Alum at Mile Square and More

Joseph Gallo's play MY ITALY STORY, will open on June 17 at Mile Square Theatre, starring Emmy-award winner Tom Pelphrey. Recently, two of Gallo's other plays were also presented in New York, both of which were developed, in part, during his time at OU (Gallo is a 2008 alum). NEW YORK CITY 523 was given a reading at the Lark Play Development Center, and THE GOON SQUAD was presented in workshop by TDG Productions at the Bridge Theatre, featuring 2007 OU alum Andy Lutz, who recently appeared on Broadway in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS.

The 2009 Seabury Quinn, Jr Playwrights Festival Info

The 2009 festival was a great success: http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/08-09/May/620.cfm.

Short Plays by 2007 Alum at Source, Sam French & Public Theater:

Laura Jacqmin's (MFA '07) ten-minute play AIRBORNE will be featured in D.C.'s 2009 Source Festival in Washington, D.C. this June. The play has also been accepted into the 34th Annual Sam French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, and will compete with 39 others (for publication and licensing by Samuel French) at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in NYC this July:http://samuelfrenchoobfest.blogspot.com. In addition, her short play PUSSY was just produced at the US/UK Cabaret: Mis/conceptions at The Public Theater (presented by The Old Vic and The Public Theater) in New York City, directed by Colette Robert.

1st Year MFA's Play a Finalist for Seven Devils

Cecilia Copeland's play Raising the Stakes was recently named a finalist for the Seven Devils Playwriting Conference. For more on Seven Devils: http://www.idtheater.org/7devils/.