Ohio University MFA Playwriting Program
MID-YEAR UPDATE
In July, 2020, Third-Year MFA Playwright Skye Robinson Hillis‘ play Bury the Rest was performed on the podcast Unstaged, hosted by Jenna VanWeelden. The episodes are linked below, or you can listen to Unstaged on most major podcast platforms.
Act I: https://anchor.fm/unstagedpod/episodes/Bury-The-Rest-by-Skye-Robinson-Hillis–Act-1-eg15pm
Act II: https://anchor.fm/unstagedpod/episodes/Bury-The-Rest-by-Skye-Robinson-Hillis–Act-2-ege78v
MID-YEAR UPDATE
First-Year MFA Playwright Steven Strafford’s play Safe was workshopped at the 16th Street Theater (August, 2020) and is currently a semifinalist of both the 2021 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and the 2021 New American Voices Playwriting Festival. Safe was also selected by Tantrum East for an October, 2021 workshop.
In addition, Steven’s short play Use Your Noodles was produced at Middlesex College.
MID-YEAR UPDATE
First-year MFA Playwright Eryn Elyse McVay’s new short play The Weight of It All will be performed as a “splash” piece at the 2021 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region 7. A “splash” piece has the actors rehearse the play separately from each other and then not meet each other until the performance! The Region 7 festival runs February 17-20, 2021.
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