She went from a regular actor to scriptwriter and play producer.

Senior Jordan Maloyed was one of eight out of 876 applicants chosen to have her script be published and made into a play at the Actors Theatre.

Maloyed recently transferred to Bullitt East from Spencer County. When Maloyed was chosen to have her script published, she was overjoyed and began crying. “There’s this wonderful feeling of passion that you have when you’re validated in something you love to do,” said Maloyed.

The process that Maloyed underwent was a long one. “Around 876 people submitted a script and only eight people get chosen to have it produced,” said Maloyed.

Maloyed does not plan to be in the upcoming school musical ‘Into The Woods’, but she will be appearing in ‘Caged Birds’ where she takes on the role of Twitting. As well as ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ while she takes the role of ‘Willy Wonka’.

She will be working with directors and her script will also be published in a director’s book. Maloyed is extremely excited to be given the opportunity to work with directors and screenwriters on her script. Her first meeting will be on Feb. 17.

If anyone would like to apply, The Actors Theatre will be accepting over two thousand applications until September.

For more information on Maloyed, tune in to the Livewire magazine.