Textbooks Published

Playwriting faculty member Erik Ramsey's textbook Experiencing The Art of Theatre: A Concise Introduction came off the presses today (Wadsworth, 2006). His second textbook, The Art of Theatre: Then and Now will be published next month. (See faculty web page.)

Current MFA's Invited to ACTF

The six finalists for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's Region III 10-minute play competition have been announced: Four out of the six finalists invited to the KC/ACTF region III festival to be held this coming January were written by OU School of Theatre MFA playwrights.  Merri Biechler, Laura Jacqmin (Jacqmin with two plays in the top six) and Mark Witteveen will all be competing at Illinois State for the top three regional prizes in this category.

Current MFA Gets Staged Reading in NYC

2nd year playwright Merri Biechler's The Bathtub Play has been given a staged reading at Playwrights Playground in New York.

Current MFA Is Cast in Victory Gardens Production:

3rd year playwright Christopher De Paola has been cast in the Mid-west premiere of the Nilo Cruz play Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams.