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.
