OU MFA Playwriting's Weekly Production: The "Madness" Schedule 

"Madness" performances are FREE and open to the public nearly every Friday night at 11:00 p.m. in the Hahne Theater at Kantner Hall. (NOTE: Please visit the new Madness page here.) Performances generally run from 45 minutes to an hour. Seating is limited to about 75 and the line to get in is often 50 people long by 10:45 -- come early to make sure you get a seat! And check the schedule below for the Fridays we're producing Madness in the current quarter. (Note: Madness is dark on opening nights for OU School of Theater mainstage productions.)

More on Madness from OU's Daily Press:
http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/06-07/October/58f-067.cfm

More on Madness From the ezine Speakeasy:
http://speakeasymag.com/bts/spotlight/2008/may/02/method-madness/ 

About Madness: Playwrights Production Class, affectionately known as Midnight Madness, is part of the practical-based portion of the MFA playwriting program consisting of a weekly, informal production of new work. It begins early in the week with a different writer of the program selecting a theme, style, or concept for the upcoming production. Each writer must then write a three to five minute play based upon that theme, style or concept. (Madness is unlike Saturday Night Live in that these are truly plays being performed rather than skits with punchlines. Many of the pieces are comedies, but the comedy springs from a different source than sketch comedy.) Each play is written, cast, and rehearsed throughout the week in preparation for the Friday night, script-in-hand production presented before an enthusiastic audience.  Students in the MFA Playwriting Program take the course every quarter while in residence at Ohio University.

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 along the top of this page.