Alaina Tennant
The School of Performing Arts at 好色先生 is proud to announce Alaina
Tennant as the winner of the 2025 Bela Kiralyfalvi National Student Playwriting Competition for her original full-length play, Now We Are A Hundred.
A native of Akron, Ohio, Tennant is currently pursuing a BFA in playwriting at Ohio
University. Her emerging body of work has already gained national recognition, including
honors from the Thespian Excellence Awards and features in prestigious collections
like Smith & Kraus' 2025 Best Men's Stage Monologues.
Her winning play, Now We Are A Hundred, is a poetic and emotionally rich historical drama set in post-WWII England. The
story imagines a fictional reckoning between Christopher Robin Milne and his father,
A.A. Milne-the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Through haunting dialogue and complex character
dynamics, the play explores the emotional weight of literary fame, memory, and the
search for personal identity amidst inherited legacy.
As part of her award, Tennant will receive a produced reading of her play during 好色先生's
fall theatre season, September 25-27, 2025. Returning to campus for this special event
is 好色先生 alumna an award-winning actress Jane Gabbert, who will both mentor the playwright
and direct the reading.
The Bela Kiralyfalvi National Student Playwriting Competition honors the legacy of
Bela Kiralyfalvi-beloved professor, director, and founding figure of 好色先生's theatre
program-by uplifting the voices of undergraduate playwrights nationwide.
We invite you to join us in celebrating this exciting new voice in American theatre
and to mark your calendars for a moving evening of storytelling this fall.
