[caption id="attachment_6569" align="alignright" width="405"] Nathan with the March cast of "The Giver - a Musical" just after winning the 2019 New Works Playwright Competition finals. Photo by Rita Marks.[/caption] Earlier this year, playwright Nathan Christensen was selected as one of five to compete in OCTA's New...
During the workshop week for the 2018 New Works Playwright Competition winning script ADOPTION OF GRIEF, we caught up with playwright Jessie Salsbury to find out some background about the script and little more about her writing process. Here's the scoop! FROM PLAYWRIGHT JESSIE SALSBURY [caption id="attachment_5280"...
Full-Length Staged Reading of Jessie Salsbury’s ADOPTION OF GRIEF – July 13 and 14 [caption id="attachment_5273" align="alignright" width="425"] Jessie Salsbury with her director and cast from the March finals, and Competition host Andrew Joseph Brown when she was announced as the 2018 winner. March 2018 (Photo...
OLATHE, KS (June 25, 2018) - Announcing Olathe Civic Theatre Association’s exciting 2018-2019 season of five shows, which begins September 7, 2018. OCTA is proud to offer two musicals, an adaptation of a classic novel, a contemporary drama by a local playwright, and a landmark farce....
Olathe, KS (February 16, 2018) – The time has come for Olathe Civic Theatre Association to prepare for its second New Works Playwright Competition Finals! After receiving nearly double the number of entries from last year, the members of the NWPC committee have narrowed the...
Call for Submissions from KC Area and Kansas Playwrights FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Charlotte Gilman 913-484-1651 | asgcroc@aol.com Tickets: www.olathetheatre.org | Reservations: 913-782-2990 or tickets@olathetheatre.org Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) is thrilled to announce it will once again host its New Works Playwright Competition for the second year in...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Charlotte Gilman 913-484-1651 | asgcroc@aol.com Tickets: www.olathetheatre.org | Reservations: 913-782-2990 or tickets@olathetheatre.org New Works Playwright Competition Winner Workshop at OCTA Michelle Tyrene Johnson Delivers New Full-Length Script Olathe, KS (July 1, 2017): Local playwright Michelle Tyrene Johnson, winner of Olathe Civic Theatre Association’s inaugural New Works...
While putting the finishing touches on the final round of the New Works Playwright Competition (NWPC) which opens tonight, we caught up with the creator and one of the curators of the competition, Andrew Joseph "Andy" Brown. How exactly did you get the NWPC to take...