Alumni news, in brief:

A rave from Theatre is Easy was the ultimate Edinburgh send-off for Monica Bauer’s Made For Each Other – and you can get the lowdown on the Fringe as Monica chronicles her experiences across the pond for The Huffington Post…

It’s official: The dates for Fresh Ink Theatre's production of Ginger Lazarus’ The Embryos have been set for Nov. 30-Dec. 15...

Lydia Diamond’s adaptation of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye will bow this fall at Brown University, a co-production of the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies and Sock & Buskin…

We blog: Read about Sinan Ünel’s experiences in Turkey, and the always-entertaining Emily Kaye Lazzaro on movies, running, and kitties…

Alumni news, in brief:

Ginger Lazarus, Rick Park -- and a slew of BTM favorites including William Donnelly and Patrick Gabridge -- will ride the rails for this summer's installment of The Mill 6 Collaborative's The T Plays IV: Rush Hour...

John Grenier-Ferris and Peter M. Floyd are on the bill of Hovey Players' Hovey Summer Shorts in July...

Karen Zacarías' Jane of the Jungle (with music by Deborah Wicks La Puma) opens at South Coast Rep on May 25...

BTM not enough? If you need even more short plays in your life, take a listen to the newest additions to the Emerging America Festival's podcast collection, which includes site-specific playlets by Melinda Lopez, Ronan Noone, Kate Snodgrass, and Sinan Ünel...

Alumni news, in brief:

Demonio and Cha Cha celebrate Monica Bauer

The world premiere of Becoming Cuba, by Melinda Lopez, will be part of San Diego's North Coast Repertory Theatre's 2012-13 season...

John Kuntz's Miss Price (revisited) will be presented as part of Gloucester Stage Company's Play Reading Series in July...

Check out Molly Smith Metzler at yesterday's "The Scribes Speak" panel at the 36th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville...

Here's a wonderful review of Karmo Sander's short Face It, which played at the Vancouver Women in Film Festival earlier this month...

Now playing at Central Square Theatre: Underground Railway Theater's production of Deborah Lake Fortson's ABIYOYO (based on the story song by Pete Seeger), and next up will be Wesley Savick's Yesterday Happened: Remembering H.M. produced by Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, a science theater collaboration between Underground Railway Theater & MIT...

Gregory Fletcher is directing Shooting Crows, by Jack Rushen, for Davenport Theatrical's Developmental Reading Series on April 2... 

Sinan Ünel's A Mad Person's Chronicle of a Miserable Marriage is part of the lineup of Stage Left Studio's Left Out Festival April 14-25... 

When you see Joyce Van Dyke's Deported/a dream play, don't miss the photo display in the lobby...

Alumni news, in brief:

Mariela in the Desert (Mariela en el Desierto), by Karen Zacarías, opens in its world premiere on Feb. 6 at NYC's Repertorio Español’s Gramercy Arts Theater...

Emily Kaye Lazzaro's short Saving Deshawn is on the bill of Stone Soup Theatre's (Seattle) Double XX Fest this spring. And that's double X as in two X chromosomes, y'all, so get your minds out of the gutter...

Demonio at The Hunt's God of Carnage

Kate Snodgrass' Heideman Award-winning Haiku will be part of Goshen College's Winter One-Acts this weekend...

Molly Smith Metzler talked about South Coast Rep's production of Elemeno Pea with The Orange County Register...

Back by popular demand: More dates announced for Sinan Ünel's A Madperson's Chronicle of a Miserable Marriage at NYC's Stage Left Studio... 

Peggy's Properties by MJ Halberstadt will be part of StrangeDog's First Annual Beer Battered Play Festival this spring in NYC...

Here's the official announcement for Monica Bauer's My Occasion of Sin, which will bow Off-Broadway in March...

Read Donna Sorbello's article about director David Wheeler on the Actors' Equity Web site. Wheeler died earlier this month at the age of 86...

Alumni news, in brief:

Cha Cha Picante celebrates Deirdre Girard at her play The Christina Experiment...

A launch party and concert will be held at BPT to celebrate the publication of Dan Hunter's new book Iowa? It's a State...Of Mind on Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. The evening will feature delicious food by Sivika Pon Hunter, as well as book excerpts and songs written and performed by Dan Hunter. Please RSVP to attend. Books are also available for purchase online...

Q&A: Sinan Ünel discusses 'Mad Person'

Sinan Ünel

Sinan Ünel’s play A Mad Person’s Chronicle of a Miserable Marriage – about the tumultuous marriage of Leo and Sonya Tolstoy, narrated by one "mad" actor (John Andert) who portrays both characters – just finished a successful weekend at Whaler’s Wharf (produced by Counter Productions) in Provincetown, and beginning on November 6, will settle in for a run at Stage Left Studio in New York City. In the interim, Sinan answered a few questions about the project…and offered a glimpse of his current project. (And yes, this space will certainly feature a follow-up with Sinan about that play, too.)

KAM: Mad Person was originally produced in 1995. Are you evolving the script at all this time around?

SÜ: Actually, no. The script has not changed very much at all. Just a few small changes. The direction has changed quite a bit and the performance as well. John and I are both a lot more mature!

Alumni news, in brief:

John Kuntz, photo by Stratton McCrady

John Kuntz’s award-winning The Hotel Nepenthe is now available as an e-book, from Concord ePress…

Sinan Ünel’s Pathétique will be part of Hartford Stage’s Brand:NEW playreading festival in November…

Emily Kaye Lazzaro will take the stage this December as a member of the cast of the New England premiere of classmate Walt McGough’s Priscilla Dreams the Answer, produced by Fresh Ink Theatre Company…

Check out Gregory Fletcher's contributions to NYC’s Stage and Cinema blog…

John Shea has a new Web site – find information about his work, his blog, and more at www.pages2stages.com...

Alumni news, in brief:

Sinan Ünel's A Mad Person’s Chronicle of a Miserable Marriage will run at Provincetown’s Counter Productions Studio next week. A November run at NYC’s Stage Left Studio is also on the calendar...