Monday, November 24, 2008

3rd year MFA Play at Victory Gardens:

Dana Formby's play "Inherit the Whole" received a staged reading at the Tony Award-Winning Victory Gardens Theater today. The play was featured as a lab production last May as part of the Seabury Quinn MFA Playwright's Festival here at OU.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Seabury Quinn, Jr. Has Passed:

We sadly note the passing of Seabury Quinn, Jr., the original playwriting professor who taught in the OU MFA playwriting program for decades until his retirement in the early 1990's. Seabury died on Saturday. He will be fondly remembered for his acerbic wit in responding to new plays, especially in recent years -- no matter how ill he had become, he always found a way to visit the new play festival named in his honor and generously give his opinion on the work at hand. Many will fondly remember his laugh, which was often just a single, expolsive "Hah!"

Monday, November 10, 2008

Ramsey play at Frostic Reading Series:

Playwriting professor Erik Ramsey's play Smith Unearthed will be featured as part of the Frostic Reading Series at Western Michigan University, 8 p.m. Thursday, November 13th. For more information and a feature article on the play, visit:http://www.mlive.com/kalamazoo/stories/index.ssf?/base/features-4/12262080609711.xml&coll=7&thispage=1#continue.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

MFA Alum's Play at Side Project:

2007 MFA graduate Laura Jacqmin's play "Space" will be featured as part of The Side Project's "Cut to the Quick -- A Festival of Short Works" in Chicago starting November 16. For more information, visit: http://www.theatreinchicago.com/news.php?articleID=429.