You be the judge

The Shawnee Playhouse, 552 River Road, Shawnee on Delaware, will present original playwright readings at 7 p.m. on March 6, 13, 20 and 27, and the public is welcome to attend and weigh in on its favorites.

Audience members are invited to join in the annual play-reading series to help select the winner for the 2015 playwright contest.

Local writer Rich Strack of Jim Thorpe, who was a winner in the 2014 competition, has a short play included here as well.

Writers from the Pocono area and well beyond have submitted their original comedies, dramas and musicals.

A portion of each play is read live on stage, script in hand, by actors of the Worthington Players. Audience members are invited to share their thoughts on the plays they hear, and vote on their favorites.

The Shawnee executive committee tallies the votes and reviews all comments, and the winning script, or scripts, will be produced in a fully staged show in 2016.

The plays chosen for reading and their playwrights are:

Short plays

March 6

• The Bureaucracy of Existentialism by Elizabeth Kennedy of East Stroudsburg

• Cowboy Days by William Zerankski of Spring Brook Township

• Errant Souls by Robert S. Robbins of Williamsport

• Harriet by Katherine Melmore of Devon, United Kingdom

• Absolution Green by Paul Kodiak of Bethlehem

March 13

• The Birthday Room by Rich Strack of Jim Thorpe

• Taking Liberties with Peter Rozig by K.K. Gordon of Scranton

• Sky Lake Magic by K.K. Gordon

• Angel on the Yellow Couch by K.K. Gordon

• The Counterfeit Dick by Zanne Hall of New York, New York

Full-length plays

March 20

• But I'm Still Slightly Confused by Lawrence Fox of Allentown

• Your Name on My Lips by Eric B. Sirota of Flemington, New Jersey

• Home Shopping by Lisa Ellex of Brooklyn, New York

March 27

• Scary, Scary Night by E. Michael Lunsford of San Carlos, California

• The Two Georgias by Brian McDermott of Emmaus

• Honeymoon at the Hoerner Hotel by Janet Foote of Rome, New York

Admission to play readings is free. A suggested $8 donation is accepted at the door.

Worthington Players is a nonprofit community theater group based at the Shawnee Playhouse.