First-Year Jacob Juntunen preps for World Premiere

The side project in Chicago takes us back to the last hour in the life of Joan of Arc as seen through the lense of playwright Jacob Juntunen and director Cecilie Keenan. Joan's Laughter, a world premiere, will run May 13-June 17. For tickets and information, visit www.sideproject.net or call 773-973-2150.

OU Playwrights Bound for Kennedy Center

Third-year MFA playwright Ira Gamerman and First-year Jacob Juntunen took top honors at the Region II KCACTF conference this past week. Both writers will see their 10-minute plays advance to the national competition at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival; additionally, Gamerman took home the prize for best one-act. Congratulations to both playwrights!

Started in 1969 by Roger L. Stevens, the Kennedy Center's founding chairman, the Kennedy Center American College Theater (KCACTF) is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide which has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theater in the United States.

Taking Madness Beyond the Hahne

First-year MFA Playwright Jacob Juntunen will be in Chicago this weekend for Caffeine Theatre's Aphra Behn Coffeehouse at the Newberry Library where they will feature a revised and expanded version of his short play "Code Name: Astrea" in an afternoon of short plays and other artistic works. The play was developed as part of Ohio Playwriting's weekly Production 650 class, also known as Madness.