Alumni news, in brief:

Michael S. Parsons -- as though he isn't busy enough this week -- has a reading his play Fire Dance at NYC's Cherry Lane Theatre, part of its Tongues reading series...

Peter M. Floyd's Absence is a finalist in the Alliance Theatre Company's Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition...

Take a look behind the scenes at Werner Trieschmann's Mozart: Revealed, performed by the Fort Wayne Philharmonic last weekend... 

Can't Wait's production of Lydia Diamond's The Inside (adapted by Tasia A. Jones) opens this week...

We blog: Walt Mc Gough on Building vs. Excavation; Karen Zacarías on Outstanding New Plays (from DC Theatre Scene); Kira Obolensky (sister of Masha) on her new play and writing with the audience in mind (from Ten Thousand Things Theatre Company's blog, TTT Talks); and Catherine Trieschmann (cousin of Werner) on Parenting & Playwriting: Having It All on HowlRound...

A great reason to venture south of the border (to Rhode Island): This is the final weekend to catch Cliff Odle in Elemental Theatre Collective's Vacancy...

Coverage of the recent Armenian Genocide commemoration at the Massachusetts State House in The Armenian Mirror-Spectator and Armenian Weekly, at which Joyce Van Dyke was honored for Deported/a dream play. In case you missed it, watch it here...