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SUSAN AUSTIN ROTH             MISSING PAGES 
                                              (2008 New Play Series, March 15)                

DEAN BEVAN                        HAUNTED
                                 (2008 New Play Series, July 26)

Dean Bevan is the author of  several plays and screenplays, including five Ten-minute plays: "United We Stand," "If Gold Rust," "Wol-Mort," "Spare Time," and "Rent-A-Monster," all performed at EMU Theatre, Lawrence, Kansas. His one-acts include HAUNTED, which has been given staged readings at Rockhurst University, Kansas City; and Playwrights Circle, Palm Springs, California. Three of his short plays, ALLEGORY, MISSY, and APRIL IN IRAQ were read and performed by the EMU Theatre, Lawrence, Kansas.  He has written two full-length plays CRISEYDE and CHOICE, the latter of which was given a staged reading at Just Off Broadway in Kansas City, Missouri. Besides CRISEYDE, which was subsequently rewritten as a screenplay, Mr. Bevan  also wrote JOLLY ROGER for the screen. As an actor, he has performed in many plays across Kansas, including KISS ME KATE, PHILADELPHIA STORY, ANYTHING GOES, and ON GOLDEN POND. Mr. Bevan is the former Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing for Baker University, and is presently the Coordinator of the New Plays program, Lawrence Community Theatre, a member of the board of directors, EMU Theatre, and the Theater Reviewer for the Lawrence JOURNAL-WORLD.

Jami Simon is both a professional  writer and actor.  As a performer, she has been featured  on television, in film and on the New York stage. Besides ROCKING CHAIR, her writing credits include a Writer’s Digest Honorable Mention for LIKE A POET’S DREAM and MCAF(Manhattan Community Arts Fund) Grants for the plays, FRED THE CATERPILLAR, BABY VAUDEVILLE and GRANDMA’S POEMS: THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS.  She was given a Pen and Brush Award for her play BETWEEN THE SHEETS and a Puffin Foundation Grant for her Joy of Reading Series.  The Brooklyn Public Library and CLASP (Connecting Libraries & Schools Project) commissioned Ms. Simon for her plays THE READING RAP” and THE LIBRARY STOMP. She is a published poet, holds a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Iowa and an MA from Illinois State University.

BLUR IN THE REAR VIEW was developed as part of the Moving Arts Theater's New play series. Based on the Edward Hopper Painting "Summer Evening", it benefited through the Dramaturgical guidance of The Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez, Alaska, and 5 time Tony Nominated Director Marshall Mason. 

Rich’s short plays have received over five hundred productions on six of the seven continents (and a staged reading in Antarctica).  His short comedies have been published in The Art of the One-Act Play, An Anthology of American Short Plays (published in China), The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Best Ten-Minute Plays 2007, Take Ten II and four times in the annual Best American Short Plays anthology series.  Playscripts (www.playscripts.com) has published fifty of his short plays in seven collections.
 

Rich has given lectures and workshops on playwriting at universities across the country.  He lives in New York but loves getting out of town.  www.richorloff.com