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<\/a>Oliver Marconi, left, and Zach Harris perform in Oliver Marconi, Zach Harris perform in the play “Garbage Thinking” by Jared Droesch as part of the 2023 Festival of New Student Work.<\/p><\/div>\n
Students interested in writing plays were invited to submit their scripts during fall semester. The only requirement was that the play features a couch in some way within the action of the script.<\/p>\n
Out of 18 scripts submitted for the 2023 Festival of New Student Work, seven were chosen for production:<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 \u201cTwo Sides of a Coin\u201d by Hazel Penrose, a theatre major and music technology minor;<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 \u201cCheater Feeder\u201d by Emile Wheeler, an English major;<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 \u201cGarbage Thinking\u201d by Jared Droesch, an adolescent and young adult education major and a stage and screen performance minor;<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 \u201cNever-ending Goodbye\u201d by Jordyn Beery, a theatre major;<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 \u201cKnight’s Play\u201d by Jeffery Enck, a theatre major;<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 \u201cWriting Partners\u201d by Seth Camiscione, a communication studies and political science major; and<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 \u201cDetective Aside\u201d by Karson Palmer, a theatre and English major.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Madileine Chase, left, and Gerardo Rosario perform in “Knights Play,” by Jeffery Enck, one of eight student-written plays performed at the second-annual Festival of New Student Work Thursday through Sunday in the UToledo Center for Performing Arts Center Theatre.<\/p><\/div>\n
Festival performances consist of two acts, each approximately an hour long, and begin at 7:30 p.m. in The University of Toledo Center for Performing Arts Center Theatre. A 2 p.m. matinee is scheduled Sunday, Feb. 12.<\/p>\n
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online through the Tix.com UToledo website<\/a> or at the box office before the performance.<\/p>\n Visitor\u00a0parking to the festival will require payment via the ParkMobile app, a parking meter or by purchasing a daily permit via ParkUToledo<\/a>. Visit the\u00a0ParkUToledo\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n