MFA IN PLAYWRITING at Ohio University (Master of Fine Arts Graduate Playwriting Program)

For the latest news and information on current events, recent and upcoming performances, and awards and honors received by Ohio University MFA playwrights, use the links above. For specific program information other than news related items about the graduate playwriting program (such as admissions requirements and curriculum), please visit the Ohio University School of Theater page or call the Ohio University School of Theater at the number listed below. To apply, email us for application instructions at ohioplaywriting@gmail.com -- we begin reviewing application materials in January. NOTE: Applications are due no later than March 15 each year.

Ohio University MFA Playwriting Program News Highlights and History:

OU MFA playwrights consistently sustain a high level of achievement. Tony Award-winning theatres that have developed or are slated to produce former and current OU graduate playwriting program students include: Victory Gardens Theater, Steppenwolf, The Mark Taper Forum, The Goodman, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Alliance Theater and New Dramatists. Other major theatres developing OU MFA plays recently include Ensemble Studio Theatre, Magic Theatre, The New Group, Pan Asian Rep, Foundry Theatre Works, Theatre J, Collaboraction, Perishable Theatre, Edge Theatre, Prop Theatre, MPAACT, Chicago Dramatists, Contemporary American Theater Festival, the O'Neill Center and The Playwright's Center in Minneapolis, to name a few.

2008-09 MFA Playwriting Students

OU graduate playwrights have been awarded many honors such as: the Wasserstein Prize (2008), New Dramatists’ Joe Callaway Award, The Gilman/New Dramatists Playwriting Fellowship, Whitfield Cook Award, Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, New York Innovative Theatre Awards, Kennedy Center‘s Fund for New American Plays’ Roger Stevens Award, Drama-Logue Awards, commissions from the Jerome Foundation and Théâtre du Soleil Levant in Switzerland, a Hugo Award nomination and numerous Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Awards.

Works published by current and recent MFA playwriting students are available from Smith and Kraus, Dramatists Play Service, Heinemann, Northwestern University Press, Samuel French, and Playscripts, Inc.

Alums in the last five years have also gone on to write for film and television, including such shows as the Emmy Award-winning 24, the Emmy Award-nominated Battlestar Galactica, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, NBC's new spy dramedy Chuck, and HBO’s In Treatment with Gabriel Byrne.

In addition, since 2005 current Ohio University MFA playwrights have earned more than $82,000 in commissions, grants and fellowships to research and write their new plays.

To see the latest accomplishments of the OU MFA playwrights, visit the news page of this web site by clicking the link at the top of this page.