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  • Theatre's playwright residency program allows students to help develop new plays

    Sep 21, 2022 1:15 pm by Jodi HeckelStudent Experiences
    theatre students rehearse for the first public reading of “A Darkling at Nightfall.” Photo by Darrell Hoemann

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    • theatre students rehearse for the first public reading of “A Darkling at Nightfall.” Photo by Darrell Hoemann

    Mallory Raven-Ellen Backstrom wrote 'A Darkling at Nightfall' and worked on it for two weeks in the Daniel J. Sullivan playwrite-in-residence program. Students' reading of the play will inform Backstrom's edits as she prepares it for the stage.