2005 Alum Aaron Carter’s play Panther Burn opened recently in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune review can be found here: Click Here. (Note: to log into the Chicago Tribune you’ll have to create a free account with them.) A “Time Out: Chicago” review of the play can be found by Clicking Here. For the Windy City Times review, Click Here. (See his first review by scrolling down to the date: 11/4/06).
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More Reviews of MFA Alum’s Chicago Premiere:
3rd-Year MFA Earns More Grant Money:
3rd-year MFA Laura Jacqmin has earned a Fall Quarter Graduate Student Senate Original Work Grant in the amount of $750 to continue research on her thesis play. To date, Jacqmin has pulled in $6,750 in grant money for assistance in writing her play 10 Virgins. (The two 3rd-year MFA students, Jacqmin and Merri Biechler, have together pulled in almost $27,000 in the last year alone to support the research and writing of their thesis plays; and, in the last two years OU playwrights have earned about $45,000 in new play development funding.)
MFA Alum at Drilling Co. & Winning Trustus Theatre Fest Production:
Justin Boyd’s (MFA 2003) short play Crusade will open Nov. 9 in New York City as part of Security 2, a production by the Drilling Co., where OU Acting professor Shelley Delaney is an artistic associate. Also, his play Copy Man recently won the 2007 Trustus Theatre Playwrights’ Festival (Columbia, S.C.), and will be produced there in August 2007. The play was also selected as a semifinalist for the 2006 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, and as a finalist for the Lark Play Development Center’s 2006 Playwrights’ Week.
Review of 3rd-Year MFA’s Production at Perishable:
The following link is to a review of 3rd-year MFA Laura Jacqmin’s Gotham is Safe Again at Perishable Theatre. Written by Channing Gray (Spalding Gray’s brother) in the Providence Journal: click here
Review of MFA Alum’s Chicago Premiere:
2005 Alum Aaron Carter’s play Panther Burn opened recently in Chicago. A short review can be found at the following link in the Chicago Reader:http://www.chicagoreader.com/listings/static/listings.html#91
MFA Alum Directs New Play at Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia
The Preyer, written by Kareem Rogers and directed by Dwight Wilkins (OU MFA Alum), also features original music by Tim Johnson. The play explores the male psyche and the complexity of male-female relationships. It features actors Jerald Bennett, Andre Jones, Jack Drummond, Kevin Moore, Terrell Nelson, and actresses Nichelle Nichols, Dionne Stone, Donnie Hammond, Tiffany Barrett, Anjoli Santiago, and Joella Norris. Performance Location: Freedom Theater, 1346 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19121. http://www.FreedomTheatre.org. Nov. 3rd-5th.
MFA Playwriting Alum Nominated for Hugo Award:
Playwriting alum Anne Cofell Saunders’ television script for an episode of Battlestar Galactica has been nominated for a 2006 Hugo Award. The episode is “Pegasus”, first broadcast last season. (Anne is a staff writer and story editor for the series.) The Hugo Award for “Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form” is one of the annual Hugo Award categories presented by members of the World Science Fiction Convention. It is for a dramatic production in any medium of running time 90 minutes or less. To see Anne’s television writing bio go to the “alumni” link on the left border of this page.
MFA Student Interviewed About Perishable Production:
3rd-year MFA playwright Laura Jacqmin is interviewed about her writing in connection with winning production at Perishable Theatre:
http://rezaritesri.com/blog/?p=88
Alum Produced at Drama of Works:
From MFA alum (2005) Melissa Gawlowski: “I’ve got a ten-minute play going up as part of Drama of Works’ Carnival of Samhain. It’s a four-day festival of puppetry… and then there’s my non-puppet play. I’m gonna be so outclassed by the puppets, but that’s alright. I’m really excited about it, because puppets rule in general, and these acts sound especially awesome. Check out the web site (link’s below) and you’ll see what I mean. You can get tickets from the Henry Street Settlement at https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/2015 (or if that link doesn’t work, just google Abrons Arts Center).” For more: http://www.dramaofworks.com/carnival/index.html
Production at Perishable:
3rd-year MFA playwright Laura Jacqmin’s GOTHAM IS SAFE AGAIN! will be produced at Perishable Theatre’s 13th Annual Women’s Playwriting Festival, October 26th through the November 5th. Click here for more info: http://www.perishable.org/show.htm
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