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IV. HONORS AND AWARDS “Outstanding Producer and Mentor.” Certificate of Merit awarded at Festival 42 of Region 5 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS). January 17-23, 2010. Outstanding Teacher of Playwriting Award, presented by the Playwrights Program of the Association for theatre in Higher Education, 2008. Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship, 2005-2010. Kemper Teaching Fellowship, Univ. of Kansas, 2002. Conger-Gabel Teaching Professor, English Dept., Univ. of Kansas, 2001-2003. 1999 Phoenix Award in the category of Performing Arts. Presented by the Lawrence Arts Commission. 24 October 1999. “Report to the River” (one-act play), top prize in playwriting competition at the Edward Albee Theatre Conference/Prince William Sound Community College (Valdez, Alaska, June 1999). Kennedy Center gold medallion for contribution to theatre in Region V of the American College Theatre Festival. Spring 1996. Mabel S. Fry Award for Teaching (English Dept., University of Kansas). Spring 1995. Lawrence Arts Commission Grant. Spring 1995. Kansas Arts Commission Fellowship in Playwriting. Spring 1989. Outstanding Teaching Award, English Dept., Kansas University. Spring 1988. Outstanding Young Men of America. 1981. “Mothers Superior” (One-act play), finalist in the “Science on Stage” playwriting competition sponsored by the Ontario Science Center in Toronto, Canada. December 1980. Kansas Arts Commission Grant. Fall 1979. Midwest Playwrights Laboratory Fellowship (Madison, Wisconsin). Summer 1979. James B. Kennedy Award (Spring 1973) and Kenneth Rockwell Award (Spring 1976), English Departmental Awards for General Excellence, University of Kansas. “Rainbow.” Honorable Mention in the short story division of the Focus literary contest in the Philippines. Spring 1976.

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Shubert Playwriting Fellowship. Spring 1976. Conpersonas. Best original script in the 1976 American College Theatre Festival held at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Spring 1976. Five-time winner of the Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the most prestigious literary award in the Philippines, for:

A. “Taking Flight” (Short story, First Prize) Fall 1976. B. “Points of Departure” (One-act play, Second Prize) Fall 1977. C. “Password” (One-act play, Second Prize) Fall 1975. D. “Victor and Other Issues” (Short story, Third Prize) Fall 1977. E. “Hatchet Club” (One-act play, Honorable Mention) Fall 1978.

“The Third and Final Dream of Samuel Toepffer.” Second prize in the short story division of the Kansas University literary competition. Spring 1974. V. COURSES TAUGHT: CREATIVE WRITING Playwriting I Playwriting II Fiction Writing I

COURSES TAUGHT: DRAMATIC LITERATURE Text and Performance: From Page to Stage Text and Performance: From Stage to Screen The Family in Contemporary American Drama Myth in Modern Drama Theatre of the Absurd Theatre of Imprisonment Introduction to Drama Major Authors: Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller Directed Studies: Asian-American Drama Directed Studies: Gay and Lesbian Drama Directed Studies: Playwriting VI. PUBLICATIONS 1. Drama

REPORT TO THE RIVER. Saskatchewan: One Act Play Depot, 2002. FIGURES IN CLAY: A Threnody in Six Scenes. Louisville: Aran Press, 1992. MOTHER TONGUE. Louisville: Aran Press, 1992. POINTS OF DEPARTURE: A PLAY IN ONE ACT. Excerpts in Bridge: An Asian

American Perspective. New York. Summer issue, 1977.

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HATCHET CLUB. Included in Vol. 1 No. 1 of Plays, ed. Cj Stevens. Baton Rouge: Oracle Press, 1985.

HOMERICA: A TRILOGY ON SEXUAL LIBERATION. Louisville: Aran Press, 1985.

WOEMAN: A RECREATION IN TWO ACTS. Louisville: Aran Press, 1985. FLESH, FLASH AND FRANK HARRIS: A RECREATION IN TWO ACTS.

Louisville: Aran Press, 1984. CONPERSONAS: A RECREATION IN TWO ACTS. New York: Samuel French, Inc.,

1977. 2. Short Fiction

“Flight” (short story) included in Intsik: An Anthology of Chinese Filipino Writing, edited by Caroline S. Hau (Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2000).

SOME ARRIVALS, BUT MOSTLY DEPARTURES, a collection of short stories, with

an Introduction by F. Sionil Jose. Manila: New Day Publishers, 1982.

Note: Except for “Dots and Dashes,” all the stories in SOME ARRIVALS, BUT MOSTLY DEPARTURES appeared elsewhere originally, in such journals and magazines as Solidarity, Bridge: An Asian American Perspective, Amerasia Journal, FOCUS, GINOO, The Philippine Times, etc. (Full citations will be provided upon request.)

3. Poetry

“Alternatives.” Philippine Panorama, 4 (Manila: July 13, 1975), 30. “Ode to Discipline.” The Irish Times (Dublin: April 21, 1975), 8. “Pulchritude.” Solidarity, 8, No. 9 (Manila: March 1974), 80. “Relationships in the Making.” Solidarity, 8, No. 8 (Manila: Feb. 1974), 2; also in

Bridge: An Asian American Perspective, Vol. 3, No. 4 (New York: Feb. 1975), 39.

4. Essays/Lectures/Readings

Writer-in-Residence at Emporia State University, Oct. 2-3, 2008. Public Reading from the play “Mother Tongue” on October 2; and a Q & A following a script-in-hand reading of “Report to the River” on Oct. 3.

“Father-Son Relationships in the Films of Ang Lee.” Lecture delivered for the Multicultural Literary Institute (Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS). June 25, 1997.

“EAT in Nebraska,” in CLASnotes (Spring 1995), pp. 6-7. “He Takes with Him Memories of Ourselves,” in Dreamtime: Remembering Ed Ruhe,

1923-1989, Edited by Robert Day and Fred Whitehead, (Chestertown: Literary House Press, 1993), pp. 5-6.

“Video Watchdog,” a monthly column in The Note (Lawrence, Kansas: Feb. 1990 to Jan. 1991).

“Firstborn.” Kansas Alumni, 82 (Lawrence: January 1984), 36-40. “A Portrait of the Filipino Male as Impotent.” Philippine Panorama, 4 (Manila: Aug. 17,

1975), 8-9.

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And assorted feature articles on the arts, in the Philippine press (e.g., The Manila Chronicle, The Manila Daily Bulletin, Woman and the Home, etc.) between the years 1960-68. (Full citations will be provided upon request.)

5. BOOK AND DRAMA REVIEWS

Great Philippine Jungle Energy Cafe: A Novel, by Alred A. Yuson, in Pilipinas 15 (Fall 1990): 37-39.

Assorted drama reviews in The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times, and The University Daily Kansas, 1980-82. (Full citations will be provided upon request.)

The Waiting Years, by Fumiko Enchi, tr. John Bester, and Japanese Poetry Now, tr. Thomas Fitzsimmons, in Books Abroad (Oklahoma: Oct. 1972), 727-28.

The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar, tr. Burton Raffel, in Books Abroad, 44 (Oklahoma, 1970).

VII. STAGE PRODUCTIONS REPORT TO THE RIVER English Alternative Theatre production: Oct. 9-12, 1997 (Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS). Performed again on January 22, 1998 at the Region V festival of the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival held at the Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS. Winner of top prize in playwriting competition at the Edward Albee Theatre Conference/Prince William Sound Community College (Valdez, Alaska, June 1999). Workshop production at ATHE pre-conference program at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York City, July 29-Aug. 1, 2000. FIGURES IN CLAY Staged reading at special panel of 1990 MLA Convention in Chicago (Dec. 29, 1990). Staged reading during the first “Asian-American Festival” at the University of Kansas (Sept. 27, 1991). Actor’s Actors Inc. production: Feb. 25-27, 2000 (Manila, Philippines). MOTHER TONGUE: A RECREATION IN TWO ACTS East West Players production: Feb. 17-Mar. 6, 1988 (Los Angeles). Staged Reading at Theatre Conference sponsored by the English Dept. of University of Kansas: Fall 1988 (Lawrence, KS). Actor’s Actors Inc. production: Apr. 20-22, 27-29 and May 18-19, 2001 (Manila, Philippines).

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LEE AND THE BOYS IN THE BACKROOM: A PLAY IN TWO ACTS Based on the novel “Queer” and the unpublished correspondence of WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS. Lawrence Community Theatre production, directed by the author: May 8-12, 1987 (Lawrence, KS). CHAMBERS: A RECREATION IN FOUR PARTS Staged Reading by Midwest Playwrights Laboratory: July 29-Aug. 12, 1979 (Madison, Wisconsin). Lawrence Community Theatre production, directed by the author: Oct. 24-26 and Nov. 1-3, 1985 (Lawrence, KS). HATCHET CLUB: A PLAY IN ONE ACT Lawrence Community Theatre production, directed by the author: Nov. 17-20, 1983 (Lawrence, KS). FLESH, FLASH AND FRANK HARRIS: A RECREATION IN TWO ACTS Lawrence Community Theatre production: April 23-27, 1980 (Lawrence, KS). Shelter West Company production: Oct. 27-Nov. 20, 1983; and Jan. 20--Feb. 12, 1984 (Off Broadway, New York). WOEMAN: A RECREATION IN TWO ACTS Kansas University production: Sept. 28-Oct. 3, 1978 (Lawrence, KS). Shelter West Company production: Mar. 11-Apr. 4, 1982 (New York). POINTS OF DEPARTURE: A PLAY IN ONE ACT East West Players production: Oct. 1977-Mar. 1978 (Los Angeles). Staged reading at Philippine Cultural Center: Oct. 27, 1978 (New York). Asian American Theatre Workshop production: Mar. 16-April 29, 1979 (San Francisco). HOMERICA: A TRILOGY ON SEXUAL LIBERATION Kansas University Student Union Activities production: Mar. 1-6, 1977 (Lawrence, KS). Leicester University production, directed by the author: June 1983 (Leicester, England). CONPERSONAS: A RECREATION IN TWO ACTS Kansas University production: Oct. 28-Nov. 6, 1975 and Feb. 1, 1976 (Lawrence, KS); Feb. 4, 1976 (Emporia, KS); April 7-8, 1976 (Kennedy Center, Washington DC). VIII. OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE PLAYS DIRECTED HOMERICA, by the author. Leicester University (England). 1983. HATCHET CLUB, by the author. Lawrence Community Theatre (Kansas). 1983. CHAMBERS, by the author. Lawrence Community Theatre (Kansas). 1985.

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LEE AND THE BOYS IN THE BACKROOM, by the author. Lawrence Community Theatre

(Kansas). 1987. THE THREE OF CUPS, original script by Sinan Unel. Staged Reading at University of Kansas

(Kansas). 1981. MASTER CLASS, by David Pownall. Lawrence Community Theatre (Kansas). 1986. MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS, by Athol Fugard. Lawrence Community Theatre

(Kansas). 1989. KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). Lawrence Community

Theatre (Kansas). 1989. Plays by Katherine Heiny, Robert Popper, Shawna Pedego and Joe McCauley.

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by Susan Sontag, and ANDRE’S MOTHER by Terrence McNally.

English Alternative Theatre (Kansas). Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 1990. DUTCHMAN by LeRoi Jones, and A BLACK WOMAN SPEAKS by Beah Richards. English

Alternative Theatre (Kansas). Feb. 1991. COMRADES/LOVERS by Jonathan Ned Katz. Staged Reading. English Alternative Theatre

(Kansas). Apr. 27, 1991. THE NORMAL HEART by Larry Kramer. Staged Reading. English Alternative Theatre

(Kansas). 1991. PUBLIC SCHOOL by Daniel Schwabauer, and THE LESSON by Eugene Ionesco. English

Alternative Theatre (Kansas). Nov. 22-24, 1991. KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). English Alternative

Theatre (Kansas). March 18, 1991. BACKLIGHT by Kathleen McGee, THE ABYSS GAZES ALSO by Shawn Trimble.

WHISPER. Special Staged Reading of selected moments from the novel by Carolyn Doty. English Alternative Theatre (Lawrence, Kansas). Feb. 17, 1992.

KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). English Alternative

Theatre (Kansas). April 4-6, 1992. CHASTITY’S BIRTHDAY by Kim Hewett, BOY-TALK by Dan Casey, THE VIRTUE OF ENOUGHNESS by Melinda Weir, and FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW by Mike Brandt.

THE SUM OF US by David Stevens. Special staged reading for GALA Week at the University

of Kansas. English Alternative Theatre (Lawrence, Kansas). April 10, 1992.

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SOME AMERICANS ABROAD by Richard Nelson. Staged Reading. English Alternative Theatre (Kansas). Sept. 7, 1992.

GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA, GOOD MORNING JULIET by Ann-Marie MacDonald. Staged

Reading. English Alternative Theatre (Kansas). Sept. 19, 1992. COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA by William Inge. Full production. English Alternative Theatre

(Kansas). Oct. 22-25, 1992. GRAF SPEE by Ken Willard. KU student script. Staged Reading. English Alternative Theatre

(Kansas). Nov. 2, 1992. KENNEDY’S CHILDREN by Robert Patrick. Staged Reading. English Alternative Theatre

(Kansas). Nov. 22-23, 1992. THE HOMECOMING by Harold Pinter. Full production. English Alternative Theatre (Kansas).

Apr. 1-4, 1993. KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). English Alternative

Theatre (Kansas). Apr. 17-19, 1993. “Fireworks” by Kate Kelley, “Remembering Eliot” by Eustacia Dziuk, “Bobbing for Applies” by Trish Watson, and “Bleaching Liver with the Company Man” by Daphne Young.

ROMANCE LANGUAGE by Peter Panell. Staged Reading. English Alternative Theatre

(Kansas). Sept. 5-6, 1993. INHERITANCE by Jeff Caster. Staged Reading of KU student script. English Alternative

Theatre. Nov. 8-9, 1993. KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). English Alternative

Theatre (Kansas). Apr. 22-24, 1994. “Canvass” by Sarah Zercher, “They Only Sell Beer Here” by William Ye, “Sweet Potato Pie” by John Denton, and “Blasphemy Pilgrims” by Carrie Kay.

SNAKES by John Denton. Full production of original script by KU student. American College

Theatre Festival entry by English Alternative Theatre. Oct. 20-23, 1994. ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN? by Eric Bentley. Staged Reading. English

Alternative Theatre (Kansas). March 13, 1995. MELVILLE, BILLY AND MARS by Joyce Sparer Adler. Staged Reading. English Alternative

Theatre (Kansas). Sept. 23, 1995. GRANDPA’S GHOSTS by Raoul Berman. Staged Reading of original script by KU student.

English Alternative Theatre (Kansas). Feb. 12, 1996.

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). English Alternative Theatre (Kansas). “Mascara” by Catherine Jackson, “Tips” by Michelle Dowdy, “Space Babies” by Jennifer Rocha, and “My Science Fiction Twin” by Jim Cummings. April 13-15, 1996.

THE TRAGEDY OF MARIAM by Elizabeth Cary (Staged Reading). English Alternative

Theatre (Kansas). Sept. 20, 1996. IT ENDS WITH A BANG by Paul A. Berkbigler (Staged Reading). Kennedy Center/American

College Theatre Festival (Region V Festival in Cedar Falls, Iowa). January 26, 1997. ART by Yasmina Reza (Staged Reading). English Alternative Theatre (KU Spencer Art

Museum, Lawrence, KS). Nov. 13, 1997. KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). English Alternative

Theatre (Kansas). “Execution Day” by Bob Determan, “Up Comes Society” by Nick Woods, “The Road to Java” by Ed White, and “Charlotte’s Special Day” by Darren Weimer. March 7-9, 1998.

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? by Edward Albee. Co-production by English

Alternative Theatre and Lawrence Community Theatre. April 8-25, 1998. GROSS INDECENCY by Moises Kaufman (Staged Reading). English Alternative Theatre

(Swarthout Auditorium, Murphy Hall, Lawrence, KS). Sept. 11, 1998. AN EVENING OF KU STUDENT SHORTS WITH CULTURE CLASH

Co-sponsored by the Leid Center, presented as a “Writers’ Salon” at the Lawrence Community Theatre (Lawrence, KS). Sept. 28, 1998.

VICTIM ART, an original script by KU student Laura Graham. English Alternative Theatre

entry in the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival competition of original scripts (Lawrence Community Theatre, Lawrence, KS). Oct. 15-18, 1998.

KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). English Alternative

Theatre (Kansas), “Kaleidoscopic” by Adam Miller, “A Bomb in Gilead” by Jan Chapman, “Writing Love Songs for Holly” by Chris Nelson, and “The He-Man Fighters” by Aaron Thomas. March 12-14, 1999.

APRIL IN AKRON, an original script by KU student Dan Kulmala. English Alternative Theatre

entry in the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival competition of original scripts (Lawrence Community Theater, Lawrence, KS). May 6-9, 1999.

PARODIES LOST: SPOOFS FOR THE THINKING MAN BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG,

ERIC BOGOSIAN AND WENDY WASSERSTEIN (Staged Reading). English Alternative Theatre (Kansas). Sept. 6, 1999.

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). English Alternative Theatre (Kansas). “Fly by Night” by Jeremy Gates, “Tin for Ten” by Jason Beaver, “Trinity” by Joshua Hart, “Moving” by Matthew Gaus. March 10-12, 2000.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry. Co-production by English Alternative Theatre

and Lawrence Community Theater. April 12-16, 19-23, 26-30, 2000. WHITEOUT, a new play by Alan Newton (Staged Reading). English Alternative Theatre (KU

Museum of Anthropology). April 17, 2000. EIGHT TEN-MINUTE PLAYS FROM ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE (Staged

Reading). English Alternative Theatre (Kansas). Sept. 4, 2000. KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). English Alternative

Theatre (Kansas). “When It Rains” by Chace Ramey, “Running With the Big Dogs” by Nathan Gonzales, “The Waiting Game” by Joanna Davis, “Thresholds” by Sean Stacey. Mar. 9-11, 2001.

ACADEMIA NUTS (Staged Readings). English Alternative Theatre (Kansas). “The Problem”

by A. R. Gurney, and “Spinning into Butter” by Rebecca Gilman. Sept. 3, 2001. BOY GETS GIRL by Rebecca Gilman (Staged Reading). English Alternative Theatre. Sept. 2,

2002. SIX TEN-MINUTE PLAYS by K.U. Students (Staged Readings). English Alternative Theatre.

Conference on New Literacies, University of Kansas. Feb. 21, 2003. THE GLASS MENAGERIE, a play by Tennessee Williams. English Alternative Theatre co-

production with the Lawrence Arts Center. April 16-19, 2003. Special Return Engagement October 9-11, 2003.

KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT FULL-LENGTH PLAYS (Staged Readings. “Stratford-

On-Missouri” by Kirby Fields, and “F(L)AGS ON FIRE” by Tim Macy. English Alternative Theatre. Associate Entries in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. June 28, 2003.

TAKE ME OUT, a play by Richard Greenberg (Staged Reading). English Alternative Theatre.

September 1, 2003. MISS JULIE, a play by August Strindberg. English Alternative Theatre co-production with the

Lawrence Arts Center. April 7-11, 2004. KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). “The Rutting Game” by

Zacory Boatright, “Make-Up” by Lindsey Morse, and “Class War” by Kevin Frost. English Alternative Theatre for the Douglas County Detention Center. May 3, 2004.

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LUCIA MAD, a play by Don Nigro (Staged Reading). English Alternative Theatre for the K.U. English Department’s Conference on Joyce’s Ireland, June 10-17, 2004. Performance on June 13, 2004.

THE DISTANCE FROM HERE by Neil LaBute (Staged Reading). English Alternative Theatre.

September 6, 2004. ZODGYRA & THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS: Ten-Minute Plays by KU Students (Staged

Readings). English Alternative Theatre, October 26, 2004. Held in conjunction with the KU Symposium “In Godzilla’s Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage,” Oct. 28-30, 2004.

THE DARKER FACE OF THE EARTH, A Verse Play by Rita Dove (Staged Reading). English

Alternative Theatre, November 8, 2004. Held in conjunction with Rita Dove’s Humanities Lecture at KU on Nov. 11, 2004.

JOCASTA by Michele Fabien. Translated from the French by Richard Miller. Adapted and

Directed by Paul Stephen Lim (Full Production). English Alternative Theatre, March 31, April 1-3, 2005.

KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). “Medea Gets a Life” by

Stephen Moles, and “Oscar Gets a Life” by Danny Solomon. English Alternative Theatre. Sept. 8, 2005.

ON THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD WITH SALMAN RUSHDIE AND PAUL STEPHEN LIM:

AN EVENING OF REMINISCENCES AND REVELATIONS (Staged Reading). English Alternative Theatre. Oct. 1, 2005.

THE ZOO STORY by Edward Albee (full production). Participating Entry in the Kennedy

Center American College Theatre Festival, Oct. 7-9, 2005. LEAVES OF WORDS by Tim Macy (full production). Participating Entry in the Kennedy

Center American College Theatre Festival, Oct. 6-8, 2006. Benefit Performance Jan. 20, 2007 in Lawrence, KS. KCACTF Region 5 Festival 39 production, Ames, Iowa, January 24, 2007.

ANTIGONE by Sophocles, adapted by Bertold Brecht (full production). Participating Entry in

the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, April 5-8, 2007. Return engagement September 12-16, 2007.

IN A DARK DARK HOUSE by Neil LaBute (staged reading). English Alternative Theatre.

Sept. 3, 2007. LIGHTS FADE, CURTAIN by Whitney Rowland (full production). Participating Entry in the

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Nov. 9-11, 2007. Benefit

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Performance Jan. 19, 2008. KCACTF Region 5 Festival 40 production, Omaha, Nebraska, January 23, 2008.

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY by Tracy Letts (staged reading). English Alternative Theatre.

September 1, 2008. THE LATE-NITE HORRORSHOW by Nick Medved (staged reading). Associate Entry in the

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Oct. 18, 2008. First runner-up in the Region 5 KCACTF David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award.

CHARLIE PARKER’S UNDERPANTS by Ben Smith (staged reading). Associate Entry in the

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Nov. 22, 2008. Second runner-up in the Region 5 KCACTF David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award.

KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). English Alternative

Theatre (Lawrence Arts Center). March 27-29, 2009. “Cheeseburger Nation” by Brian Highberger, “The Importance of Conversation in a Monologue” by Joe Scott, “The Tragedy of Empty Streets” by A. J. Mathews, and “Eli Touched, Whitney Ginned” by Brett Runyon.

THE DESIGNATED MOURNER by Wallace Shawn (Staged Reading). English Alternative

Theatre (Lawrence Arts Center). September 7, 2009. DOGSHIT BALLET by Feloniz Lovato-Winston (Staged Reading). English Alternative Theatre

(Lawrence Arts Center). Associate Entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Sept. 27, 2009. One of two nominees from KCACTF Region 5 for the 2010 David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award.

BEFORE THE SCAEAN GATE by Ken Willard (Staged Reading). English Alternative Theatre

(Festival 42, Region 5 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival at Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS). Winner of the one-act play reading competition. Nominated for the KCACTF 2010 John Cauble Short Play Award. January 26, 2010.

***** PROJECTS COORDINATED FOR ENGLISH ALTERNATIVE THEATRE (EAT) AT KU “Maya Angelou on Film.” Film showing. Oct. 25, 1990. KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). May 4, 1991. Plays by

Greg Araujo and Andrew Turner. ASIAN-AMERICAN FESTIVAL. Lectures, films, plays, etc. Sept. 1991.

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THE DANCE AND THE RAILROAD by David Henry Hwang. Staged reading. Sept. 13, 1991. BYRON IN HELL: HIS LIFE AND LOVES by Bill Studdiford. Staged reading. Oct. 7, 1991. THREE TRAVELERS WATCH A SUNRISE by Wallace Stevens. Staged reading. Oct. 14,

1991. ANOTHER ANTIGONE by A.R. Gurney, Jr. Staged reading. Nov. 4, 1991. “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, and “The Rope” by Eugene O’Neill. Special film showing. January

29, 1992. MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! by Athol Fugard. Staged reading. Feb. 3, 1992. A WOMAN ALONE & OTHER PLAYS by Franca Rame and Dario Fo. Staged reading.

March 2, 1992. JULIUS CAESAR by Charles Marowitz, adapted from the play by William Shakespeare. Full

production. March 19-21, 1992. COVERAGE by Jeff Hopkins. KU student script. Staged Reading. Oct. 5, 1992. SIZWE BANSI IS DEAD by Athol Fugard. Full production. Feb. 5-7, 1993. PAINTING CHURCHES by Tina Howe. Full production. Mar. 5-7, 1993. THE ABYSS GAZES ALSO by Shawn Trimble. KU student script. Full production. Oct. 1-3,

1993. TWO BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG: “Naomi in the Living Room” and “Sister Mary Ignatius

Explains It All for You.” Full production. Oct. 28-31, 1993. WAITING FOR LEFTY by Clifford Odets. Staged Reading. Nov. 8-9, 1993. GRAF SPEE by K. I. Willard. Full production of KU student script. Official entry in the

original script competition of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival XXVI. English Alternative Theatre at the Lawrence Arts Center. Nov. 18-21, 1993. Then at the regional festival of the ACTF held at the Johnson County Community College. Jan. 22, 1994.

JESSE AND THE BANDIT QUEEN by David Freeman. Full Production. Feb. 10-13, 1994. OWNERS by Caryl Churchill. Full production. March 4-6, 1994. BENT by Martin Sherman. Full production. March 31, April 1-3, 1994.

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DON JUAN IN HELL by George Bernard Shaw. Staged Reading. Sept. 5, 1994. CANVASS by Sarah Zercher, and THE BEADSMAN by Brian Boies. Full production.

Original one-acts by KU students. American College Theatre Festival entries. Oct. 6-9, 1994. Regional winner of the ACTF, with performances scheduled at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska on 26 January 1995.

SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS by Tennessee Williams. Staged Reading. Nov. 14, 1994. THE LAST YANKEE by Arthur Miller. Staged Reading. Dec. 8, 1994. TEA by Velina Hasu Houston. Full production. Mar. 2-4, 1995. I STAND BEFORE YOU NAKED by Joyce Carol Oates. Full production. Apr. 13-15, 1995. KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). Apr. 29-30 and May 1,

1995. “Maggie May” by Jennifer Bradley, “Birds of Passage” by Kevin King, “The Wallpaper” by Crystal McWhirt, and “Distant Tremors” by Caran Snitz.

THE SEA by Will Averill, and THE DEVIL’S GAME by Bo Price. Full production. Original

one-acts by KU students. American College Theatre Festival entries. Oct. 12-14, 1995. THE DEVIL’S GAME regional winner of the ACTF, with performances scheduled at the KC/ACTF festival in St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 24-27, 1996.

TOPPLE THE WORLD by Ken Willard. Full production of original script by KU student.

American College Theatre Festival entry. Nov. 9-12, 1995. NO EXIT by Jean-Paul Sartre. Full Production. March 14-17, 1996. Co-sponsored by the

Western Civilization Program at the Univ. of Kansas. KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). April 17, 1996. “The

Vigil” by Nicole Dolci, and “The Menage” by Alan Pierce. Held in conjunction with LesBiGay Awareness Week at the Univ. of Kansas.

THE CAMP FOLLOWER by W. Scott Pinkston. Full production of original script by KU

student. American College Theatre Festival entry. Oct. 10-13, 1996. AN EVENING OF ONE-ACTS. Full Production. “Tidings,” original script by KU student

Phoebe Zimmermann; “The Sandbox” by Edward Albee; and “The Chalky White Substance” by Tennessee Williams. American College Theatre Festival entry. Nov. 21-24, 1996.

UPRIGHT, an original one-act play by KU student James Hilburn. English Alternative Theatre

production: Oct. 9-12, 1997 (Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS). Performed again on January 22, 1998 at the Region V festival of the Kennedy Center/American College

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Theatre Festival held at the John County Community College in Overland Park, KS. On a double-bill with “Report to the River.”

IRENE RYAN AUDITION for KU student Megan Dillingham, who won the top prize at the

national competition held at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. April 25, 1999. LAST CALL: TWO ORIGINAL ONE-ACT PLAYS BY KU STUDENTS: “Croquet” by Sam

Ward Osterhout, and “Writing Love Songs for Holly” by Chris Nelson. Co-production by English Alternative Theatre and Card Table Theatre. (Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS). Oct. 7-9, 1999.

TWO SHORT PLAYS BY KU STUDENTS: “The McCarthy Project” by Charli Engelhorn, and

“Bereft” by Nick Woods. American College Theater Festival entry. Oct. 21-24, 1999. “Bereft” was also featured as a festival selection at the KC/ACTF regional festival in Sioux Falls, S.D., Jan. 18-22, 2000.

PTERODACTYLS, a short play by Scott Ferree (Staged Reading). Regional winner at the

Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival in Sioux Falls, S.D., Jan. 18-22, 2000. Performed again at the national festival of the KC/ACTF at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. April 22, 2000.

TWO SHORT PLAYS BY KU STUDENTS: “Bunnies” by Michael O’Brien, and “The Man

Play” by Matt Gaus. American College Theatre Festival entry. Sept. 22-24, 2000 (Lawrence, KS). “Bunnies” was also featured as a festival selection at the KC/ACTF regional festival in Overland Park, KS, Jan. 16-21, 2001. And “Bunnies” was performed again at the KC/ACTF national festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Apr. 29, 2001.

WHITEOUT, a new play by Alan Newton. Full production of original script by KU student.

American College Theatre Festival entry. Oct. 19-22, 2000. Also featured as a festival selection at the KC/ACTF regional festival in Overland Park, KS, Jan. 16-21, 2001. Winner of the KC/ACTF Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Apr. 28, 2001.

TWO DEATH-DEFYING ACTS: “Running with the Big Dogs” by Nathan K. Gonzales, and

“Mourning Glorie” by Kirby Fields, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival entries. Oct. 12-14, 2001 (Lawrence, KS). “Mourning Glorie” was also featured as a festival selection at the KCACTF regional festival in Lincoln, NE, Jan. 22-27, 2002.

KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS (Staged Readings). March 7-9, 2002. “Sugar

Rush” by Charis Gallagher, “In Human Years” by Brendon O’Neill, “Kiko” by Aisha Lindt, “Death by National Causes” by Chris Flowers.

KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS: “18 Seconds” by David Huffman, and

“Fatherland” by Adam Merker. Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

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entries. Oct. 18-20, 2002 (Lawrence, KS). “Fatherland” was also featured as a festival selection at the KCACTF regional festival in Cedar Falls, IA, Jan. 21-26, 2003.

KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT TEN-MINUTE PLAYS: “The Smog Also Rises” by Paul

Shoulberg, “One Last Time” by Carol da Silva, “Ketchup” by Kristin Soper, “Attack of the Asians” by Tim Macy. Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival regional festival in Cedar Falls, IA, Jan. 21-26, 2003. “Attack of the Asians” was performed again at the KCACTF national festival in Washington, DC, April 19, 2003.

KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT ONE-ACTS: “The Sunshine Game” by Tim Macy, and

“Sam’s Club” by Mark Frossard. Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival entries. Oct 1-3, 2004 (Lawrence, KS). Presented again as a Staged Reading on March 4, 2005 as part of the New Literacies Conference on “Writing, Teaching, Performing America” at KU, March 3-5, 2005.

WEAVING THE RAIN, an original full-length play by KU student Dianne Yeahquo Reyner.

English Alternative Theatre and Thunderbird Theater co-production. Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival entry, Nov. 19-20, 2004 and Jan. 15, 2005 (Lawrence, KS). Also featured as a festival selection at the KCACTF regional festival in St. Louis, MO, Jan 16-22, 2005. Presented again as a Staged Reading on March 5, 2005 as part of the New Literacies Conference on “Writing, Teaching, Performing America” at KU, March 3-5, 2005.

THE HOLOCAUST KID by Tim Macy (full production). English Alternative Theatre.

Participating Entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Oct. 7-9, 2005.

AN ARMY OF ONE by Zacory Boatright (full production). English Alternative Theatre co-

production with University Theatre. Participating Entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Nov. 14-20, 2005 and Jan. 20, 2006. And also at KCACTF Regional Festival in Fargo, N.D. on Jan. 27, 2006.

PLEASE TAKE...SERIOUSLY! by Adam Lott (full production). English Alternative Theatre.

Participating Entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Nov. 9-11, 2007.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED by Benjamin Smith (Full Production). English Alternative

Theatre (Lawrence Arts Center). Participating Entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Nov. 21-22, 2009. One of two nominees from KCACTF Region 5 for the 2010 David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award.