Current MFA's Play to Be Produced:

Current MFA Playwriting student Cecilia Copeland's full length play Courting has won a spot in the Stage Left Productions season. Courting will have its professional debut at the Cedar Rapids, Iowa theater where last summer's floods all but destroyed SLP's production space. The play was originally developed in the Writers Workshop at University of Iowa under the direction of guest artist Lisa D'Amour. Cecilia plans to be in Cedar Rapids in July for the opening of the show and possibly the early part of the summer to take part in the rehearsal process.

Two MFA Alums Semi-Finalists, Page 73:

2007 MFA alumni Merri Biechler and Laura Jacqmin have been named as two of eighteen semi-finalists for the Page 73 playwriting fellowships. They were selected out of more than 200 submissions. From the p73 web site: "Page 73 provides artistic and financial resources to one emerging playwright as he or she develops a new play that has not received substantial prior development support. For his/her fellowship year, the P73 Playwriting Fellow receives a cash stipend in the amount of $5,000 and development support in the amount of $10,000."http://www.p73.org/programs/p73-playwriting-fellowship/

1st year MFA Production:

Current MFA Playwriting student Reina Hardy's full-length play, "Erratica," will have its professional premiere at Capital Stage Theatre in Sacramento on July 17th, 2009. Capital Stage, which has been called the city's "Best Professional Theatre," selected "Erratica" for a full production when it appeared as part of the inaugural Playwrights Revolution Festival in June 2008. The production and the festival are sponsored by a grant from the James Irvine foundation. Hardy will spend the rehearsal period in Sacramento working on the play, which will run through August 16th, 2009. Capital stage website: http://capitalstagecompany.com.