Playwriting news from the Playwright’s Lab:

Our First Year: May 2007 - May 2008

Vol. 00, No. 01 (PDF)

(May, 2007)

• Program Announcement
• Faculty Spotlight: Stephen Sossaman
• Norfolk Southern Festival of New Works at MMT
• Guest Profile: Naomi Wallace
• Guest Profile: David Gothard
• From the Director: Program Ad

Vol. 01, No. 01 (PDF)

(June, 2007)

• Course Listings and Events Schedule
• Student Spotlight: Keith Bridges
• No Shame Theatre
• Guest Profile: Ruth Margraff
• Guest Profile: Patrick Benton
• From the Director: Program Ad

Vol. 01, No. 02 (PDF)

(July, 2007)

• Overview of Required Texts
• Student Spotlight: Joshua Grave
• Guest Profile: Morgan Jenness
• CenterPieces Reading Series at MMT
• Campus Highlight: The Dance Institute
• From the Director: Submission Tips

Vol. 01, No. 03 (PDF)

(August, 2007)

• Overnight Sensations at MMT
• Student Spotlight: Krista Knutsen
• Guest Profile: Melanie Joseph
• Campus Highlight: The Little Theatre at Hollin
• Area Highlight: Foamhenge
• From the Director: Submission Tips (reader's fees)

Vol. 01, No. 04 (PDF)

(September, 2007)

• The First Chapter: Coming to Jamestown
• Student Spotlight: Kenley Smith
• Guest Profile: Mac Wellman
• MySpace Page (went active 9-27-2007)
• Area Highlight: The Mill Mountain Star
• From the Director: Submission Tips (contact information)

Vol. 01, No. 05 (PDF)

(October, 2007)

• Best of No Shame
• Student Spotlight: Sunny da Silva
• Studio Theatre Space Renovated
• John Forsman, Technical Director
• Crossing the Threshold, by Maura Campbell
• From the Director: Submission Tips (page numbers)

Vol. 01, No. 06 (PDF)

(November, 2007)

• Sarnia 19, by Adam Hahn, in CenterPieces
• Student Spotlight: Adam Hahn
• Area Highlight: Dumas Center
• Faculty Profile: Todd Ristau
• Wild Geese, by Maura Campbell, opens in NYC
• From the Director: Submission Tips (following guidelines)

Vol. 01, No. 07 (PDF)

(December, 2007)

• Paper Cup Ocean at Mill Mountain Theatre
• Student Spotlight: Toby Thelin
• Campus Highlight: Wyndham Robertson Library
• Faculty Profile: Ernie Zulia
• Area Highlight: Miniature Graceland
• From the Director: Submission Tips #5 (be selective)

Vol. 01, No. 08 (PDF)

(January, 2008)

• Playwriting Luncheon in NYC
• Student Spotlight: Maura Campbell
• Dramaturgy Summit at KCACTF in Pittsburgh
• What Is Dramaturgy?
• Faculty Profile: Lenora Inez Brown
• Roanoke Regional Writer's Conference
• From the Director: Submission Tips #6 (standard format)

Vol. 01, No. 09 (PDF)

(February, 2008)

• FU (Forgive US) at Charter Theatre
• Student Spotlight: Erin Allen
• Dumas Arts Festival
• What Do I Know About War?
• Guest Profile: Margo Lee Sherman
• From the Director: Submission Tips #7 (don’t e-submit)

Vol. 01, No. 10 (PDF)

(March, 2008)

• Am I Black Enough Yet? by Clinton Johnston
• Student Spotlight: Clinton Johnston
• Studio Roanoke Announcement
• Dreamtime, by Maura Campbell, to get staged reading
• Faculty Profile: Jonathan Dorf
• Area Highlight: Virginia Festival of the Book
• From the Director: Submission Tips # 8 (tape and what not to send)

Vol. 01, No. 11 (PDF)

(April, 2008)

• Barhoppers Featured Short Play by Kenley Smith
• Student Spotlight: Samantha Macher
• Courses and Events for Summer 2008
• Guest Profile: Cheryl Snodgrass
• Lab Listed in Theatre Resource Directory
• Area Highlight: Pop's Ice Cream Shop
• From the Director: Submission Tips #9 (SASE)

Vol. 01, No. 12 (PDF)

(May, 2008)

• Guest Artist Confirmations for 2008
• Student Spotlight: Timothy Cochran
• Norfolk Southern Festival of New Works
• Kenley Smith attends Great Plains Theatre Conference
• From the Director: Submission Tips # 10 (multiple submissions)