Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance

Kaela Garvin's one act play The Ladies' Room and Aaron Ricciardi's 10-minute play Him & Her & Gay Men in General have both been chosen to participate in the National Playwriting Program's Region III Kennedy Center Festival in Madison, Wisconsin.

 The plays were both selected through a blind reading process by readers from NPP's Region VIII, and have received an invitation to the Region III festival. 

The festival is hosted by Madison Colege in partnership with UW-Madison and Edgewood College, and will take place at the Kennedy Center in Madison WI January 8-13, 2019. 

Kaela is a founding member of Undiscovered Countries, a Brooklyn-based incubator of new & developing queer art. Kaela's plays have included New York productions at Ars Nova, Dixon Place, Tom Noonan's Paradise Factory, the Secret Theater, & the New Ohio; she has performed at LaMama, Ars Nova, Dixon Place, the Duplex and other New York venues. Her play Butter Knife recently received three awards from the Kennedy Center: co-winner of the Mark Twain Comic Playwriting Prize, the second place Paul Stephen Lim Playwriting Award, and a distinguished achievement Paula Vogel Playwriting Award. B.F.A., N.Y.U. www.kaelameishinggarvin.com