We have new playwrights in our midst. Only this time they’re not from Community Arts or are local English teachers trying their hand at something new – they’re fifth graders. That’s right, Altoona fifth graders Anna Haigh and Linnea McClintock have written a musical stage production called The Gift of Friendship. We don’t know much about said production, other than it’s “about the ups-and-downs of friendship” and it will premiere at The Grand Theatre on March 3 at 2:30pm. So while we can’t sell you on the juicy details, encouraging two youths with this amount of creative ambition in our midst might be worth the $5 cover alone. What Bon Iver did for us with music and Mike Perry did for us with writing, maybe now these girls are the key to a stage reputation. You never know …