Ghostlight has announced the scripts that will be performed as part of the Make/Believe, a short play festival for young audiences, scheduled for February 22 and 23, 2020, at Laugh Out Loud Theater in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago.

The plays, geared towards children 12 and under, all have one unifying feature – strong female characters.

Selected scripts are:

Asherella by Lori Taylor
Ava's First Escape Room by Kim Z. Dale
Epic Tales From the Land of Melanin originally devised by Guadalís Del Carmen, Mariana Green, Brandi Lee, Maya Mackrandilal, Enid Muñoz, Alyssa Vera Ramos, Deanalís Resto, Ana Velazquez and Teresa Zoríc with FEMelanin
Little Red Reboot by Sonya Sobieski
The Queen of Cocoa Puffs and the Cap'n Crunch King by Corey Pajka
Scaredy Friends by Carolyn Minor
Snow White, Who Is Also Called Becky, No Rebecca...and the Frog Prince by Jack Helbig and Margaret Helbig
Stinky Bird by Seth Freeman

Auditions for Make/Believe take place in January. Find out more here.