is working to achieve her BFA in Acting at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago. Her performing background includes many classical Shakespeare roles including playing Henry V in Henry V and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. She has also been challenged by playing Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard. Her passion for playwriting began with a class in high school where her first play Nun of Your Business was produced in her school's New Works Festival. Her play Eight Minutes, Twenty Seconds won the YouthPlays New Voices One-Act Competition in 2020. In 2022, her play Mustangs earned a semifinalist nod in The Blank Theatre's Young Playwrights Festival. Brooklyn is dedicated to playing in, writing, and producing meaningful art and hopes to reach audiences with worthwhile messages with the intent to promote positive change.

Works by Brooklyn Durs

Shorts Eight Minutes, Twenty Seconds cover Drama Eight Minutes, Twenty Seconds As high school ends and a new journey is about to begin, two lifelong friends wonder what they would do if they only had eight minutes and twenty seconds to live. 8-10 min 1 female, 1 male.
Anthologies New Voices, Volume 2: More Winning One-Acts by Young Playwrights cover Anthology New Voices, Volume 2: More Winning One-Acts by Young Playwrights The second collection of winning one-acts from the New Voices competition spans a vast variety of time periods, genres and topics, but what unites these young writers is their ability to speak to the issues that impact young people today. 210-270 min 4-12+ females, 3-6+ males, 0-26+ any gender (7-44+ performers possible).
Book Go Solo, Volume 2: More Contemporary Monologues for Young Actors cover Book Go Solo, Volume 2: More Contemporary Monologues for Young Actors The successor to Go Solo, our first monologue collection, featuring more than six dozen monologues from plays published by YouthPLAYS, for young actors ranging from middle school through university, ideal for auditions, classroom work and competition. Available as a paperback book for individual use or as an ebook that includes a photocopy license for classroom use.