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New Play Festival

Mentored and moderated by Mark Medoff, Distinguished Professor of Theatre.

Every other Spring semester, a small group of playwriting students present staged readings of their original one-act plays. These readings are free and open to the public.

 

About Mark Medoff: Playwright, screenwriter, and director of stage, film, and opera, Mr. Medoff received a Tony Award for Children of a Lesser God, for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award. He is the winner of London’s Society of West End Theatres Award for best play and nominee for a Cable Ace Award for his HBO premiere movie, Apology. He also received an OBIE Award for When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder?











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