Three playwrights from the MFA class of 2017 and the School of Drama actors with whom they collaborated received prizes at the Energy Week dramatic monologue competition at Carnegie Mellon.
First Place: "Power to the Potato"
Writer: Annie Pulsipher
Actor: Amanda Fallon Smith ($2,000)
Second Place: "Mother Nature has Gas"
Writer: Seanan C. Palmero Waugh
Actor: Lea DiMarchi ($1,000)
Third Place: "In the Dark"
Writer: Daniel Hirsch
Actor: Aubyn Heglie ($500)
Energy Week, sponsored by the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, included a wide range of programming dedicated to making energy more efficient, affordable, and sustainable.
Friday, March 31, 2017
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Annie Pulsipher '17 wins Tribeca/Sloan Grand Jury Prize
The Tribeca Film Institute-Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize is awarded
annually to the best screenplay from amongst those that have received a
Sloan award during the year. Six graduate film programs award Sloan
screenwriting grants. The Grand Jury Prize is a $30,000 cash prize plus
$20,000 in mentoring from the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) as well as
from scientists and industry professionals.
On March 16, Annie Pulsipher from Carnegie Mellon University was awarded the prize for her script THE GLOWING GENE. A reception followed at The Park on 10th Avenue in Chelsea, which had specialty cocktails for each drink (“The Glowing Gene” had a fluorescent green straw.)
On March 16, Annie Pulsipher from Carnegie Mellon University was awarded the prize for her script THE GLOWING GENE. A reception followed at The Park on 10th Avenue in Chelsea, which had specialty cocktails for each drink (“The Glowing Gene” had a fluorescent green straw.)
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