The six winners of the 2025 Emerging Playwright Competition (EPC) at Phillips’ Mill Community Association have been announced. The winning plays will be read by actors before a live audience at a staged reading at the historic Mill on Saturday, November 22 at 7 p.m.

After the readings, playwrights will receive feedback from the audience during a “talk back” conversation. An informal wine and cheese reception will also give guests the chance to chat with the playwrights, actors, and jurors.

The winners are Kevin Brofsky of New York, N.Y., for Last Dance, set in Fire Island in 2014; Lisa DeAngelis of Doylestown, Pa., for Easter Island, about an aging couple remembering family holidays from different perspectives; Jim Lindheim of New York, N.Y., for Guess Who’s Coming to Cocktails, when an AI guest adds spice to a family cocktail hour; Patricia Lynn of Roosevelt Island, N.Y., for The Untitled Spinster, which finds two lonely romantics in front of an art gallery portrait; John McDonnell of Doylestown, Pa., for Echo and Narcissus, a comedic take on a Greek myth; and Domenick Scudera of Collegeville, Pa., for The Second Original Sin, in which Eve receives unsettling news after eating from the Tree of Knowledge.

In its eighth year, the competition invites both novice and experienced playwrights to submit original, unpublished one-act plays for a blind judging by a jury and encourages the development of original new works for the stage. To participate, playwrights must be 18 years or older and live within a 100-mile radius of the Mill. The first 50 works submitted are accepted for review, with up to six winners selected by a panel of jurors.

Admission is free, but donations are accepted. Registration is required at phillipsmill.org. Phillips Mill is at 2619 River Road in New Hope, Pa.