West Reading's Adam Richter a winner in emerging playwright competition [Spotlight]
Richter, the digital news editor at the Reading Eagle, described "Eye Contact" as a satirical reimagining of the myth of Medusa and Perseus, using the familiar story to examine what it means to be a hero. The juried competition, in its third year, attracted playwrights from a 100-mile radius of the New Hope-based Phillipsâ Mill Community Association, receiving the maximum number of 50 submissions well before the deadline. - Advertisement - The judges noted that while people have been writing more this year due to the pandemic, the interest in this competition was particularly strong...