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SUSAN AUSTIN ROTH
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(2008 New Play Series, March 15)
Susan Austin Roth is an emerging playwright who earns
her living as a non-fiction writer and photographer. She lives in
Washington, D.C. Her play, BYE, MOM!--or "How Not to Bury Your
Mother," was show-cased in NYC in 2005. HOME FOR CHRISTMAS was performed in
2003 at the Common Basis Theater in New York. Other short plays include CUT AND RUN,
THE WINDOW, and METRO STOP, a one-minute play.
Ms. Roth is a member of the Dramatist Guild, the Authors Guild, the
Playwrights Forum (Washington D.C.,) and the Women's Work Writers Group
(Washington, D.C.,). She was a Theatre Arts
major at Mount Holyoke College for two years and apprenticed as an actor for
two summers at Boothbay Theatre in Maine.
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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. |
JAMIE SIMON
ROCKING CHAIR
(2008 New Play Series, July 26)
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
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