PLAYWRITING MFA at Ohio University (Master of Fine Arts Playwriting Program)

For the latest news and information on current events, recent and upcoming performances, and awards and honors received by Ohio University MFA playwrights, use the links above. For specific program information other than news related items about the OU MFA in Playwriting (such as admissions requirements and curriculum), please visit the Ohio University School of Theater page or call the Ohio University School of Theater at the number listed below. To apply, email us for application instructions at ohioplaywriting@gmail.com -- we begin reviewing application materials in the fall.

Ohio University MFA Playwriting Program News Highlights and History:

OU MFA playwrights consistently sustain a high level of achievement. A list of theatres that have recently workshopped and produced former and current OU playwriting students includes several Tony Award-winning theatres such as Victory Gardens, The Mark Taper Forum, The Goodman, Actors Theatre of Louisville and New Dramatists; other major theatres recently producing (or slated to produce) OU playwriting students include Ensemble Studio Theatre, Magic Theatre, The New Group, Pan Asian Rep, Foundry Theatre Works, Theatre J, Collaboraction, Perishable Theatre, Edge Theatre, Prop Theatre, MPAACT, Chicago Dramatists and Contemporary American Theater Festival.

2008-09 MFA Playwriting Students

OU playwrights have earned workshops at the O'Neill Center and The Playwright's Center in Minneapolis, the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, as well as awards and honors such as: the Wasserstein Prize (2008), New Dramatists’ Joe Callaway Award, The Gilman/New Dramatists Playwriting Fellowship, Whitfield Cook Award, Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, New York Innovative Theatre Awards, Kennedy Center‘s Fund for New American Plays’ Roger Stevens Award, Drama-Logue Awards, commissions from the Jerome Foundation and Théâtre du Soleil Levant in Switzerland, and numerous Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Awards. Works published by current and recent MFA playwriting students are available from Smith and Kraus, Dramatists Play Service, Heinemann, Northwestern University Press, Samuel French, and Playscripts, Inc. Alums in the last five years have also gone on to write for film and television, including such shows as the Emmy Award-winning 24, the Emmy Award-nominated Battlestar Galactica, Law and Order: Criminal Intent and NBC's new spy dramedy Chuck. In addition, since 2005 current Ohio University MFA playwrights have garnered more than $82,000 in commissions, grants and fellowships to research and write new plays. To see the most recent accomplishments of OU MFA playwrights, visit the news page.