One-Act Play winner announced

The winning play in the 2007 One-Act Play Contest is Weird by Brett Ryback of Los Angeles. The University of New Orleans Department of Film, Theater, and Communication Arts presents a staged reading of Weird on Sunday, April 1st at 10:00 am at Muriel’s Cabaret, Le Petit Théâtre, followed by a full production of last year’s winning play, Cary Pepper's Small Things, at 11:00 am. Brett will also receive a $1000 cash prize, and Weird will appear as a full production at next year’s Festival.

140 plays were submitted for the 2007 competition. The runners-up (who will each receive panel passes to this year's festival) are:

• 3DB Inside (Cynthia Ferrell, Oak Park, CA)
• On the Permanence of Fugitive Colors (Cyd Casados, New Orleans, LA)
• A Roz by Any Other Name (Brett Ryback, Los Angeles, CA)
• The Secret Museum (Lynne Kaufman, San Francisco, CA)
• Down the Lane (Clodagh Ann Mulvey, New York, NY)
• Into the Sun (Susanne Karsten, Cologne, Germany)
• In the Rare Event (Douglas Reitinger, Sheridan, WY)
• Kissing Jennifer in the Moonlight (Peter Hardy, Atlanta, GA)
• Green (Bekah Brunstetter, Brooklyn, NY)
• Hoops (Demetra Kareman, New York, NY)