Alumni news, in brief:

Peter M. Floyd picked up his Jean Kennedy Smith Award (for his play Absence) at last weekend's KCACTF in Washington, D.C. Read all about his experience there on his brand-new blog... 

Lydia Diamond's Stick Fly is nominated for an Outer Critics' Circle Award in the Best New Broadway Play category (along with frequent BTM contributor Theresa Rebeck's Seminar)...

Steve Barkhimer, John Kuntz, and Rick Park are part of the all-star cast that will read Dustin Lance Black's 8 (with Gavin Creel) on April 30 at A.R.T. ...

Check out Ginger Lazarus on Adam Szymkowicz's blog...

While we're on the topic of our nation's capital, John Grenier-Ferris' Turtles has been selected by The Inkwell Theatre for development this summer...

Karmo Sanders at the Sarasota Film Festival in support of her short film Face It...

Southbridge by our friend Reginald Edmund (part of last year's Ground Floor New Play Series) will be part of the 2012-13 season at Chicago Dramatists...