Student Tribune
The Sixth Act Spring 2020
The Sixth Act is thrilled to remind the MCC community of our Spring 2020
offerings, which we'll list below. Please help us spread the word, and consider
participating yourselves. If you have any questions, please contact Maria
Brandt at mbrandt@monroecc.edu. We'll look forward to seeing you in the
spring!
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VISITING PLAYWRIGHT: NATHAN YUNGERBERG
Reading and Book-Signing
Thursday, February 13, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
Thomas Flynn Campus Center, Warshof Conference Center, Monroe B
Free and Open to the Public
Playwriting Workshop
Friday, February 14, 2020, 12-12:50 p.m.
Building 8, Room 200
Free and Open to the MCC Community
Nathan Yungerberg is a Brooklyn-based playwright. His plays include
Esai's Table, The Son of Dawn, Pousada Azul,
Orchids and Polka Dots, Seven Pools of Lebanon, and
Isosceles. Nathan's work has been developed or featured by The Cherry
Lane Theatre (2017 Mentor Project with Stephen Adly Guirgis), Roundabout
Theatre Company, The Playwrights' Center, JAG Productions, Crowded Fire
Theater, Lorraine Hansberry Theater, The Lark, The Fire This Time Festival, 48
Hours in Harlem, Climate Change Theatre Action, The National Black Theatre, The
August Wilson Red Door Project, The Bushwick Starr, and BBC Radio Afternoon
Drama. Nathan is one of seven black playwrights commissioned by The New Black
Fest for HANDS UP: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments which was published by Samuel
French. Awards and honors: The 2016 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference
(Semifinalist), Ken Davenport 10-Minute Play Festival (Winner), 2019 Djerassi
Resident Artist, and 2019 Headlands Center for the Arts Artist in Residence.
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COMMANDING SPACE: READING AND
CONVERSATION
Friday, March 20, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
Black Box Theater
Free and Open to the Public
Commanding Space: The Rise of Annie Easley and the Centaur Rocket
tells the story of Annie Easley's early years at NASA as a human computer
during the Space Race and the Civil Rights Movement. Join us for a reading of
this compelling, lyrical play, followed by a conversation with the playwright,
Stephanie Leary, who was born and raised in Rochester, New York. Leary
rediscovered her love of writing while attending Monroe Community College and
discovered her love of plays while reading Fences as a student at SUNY
Brockport. She obtained her MFA in playwriting from Goddard College and was
commissioned by Syracuse Stage to write Commanding Space as part of
their Backstory program.
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THIRTEENTH ANNUAL SIXTH ACT STUDENT PLAYWRITING
COMPETITION
Thursday, May 7, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
Black Box Theater
Reservations Required
This competition encourages MCC students to write plays for an audience, to
provide MCC students a competitive venue for their scripts, to offer winning
playwrights the opportunity to see their scripts performed as staged readings
with an eye towards future play development, and to offer VaPA students the
opportunity to participate in the new-play-development process. Three winning
playwrights receive cash prizes. One winning playwright also will have his/her
play submitted to a nationwide competition. Scripts will be accepted for
consideration beginning in September.
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2019-2020 SPECIAL PROJECTS
The Sixth Act will continue to develop curriculum-support materials and
post-production talk-backs for both VaPA's and Geva's 2019-2020 seasons in an
effort to encourage faculty across MCC to teach these plays in their individual
courses and to enrich this process for all involved.
The Sixth Act also will continue to develop Drama on Demand, now as a Video
Library. This popular program now features web-based, filmed versions of VaPA
students performing scenes from published plays so these scenes can be used as
co-curricular tools across campus.
Brandt, Maria
The Sixth Act
12/13/2019