Hi there,<br><br>I'm Marcus Renner writing from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon where I'm taking in a few productions. I'm originally from Pasadena but have been living in Durango, Colorado for the past five years where I ran the campus environmental center. Playwriting is my emphasis with fiction writing as a second. I have two degrees in Environmental Studies the first from Brown University and a masters from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Most of my work over the past decade has been doing community organizing on a variety of issues. Before that was a lot of work with youth teaching them to be subversive in a variety of ways.<br>
<br>I'm strong advocate of community-based art and last summer had an amazing experience with L.A.-based Cornerstone Theater's summer residency program that validated my plan to return to school for a writing degree. I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone and supporting the development of everyone's writing in workshop. Saw a wonderful play new play about immigration issues yesterday called <i>American Night</i> by Richard Montoya and Culture Clash -- hilarious, irreverent, and touching. Something to aspire to.<br>
<br>All the best,<br><br>Marcus<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Yvette Doss <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yvette.doss@gmail.com">yvette.doss@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hey, everyone. Yvette Doss checking in. I'm an L.A. native. UC Berkeley undergrad and grad school (Philosophy and Journalism, respectively). I'm seeing a trend here...<br><br>I've worked as a magazine editor, indie newspaper publisher, NPR radio commentator, news reporter, etc. I firmly believe print media is not dead. It's just in a long, deep coma. Just wait for the next Y2K-ish scare. Same goes for fiction (the not-dead part, not the deep coma part). My emphasis is Fiction. Screenwriting is the other.<br>
<br>Currently working for a charter school group in South L.A. helping low-income kids get into college, and trying my hardest not to become a Soccer Mom the rest of the time. (I'm kicking, I'm screaming.)<br><br>
I also like playing with metal. As Albert Goldbarth said, We're born, and everything after that is self-medication.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Y<br><br><br><br><br><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div>
<div class="h5">On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Melissa Harkness <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhark001@ucr.edu" target="_blank">mhark001@ucr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Attention all new MFA’s –</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: large;">It has been brought to my attention by my
fellow grad rep that we don’t know many of the first years, and we would like
to. So if you’re game, no pressure here, please send an intro of yourself over
the list serv. It can be as simple as :</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hi, I’m Melissa Harkness. I’m originally
from Memphis, TN, attended the University of Memphis to get my BFA in Theatre,
and I’m a second year Playwright. In my spare time, I like jogging to Adam
Lambert (no that is not a joke) and watching the Big Bang Theory.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: large;">So please, if you’re new, give us a shout
out. We’d love to hear from you in cyberspace before we meet you for real.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Melissa </span></p>
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