Alumni news, in brief:

Plays by Walt McGough (Paper City Phoenix) and Masha Obolensky (Marvelous Fruit) are finalists for this summer’s Source Festival in Washington, D.C….

John Kuntz was voted Broadway World Boston's Best Actor (Medium Theatre) for Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s production of The Hotel Nepenthe (which he also wrote)…

#TCG12

This weekend he's presenting an excerpt from the new draft of his play Turtles at The Inkwell Theater's First Contact Showcase at D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre, but John Greiner-Ferris graciously took time during this busy week to reflect on his experience at the 2012 Theatre Communications Group National Conference, held last week in Boston:

A week ago today almost to the minute as I write this, I was preparing myself for the first day of the Theater Communications Group annual conference in Boston, better known on Twitter as #TCG12. My thoughts are still swirling from the event, and this post will reflect that randomness.

As I had tweeted that day, I was feeling as if it was the first day of school, and I was dealing with the type of anxieties that might consume a high school freshman. As I picked out my cleanest jeans, I wondered, Who would I hang out with for the three days? Would my inherent shyness relegate me to being a wallflower, or worse, a social outcast? Would I like my classes? And would the hefty sum of time and money spent ultimately be worth it? I spritzed a shirt and threw it in the dryer to iron out the wrinkles, grabbed the Red Line, and headed over to the Park Plaza Hotel.

Emerging America!

El Demonio Rosa loved Johnny Kuntz's The Hotel Nepenthe, part of this weekend's Emerging America Festival (a collaboration of the American Repertory Theater, Huntington Theatre Company, and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston). Don't miss the chance to savor the performances of the play's original award-winning cast!

IRNE congrats to John Kuntz!

John Kuntz as The Stranger in The Hotel Nepenthe (Photo: Stratton McCrady)

Congratulations to John Kuntz, whose The Hotel Nepenthe won the 2012 IRNE Award for Best New Play, Small Theatre (Actors Shakespeare Project)...and to all of last night's winners and nominees!

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...

Kuntz's 'Hotel' gets five-star rating at Nortons

Johnny as The Woman with Wings. Photos by Stratton McCrady

Congratulations to alum John Kuntz, who last night took home the 2011 Elliot Norton Award for "Outstanding New Script" for The Hotel Nepenthe, produced in February by Actors' Shakespeare Project. In fact, all the Hotel's guests got mints on their pillows -- Johnny and his co-stars won the "Outstanding Ensemble" category. The incredible four-member cast played 16 characters!

L-R: John Kuntz, Georgia Lyman, Daniel Berger-Jones, and Marianna Bassham

Kuntz's 'Nepenthe' extended

John Kuntz, Georgia Lyman, Daniel Berger-Jones, and Marianna Bassham

The run of John Kuntz's The Hotel Nepenthe, part of the Actors’ Shakespeare Project's Winter Festival, has been extended another week.

Thursday, March 10, 7:30 p.m. curtain
Friday, March 11 7:30 p.m. curtain
Saturday, March 12 8:00 p.m. curtain
Sunday, March 13 7:00 p.m. curtain

See the great production photos on Kuntzie's blog!

Read The Globe's review!

Go see the show!

Tickets: 866-811-4111, www.actorsshakespeareproject.org