Ohio University MFA Playwriting Program
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/
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
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/
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.”
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/
OU MFA Alum, Mark Chrisler, had a play run at this year’s Rhinofest in Chicago. The Chicago Reader’s, Zac Thompson, highlighted Chrisler’s play “Phones, Frauds, and Fakes.”
In Chrisler’s Phonies, Frauds, and Fakes, the writer-performer reads from a script while seated at a table, Spaulding Gray style. What starts as a witty lecture on history’s biggest lies soon morphs into the fascinating story of Chrisler’s four-year involvement with a girlfriend who turned out to be a pathological liar. As he relates how he fell for one whopper after another, Chrisler is insightful on self-deception and the way great liars exploit our willingness to believe what we want to believe, even when the truth is staring us in the face.
Check out Mark Chrisler’s website for more information about his work.
Ohio University MFA Alum, and frequent MFA Festival Guest Eric Coble will be opening his play “The Velocity of Autumn” on Broadway on April 21st, 2014 with previews set to begin April 1. The play opened Arena Stage’s 2013-14 season this year starring Estelle Parsons and Steven Spinella. For more: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/185424-The-Velocity-of-Autumn-Starring-Estelle-Parsons-and-Stephen-Spinella-Will-Play-Broadways-Booth-Theatre?tsrc=hpt2
Theatre podcast “The Inexplicable Dumb Show” interviewed alum Jeremy Sony this week about his play “Ichabod: Missing in Sleepy Hollow” playing at Street Theatre Company. Sony talks about his take on the classic Sleepy Hollow legend and his work with Tennessee Repertory Theatre and their Ingram New Works Lab.
OU Alum, Laura Jacqmin, is having the World Premiere of her new play “Ghost Bike” produced in Chicago by Buzz22 Theater Company from February 27, 2014 – March 30th, 2014.
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