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Reading of Bianca Sams’ RUST ON BONE in NYC July 15th

Bianca Sams ’14 will have a reading of her thesis play, RUST ON BONE, JULY 15TH IN New York at the Manhattan Theatre Club. It will be directed by the Goodman Theater’s Chuck Smith, and feature OU alumnus Marissa Wolf, and current OU MFA actor, Thomas Daniels.

Synopsis: Trapped by a stranger in her office, psychologist Dr. Devra Mendoza must use her training to maneuver her way through a game of cat and mouse with life and death consequences. Rust on Bone looks at the personal cost of war, societal stigmas of therapy, and the ripple effects of trauma and mental illness.

You can RSVP by emailing BIANCASAMS (at) BIANCASAMS (dot)COM.

Details:
MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB
STUDIO SPACE #3
311 W. 43 R D STREET
JULY 15, 2014 @ 7:30PM

Opp-Log Updated Through Sept 1st!

Dive into our updated Opp-Log submission dates!

https://ohioplaywriting.org/opp-log/

Big ones added are:
Marin Theater – July 31
American Blues Theater – September 1st
New Dramatists – July 29

Alum Bianca Sams Finalist for Playwright Foundation “Bay Area Playwrights Festival.”

Bianca Sams (MFA ’14) was named a finalist at the Playwright Foundation “Bay Area Playwrights Festival” for her play BATTLE CRY. There were 20 finalists out of 500 submissions.

From their site: “The Bay Area Playwrights Festival supports the development of six full-length plays annually: five selected from our annual open submission process to reflect the outstanding quality, diversity, and daring for which the Festival is known, and the sixth play a Producing Partnership that offers developmental resources to a play advancing toward production.”

SYNOPSIS: BATTLE CRY is inspired by the life and travails of an unsung hero in the Black Civil Rights Movement named Claudette Colvin. At 15, Claudette refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus 9 months prior to Rosa Parks’ arrest. BATTLE CRY tells the personal story of a naïve but passionate 15-year-old girl whose impact on the world has been left out of history books. The play looks at issues of class, ethnicity, and behind the scenes politics in the fight for Civil Rights in America while also highlighting Claudette’s personal courage in the face of injustice.

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY/AWARDS FOR BATTLE CRY:
Ohio University MFA Workshop (3x)
Seabury Quinn Festival of New Plays – Staged Reading
Tides Theater SF as part of DGA Footlights reading Series
Marrietta University Black History Month Event – Staged Reading

AWARD HISTORY
Kennedy Center ACTF – Lorraine Hansberry Award (2nd pl) and Rosa Parks Award (2nd pl)
ATHE – Jane Chambers Student Playwright Award (2nd pl)
The Playwright Foundation – Bay Area Playwright Festival (finalist)

Tyler Whidden (MFA ’16) Finalist in Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte Festival

July 1, 2014
by rpdolan
· Awards · Current Students · Festival · News

Tyler Whidden’s play, DANCING WITH NED, was named a finalist for the 3rd Annual nuVoices Festival at the Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte Festival. Tyler’s play was one of 13 chosen.

From ATCharlotte’s website: “Each play selected for the festival will get two script in hand staged readings, with assigned directors, dramaturgs, and actors. Each playwright selected will be brought to Charlotte and provided housing for the duration of the rehearsal process. They will be included in the entire week of rehearsals and will also receive $500 honorarium. The winning play will then be invited to have a full production mounted during Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte’s 2015-2016 season.”

July Submissions Updated on Opp-Log

In honor of Independence Day, give us your poor, your tired, your huddled playwrights. We will take care of you with our updated play submissions deadlines for July on our Opp-Log.

A lot of opportunities on July 1st and 2nd so check it out soon.

Ryan Patrick Dolan (MFA ’16) Performing in UCB’s Del Close Marathon This Weekend

Ryan Patrick Dolan (MFA 2016) will be performing with his improv teams, Revolver and Pudding-Thank-You, this weekend in New York at UCB Theater‘s “Del Close Marathon.”

Dolan is a 12-year veteran of the Chicago improv scene and has been performing with both teams for about 7 years.

Revolver show info:
DCM UCB EAST Fri 7:00 pm – Fri 7:30 pm 153 E. 3rd St. at Avenue A

Pudding-Thank-You show info:
New York Theatre Workshop Sat 7:00 pm – Sat 7:15 pm 83 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003

Molly Hagan’s SWING OF THE SEA Published by Samuel French

OU BFA Alum, Molly Hagan, had her play, SWING OF THE SEA, published by Samuel French. It was Molly’s undergrad “thesis” play at Ohio. It was produced at Arcadia University in December 2011, and it won the KCACTF Harold and Mimi Steinberg National Student Playwriting Award in 2012. Before that it had readings in New York, Louisville and at Ohio University.

Samuel French’s Synopsis: Boots, a girl who wears yellow rain boots even when it’s not raining, and a boy called Eggs take a journey through memory and imagination following the sudden death of their friend, Peter. As Eggs dreams of asking Boots to the upcoming Favorites Dance, Boots loses herself in a world of fallen leaves, consumed by her quest to remember the last words Peter said to her before he died. The Swing of the Sea is a play about growing old without aging that examines the way fantasy and memory converge when we lose someone we love.

You can follow Molly on twitter at @mollyhagan_.

Alum Dana Lynn Formby Reading at Steppenwolf Theater’s “First Look”

Dana Lynn Formby‘s play, AMERICAN BEAUTY SHOP, will have a reading at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater’s 9th Annual First Look of New Work, Friday, August 8 at 2:30pm. It’s being directed by Marti Lyons.

Formby is a OU MFA Alumnus currently living in Chicago and a founding member of Mortar Theater.

The synopsis of AMERICAN BEAUTY SHOP from Steppenwolf’s site: It’s hard to pull yourself up by your bootstraps in this economy—Sue should know. It’s harder when you’ve got kids, even whip-smart, talented ones like Judy. Sue has big dreams for both her basement beauty shop and her daughter, who’s anxiously waiting for a letter from Berkeley that could change her life. Armed with tough love, combative humor and an uncompromising work ethic, Sue is struggling to balance her own livelihood and Judy’s future. A heartfelt play about the true cost of dreams.

Steppenwolf’s “mission of First Look Repertory of New Work is to develop plays for future production at Steppenwolf and other theaters across the country. First Look provides a home for three playwrights each season to develop new plays, and presents developmental productions in rotating repertory, accompanied by readings and special events.”

Bianca Sams’ “Rust On Bone” 1 of 4 Plays Chosen for a New Works Festival.

Bianca Sams’ play “Rust on Bone” was one of four plays chosen for the Gulfshore Playhouse’s 2nd Annual New Works Festival in Naples, Florida. Sams, OU MFA ’14, will work with actors and director for a week before a staged reading of her play the weekend of the festival, Sept 4-7, 2014.

Late May & June Play-Opp Updates

No fear, suckahs. We have brand new play submission opportunities on our Opp-Log calendar.