MFA Alum in Residence at Grinnell

Aaron Carter (MFA 2005) has been invited to be playwright in residence for a month at Grinnell College in Iowa next April. He'll be teaching a playwriting intensive and Grinnell will be reading and developing his latest new play.

Seabury Quinn Jr MFA Playwrights Festival Schedule

The 2006 Ohio University Seabury Quinn, Jr., Playwrights Festival: Festival Dates: May 25-27, 2006.

• Guest Artists in Residence:  Eric Coble (playwright), Ed Herendeen (Artistic Director,  CATF), and Jacquelyn Reingold (playwright) Click here for the guest's bios.
• Third-year MFA Play, (studio production):  Christopher De Paola's Streets Come Knocking.  Directed by Melissa Hill Grande, OU MFA directing candidate. Shows nightly from Wednesday, 5/17 through Saturday, 5/24 at 8:00 pm, and Wednesday, 5/24 through Saturday 5/27 at 8:00 pm in the Hahne Theater (Kantner Hall).  Tickets are $7.00, available from the OU School of Theater box office in Kantner Hall.
• Staged Readings:  Staged readings of new MFA plays by Mark Witteveen, Merri Biechler, Laura Jacqmin, Joseph Gallo, Beth Sager and Nick Sgouros will be held in the Forum Theater (RTV Building) at 2:30 pm and 8:00 pm on Thursday, 5/25 and Friday, 5/26. On Saturday the 27th the final two readings will be held at noon and 2:30 pm.  All staged readings are free and open to the public.

OU Playwrights Grab Large Grants

2nd year MFA playwrights Merri Biechler and Laura Jacqmin  have been awarded Ohio University SEA grants in the amount of $6,000 each to support the research and writing of their thesis plays in their third year. In addition, Merri Biechler has also been awarded OU's Trisolini Fellowship in the amount of $13,000 for her third year of school. (Last year, current third year MFA Mark Witteveen was also awarded the SEA and Trisolini money; in the past two years, OU MFA playwrights have applied for and received over $45,000 in grant money to support the research and writing of their plays.)

Revival of Current MFA playwright's Off-Broadway play

MY ITALY STORY, a play written by Joseph Gallo (first-year MFA playwright) will be opening  in four days at the theatre "12 Miles West" in Bloomfield, New Jersey, on their 200-seat equity stage.  Here's how to find it: Where: 12 Miles West Theatre Co. (562 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ 07003) When: May 4, 2006 - May 28, 2006 Phone: (973) 259-9187 Web site: http://www.12mileswest.org