Senior Creative Writing Majors’ Reading
Seniors graduating with a degree in creative writing and literature showcase original works of poetry, fiction and dramatic writing.
Seniors graduating with a degree in creative writing and literature showcase original works of poetry, fiction and dramatic writing.
Emily Morse, Artistic Director of New Dramatists (NYC), engages in a conversation with Professors Charlotte Meehan and Stephanie Burlington Daniels about her work supporting contemporary playwrights and collaborating on ensemble-made theatre in her own practice as playwright, dramaturg, and performer. New Dramatists has been a major force in the development of US-based playwrights since 1949.
Wheaton alumna Sandra Yannone’s poetry amplifies the split-second when the everyday turns into catastrophe; the moment of impact when knowing and unknowing collide; the fusion of before and after. And the aftermaths. All constellate here in Yannone’s first full-length collection, Boats for Women, to orient us toward that “choice/to turn toward a sacred face, a turn/toward your own longing to live.”
Tommy “Teebs” Pico describes himself as a poet (he guesses), a screenwriter (or whatever), a co-host of a dumb podcast for jerks, and begrudgingly as a performer. His books, IRL, Nature Poem, Junk and Feed have received numerous accolades including the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a Lambda Literary Award, an American Book Award and the prestigious Whiting Award.
Poet Olga Livshin will discuss culture, translation, history, current events, and share her experiences of living as an immigrant under the Trump Administration and with Putin's war on Ukraine looming as this year's Davis Memorial Guest Lecturer.
Longer form plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased at our annual festival.
Longer form plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased at our annual festival.
Ten original plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased in our biannual festival.
Brandon Shimoda has been widely recognized for the imaginative spirit he projects in his poetry. His most recent book, The Desert, was published in 2018. He has been awarded the William Carlos Williams prize for his second book, Evening Oracle.
Playwright Joyce Van Dyke, director Judy Braha, and actor Elaine Vaan Hogue talk about their collaboration on a new one-woman play featuring suffragist and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe, who asks, “What does it do to your soul if you don’t have representation?”