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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 2006

Contact: Contact: Mike Emery
713.743.8186 (office)
713.415.6551 (pager)
pemery@uh.edu

The stage is set for six playwrights to premiere their works during the University of Houston’s 2006 Edward Albee New Playwrights Workshop.

Since 1989, this annual event has spotlighted plays written by student playwrights and produced during the spring semester. All of the featured works were groomed under the watchful eye of UH Distinguished Lecturer and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson.

“Working with students on this year’s plays has gone very smoothly,” Wilson said. “These productions are all in very good shape and the actors are well cast in their roles. I am very pleased with the students’ progress.”

All performances are free and open to the public. Each play is approximately one hour in length and will be performed in the following order.

7:30 p.m., April 25, 27; 8 p.m., April 29

• “Phoenix” by Lou Amyx: A tale in which love interrupts life rather than vice versa.
• “Happy Hour” by Joe Barnes: Four women struggle for respect in a society where dignity is
  hard to come by.
• “Texas Exodus” by Judith Switek: A look at the outrageous love affair between a modern day
  Bonnie and Clyde.

7:30 p.m., April 26; 8 p.m., April 28 and 3 p.m. April 30

• “15 Hours in a Green World” by Chris Rivera: A group of people find new freedom while trapped in a New Mexico bed and breakfast during a storm.
• “Secret Place” by Daryl Banner: A young man moves in with his brother and waits for the return
  of his lover.
• “Smitten” by Greg Hundemer: A comedy about a man, a woman and what happens the morning after.

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