Minnesota Semi-finalist

I just received word that my short play The Trade has been named a semi-finalist in the Minnesota Shorts competition. There are actually 70 semi-finalists, so it's not that big of an honor, but it's still nice to hear.

In June, a new round of judges will announce eight finalists. Of those, seven will be produced at the Minnesota Shorts Play Festival, with the last play being an alternate in case there are any problems. The festival is currently scheduled for September 4-5 at the Mankato West Theatre in Mankato, MN.

Last year's winners included plays by James Grob, Dan McGeehan, CJ Erhlich, Mary Steelsmith, Brett Hursey, Mark Harvey Levine, and Donna Hoke.

No Albuquerque for Me

Alas, it was not to be. The Fusion Theatre Company in Albuquerque announced this morning that my play "The Trade," though a finalist for their short play contest, was not one of the seven winners. Congratulations, however, to those that did win:

Jury Prize Winner:

END OF THE RAINY SEASON

by 

Mark Rigney 

Evansville, IN

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Other Winners:

THE WRITER   

by Chip Bolcik 

Thousand Oaks, CA

TAKE THE WORDS FROM OUT OF MY MOUTH

by Christopher Lockheardt 

Andover, MA 

REACHING OUT TO THE DARK  

by Tony Pasqualini 

Los Angeles, CA

SPARK

by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich 

Needham, MA

PARADISE LOST  

by Jeffrey Neuman 

Denver, CO

ARE YOU DAVID MAMET?
by John Kane

West Hollywood, CA

Fusion Finalist

It's official! My ten-minute play "The Trade" is a finalist for the Fusion Theatre Company's eighth annual short works festival.

Here are the other finalists:

Mark Rigney  Evansville, IN  

George D. Morgan   Santa Paula, CA 

J. Thalia Cunningham  Delmar, NY  

Deanna Alisa Ableser  Los Angeles, CA   

Christine Foster  Campbellville, ON, Canada  

Erin Grogan  Eden, NY  

Lawrence Kessenich  Watertown, MA 

Charles Bolcik  Thousand Oaks, CA  

Connie Schindewolf  Bradenton, FL 

Christopher Lockheardt  Andover, MA  

Tony Pasqualini  Los Angeles, CA  

Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich  Needham, MA  

Joshua Drimmer  Brooklyn, NY 

Michael Tooher  Portland, ME  

John Kane  West Hollywood, CA  

Ariadne Blayde  New Orleans, LA  

Jeffrey Neuman  Denver, CO 
Amy Crider  Chicago, IL 

Seven of the scripts will be fully produced in June at The Cell Theatre in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.

For more information about the Fusion Theatre Company, check out

http://www.fusionabq.org/

Fusion Theatre Company