Alumni news, in brief:

Luchadore Cha Cha Picante in D.C. for Karen Zacarías' The Book Club Play...

Monica Bauer's My Occasion of Sin is a finalist for the Abingdon Theatre Company's Christopher Brian Wolk Playwriting Award... Urban Stages will also host a staged reading of the play on Nov. 21...

Listen to what Alicia Keys has to say about composing the music for Lydia Diamond's Stick Fly in this interview with NY1 News' On Stage. Also included in this segment: BTM playwright Theresa Rebeck and cast members from her Seminar...

Rehearsals have begun for Molly Smith Metzler's Close Up Space, which begins previews at Manhattan Theatre Club on Dec. 1...

BU's Arts & Sciences blog ran a very nice feature on Ronan Noone...

Karen Zacarías', whose The Book Club Play finished its run at Arena Stage in D.C. this weekend, answered ten questions for the theatreWashington blog...

Walt McGough reviewed Lawrence Douglas' The Vices for the Ploughshares blog... On a more theatre-related note, take a look at the posters for his Priscilla Dreams the Answer, which will be produced by Fresh Ink Theatre next month...

...and El Demonio Rosa in NYC at (frequent BTM playwright) Kirsten Greenidge's Milk Like Sugar.