PlayGround

Been having some great news of late. First off, I’ve been selected to be part of the writer’s pool for PlayGround in residence at Berkeley Rep. Here’s the full list of this year’s pool:

Vicki Anderson, Neela Banerjee, Crish Barth, Christopher Bernard, Andrew Black,
Cass Brayton, Robyn Brooks, Kenyon Brown, Ron Campbell, Adam Chanzit, Dave Garrett,
Garret Jon Groenveld, Leah Halper, Daniel Heath, Stacy Nathaniel Jackson, Brady Lea,
Aaron Loeb, Lisa Ludden, Jonathan Luskin, Doug MacPherson, Richard McKern,
Scott McMorrow, Ross Peter Nelson, Michelle Ortega, Evelyn Pine, Geetha Reddy,
Molly Rhodes, Carolina Rojas, Diane Sampson, Martha Soukup, Tom Swift,
Nicholas Turner, Maya Lis Tussing, Richard Weingart, Lauren Yee, Ignacio Zulueta

The other great news is I won the One Minute Play competition, and was flown to MN and feted on the red carpet at the Ivey Awards. Many thanks to Scott Mayer, Mitch Kelly and all the people at the Ivey Awards for making this happen, and big thanks to the Playwrights Center for their support, and many many thanks to The Mall of America for their very generous gift.

One-Minute Play Contest

I’m stoked to be a finalist in the One-Minute Play Contest. There are some great short plays, and YOU GET TO PICK THE WINNER.

There are two categories, Youth and Adult, and readers vote for a winner in each of the categories by visiting: One Minute Plays

(As an added bonus, you can also play spot-the-typos with my play.)

The Playwrights’ Center, The Ivey Awards, and Mall of America have teamed up to create The One-Minute Play Contest. There’s a PDF, as well as an audio file, for each of these plays:

Finalists - Adult

"The Jewel of Adam" by Dan Dietz
"Calling Long Distance" by Scott McMorrow
"Learner's Permit" by Michelle Jane Wilson

Finalists – Youth

"Fifty-Nine Lines" by Daniel Burns
"Untitled" by Jon Fusco
"We Freaks" by Oriana Lada