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The
Annual
Ohio University Playwrights Festival, For specifics on this year's festival, please scroll down. Above: the 2008 MFAs. About the festival: The annual Ohio University Seabury Quinn, Jr. Playwright's Festival held each year at the end of the Spring Quarter (usually the last two weeks of May), represents the culmination of the work of the playwrights in the program. During the festival, first year students present their work in the form of rehearsed sit-down readings. The work of second and third year students is presented in the form of rehearsed reading, script-in-hand workshop productions, or full Studio productions. Playwrights receive audience feedback in addition to individual professional response and individual mentoring. The 2008 Ohio University Seabury Quinn, Jr., Playwrights Festival May 21-24, 2008 Third-year MFA Thesis Plays, (Studio Productions): Nick Sgouros' Annika Gold and Dana Formby's Inherit the Whole will run in rep May 21-24, and 28-31, 2008 at 8:00 pm in the Hahne Theater, Kantner Hall. Tickets are available at the Kantner Hall box office. Annika Gold is directed by faculty member David Haugen and Inherit the Whole is directed by faculty member Brian Evans. Staged Reading Schedule: The Festival's staged readings of OU MFA plays are free and open to the public; each performance can be seen
in the Forum Theater at the RTV
Building. The
reading series schedule is:
Wednesday the 21st at 1:00 pm (MFA play by David Robinson), 4:00 pm (MFA play by Joseph Gallo), 8:00 pm (MFA play by G. William Zorn); Thursday the 22nd at 1:00 pm (MFA play by Garret Scheider), 4:00
pm (The "Sugar Play" Commissions)
and 8:00 pm (MFA play by Reginald Edmund); Friday the 23rd at 8 pm is Dana Formby's thesis play, Inherit the Whole; Saturday the 24th at 1:00 pm
(MFA play by Ryan Dowler), 3:00 pm (MFA play by Kara Dunn), and an 8:00 pm performance of Nick Sgouros' thesis play, Annika Gold.
The readings of the MFA full length plays are each followed by a
discussion with leading playwrights, artistic directors, and other
nationally known professionals -- audience members are encouraged to
stay and enjoy this forum. See below for the list
of nationally known guest artists in residence to respond to the MFA plays.Guest Artists in Residence: Playwright Darrah Cloud; Sandy Shinner, Associate Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Victory Gardens Theater; playwright Brain Dykstra (who will also perform his one man show during the festival); and actor and writer, David Toney. Guests bios can be found here. The 2007 Ohio University
Seabury Quinn, Jr., Playwrights Festival
May 24-26, 2007 Third-year
MFA Thesis Play, (Studio Production): Merri Biechler's Real Girls Can't Win! (May
16-19, and 23-26, 2007 at 8:00 pm in the Hahne Theater, Kantner Hall.)
Directed
by Shelley Delaney, Head, MFA Acting Program. Tickets available at the
Kantner Hall box office.
Staged Reading Schedule: The Festival's staged readings of OU MFA plays are free and open to the public; each performance can be Guest Artists in Residence: Deborah Brevoort (playwright), Julie Jensen (playwright) and Dennis Zacek (Artistic Director, Tony Award-winning Victory Gardens Theater). Guests bios here. Photo: Laura Jacqmin
(left) and Merri Biechler: 2007 MFA graduates.
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The 2006 Ohio University Seabury Quinn,
Jr., Playwrights Festival
May 25-27, 2006
Guest Artists in
Residence:
Eric Coble (playwright), Ed Herendeen (Artistic Director, CATF), Jacquelyn Reingold (playwright). Guests bios here. Third-year MFA Play, (studio production): Christopher De Paola's Streets Come Knocking. Directed by Melissa Hill Grande, OU MFA directing candidate. Staged Readings: Staged readings of new MFA plays by Mark Witteveen, Merri Biechler, Laura Jacqmin, Joseph Gallo, Beth Sager and Nick Sgouros. Photo: Laura Jacqmin's staged reading of "Happyslap". The 2005 Ohio University Seabury
Quinn, Jr., Playwrights Festival
May 19-28,
2005
Third-year MFA Plays, (studio productions in repertory): Aaron Carter's If Condition and Melissa Gawlowski's On the Line. Second-year MFA Plays, (staged readings): Watchdog by Christopher DePaola and Belly of the Whale by Mark Witteveen. First-year MFA Plays, (readings): What Ever Happened to Baby Abby? by Merri Biechler, Bled White by Laura Jacqmin, Lives of the Saints by Jean Seitter Cummins, and On the Shoulders of Giants by Traci Meister. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
For information on plays or playwrights produced in the annual festival from 1994-2004, please contact the OU MFA program assistant at ohioplaywriting@gmail.com. Note: For specific MFA playwriting program information on scholarships, admission, curriculum, degree requirements, or how to apply, visit the Ohio University School of Theater web site by clicking here. For the MFA news blog, the latest on guest artists in residence, MFA faculty news, current MFA student playwright bios, MFA playwriting festival scheduling and updates, and MFA playwriting alumni news please navigate using the links in the left column. |