<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">THANKS for all the well wishes regarding my paper presentation at the upcoming UCLA Women's Studies Conference. The whole day looks interesting and is FREE, except for parking!!!!!!!!! I don't tend to announce stuff... ummm, not trying to make a big deal, but since everyone seems interested-- GOOD NEWS for fellow playwright ABBIE BOSWORTH and myself.<BR>
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1. Abbie's play, Left Luggage is going into competition for the Nationals at the Regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in February, in Utah (ugh cold.)<BR>
2. My play, The Booth, received meritorious recognition, and will be performed (not for competition) at the same February festival, (ugh cold.) A road trip is planned for all involved-- <BR>
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Also, I'm presenting another paper-- "Hedda Gabler: Monster or Heroine" looking at Hedda Gabler through a Queer Theory lense-- at the upcoming International Comparative Drama Conference, in March at Loyola Marymount University in L.A. More on that later.<BR>
Val<BR>
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