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The Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama dramatic writing program dominates the list of plays selected to be presented as readings at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region II Festival. The Festival will be held January 12-16 at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Of the 11 plays to be presented at the Festival, no fewer than six are by CMU Dramatic Writing students.

Due to the dominance of CMU playwrights on the list below, the intensity of this competition may not be immediately apparent. KCACTF Region II includes colleges and universities throughout the following states: southwestern New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Washington DC, northern Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio. Because of the timing of the CMU new plays festival, festival eligibility encompasses both current CMU students and students who received degrees in the previous year.


Scripts selected for a reading at the KCACTF Region 2 Festival:


Full Length:

A Boy Named Alice by Joshua Elias Harmon – Carnegie Mellon University

Carapace by David Robinson – Ohio University


One Act:

Baggage by Dan O'Neil – Carnegie Mellon University

Terminal Condition by David Robinson – Ohio University

Whistleblower by Carolyn Kras – Carnegie Mellon University


Ten Minute:

a brief theory of the cosmos by Molly Hagan – Ohio University

On a Clear Night by Dan O'Neil – Carnegie Mellon University

Organum by Dean Poynor – Carnegie Mellon University

Orphan Train by Julie Tosh – Carnegie Mellon University

The Field by Rachel Barclay – Catholic University of America

The Sound of Great Flags by David Robinson – Ohio University

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