Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Staged Reading:

3rd-year MFA playwright Laura Jacqmin's play BUTT NEKKID will receive a staged reading at The Side Project (Chicago) as part of their HARVEST Festival, Sunday, October 15, 10:30 AM. For more info, see www.thesideproject.net.

Monday, September 18, 2006

OU MFAs in Chicago Dramatists:

Aaron Carter (OU MFA 2005) and 3rd-year MFA playwright Laura Jacqmin have been selected as "Resident Playwrights" of Chicago Dramatists. From CD's web site: "Since 1979, Chicago Dramatists, the playwrights' theatre, has devoted all of its resources and programming to its singular mission of developing new plays and nurturing playwrights. Last season alone, Chicago Dramatists' playwrights earned a record number of 624 productions, awards, commissions, readings, and other honors, at large and small theatres in Chicago and around the country." http://www.chicagodramatists.org/

Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Playwright Wins "Perishable" Competition:

3rd-year MFA playwright Laura Jacqmin’s GOTHAM IS SAFE AGAIN! has been selected as the winner of Perishable Theatre’s 13th Annual Women’s Playwriting Contest. It will be produced at PerishableTheatre, Rhode Island's Research and Development Theatre, in late October of 2006.