Bianca Sams, MFA ’14, has a new piece in Howlround on Amiri Baraka. Baraka is the legendary poet, playwright, novelist, music critic, and political activist who recently passed away.
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Bianca Sams’ Essay on
Alum Mark Chrisler’s “Worse Than Tigers” Garners Two Accolades.
MFA Alum, Mark Chrisler‘s play WORSE THAN TIGERS has garnered two accolades. It’s been selected for The Stella Adler Studio’s First Breath Festival in New York. (The site for the festival isn’t full operational yet, but the link is to the main site.)
The play was also semi-finalist for The New American Voices Festival put on by the The Landing Theater in Houston!
Jeremy Sony & Garret Schneider’s Work Goes Up at Nashville’s 10-Minute Festival
Alumni, Jeremy Sony and Garret Schneider, have 10-minute plays that will be part of Playhouse Nashville’s 10-Minute Playhouse February 9 & 10 in Nashville.
Sony’s play is NEXT STOP CENTRAL STATION, and Schenider’s is EX-GIRLFRIEND IS THE CENTERFOLD.
Check out their site for more information: http://www.tenminuteplayhouse.com/
Nick Sgouros New One-Act goes up at Toronto’s “Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival”
MFA alum Nick Sgouros’s one-act play “Be Careful, There’s a Baby in the House” will be presented in Toronto at the Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival March 12 – 16th.
MFA Alum Sarah Katherine Bowden’s Has a Piece on Howlround
OU MFA Playwright Alum Sarah Katherine Bowden has a new essay “A Place In The Conversation: Portraying Disability Onstage on the popular theater website Howlround.
You can also check her website out at: http://sarahbowden.weebly.com/
TimeOut Chicago gives 4-Stars to Jacqmin’s “Do-Gooder.”
Laura Jacqmin’s Do-Gooder is starting to rack up a lot of good reviews. This week’s Timeout Chicago gave it 4-Stars.
Gwen Purdom writes: (I)ts Jacqmin’s subtle script that leaves the lasting impression. In a play that ponders whether goodness comes from a life of privilege or passion, this is one story that’s far more compelling than its ordinary cover would suggest.
Do-Gooder is playing at the 16th Street Theater.
Check out Laura’s site: www.laurajacqmin.com
Third-Year Playwright Bianca Sams Giving a Lecture Thursday at OSU.
Third-year MFA playwright, Bianca Sams, is giving a lecture at Ohio State University Thursday, January 30th at 4pm. It’s titled “Creative Playwriting: Using ‘Found Stories’ as Inspiration.” It’s at the Thurber Theatre at the Drake Performance and Event Center.
For more information, please click: Bianca Sams’ Lecture at Ohio State.
Laura Jacqmin’s “Do-Gooder” is “Recommended” by Chicago Reader
Laura Jacqmin’s Do-Gooder was “Recommended” in this weeks’ review by the Chicago Reader.
Jack Helbig writes Do-Gooder is “a remarkable, slyly told meditation on gender and racial politics, and how genuinely hard it is to really make a difference.”
Learn more about Laura from her website http://www.laurajacqmin.com/
OU Alum Mark Witteveen’s New Play Opens
Ohio University Alumnus Playwright Mark Witteveen’s play “Very Fine Use of a Grenade” opened this weekend at Road Less Traveled Theater in Buffalo, NY. It runs from January 24th to February 16th.
View the trailer:
You can also read about it in the “Buffalo News.”
Jacqmin’s “Do-Gooder” is “Jeff-Recommended” at 16th Street Theater in Chicago.
Alum Laura Jacqmin’s new play “Do-Gooder” was “Jeff-Recommended” in its World Premiere at 16th Street Theater in Chicago.
The Jeff Awards are Chicago’s version of the Tony’s. “The designation of “Jeff Recommended” is given to a production when, after the opening night of its run, at least ONE ELEMENT of the show was deemed excellent by the opening night judges of the Joseph Jefferson Committee. The entire production is then eligible for nomination for awards at the end of the season.”
For more information about the play, check out Do-Gooders webpage and video.
You can learn more about Laura Jacqmin by visiting http://www.laurajacqmin.com/
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