About

Starting at 8 pm on Friday, Nov. 6, follow along as three convergence journalists blog and tweet live for The Columbia Missourian from the MU Graduate Theatre Organization’s play writing festival, 23 Hours 59 Seconds.

Team Outlines

Team 1
Matt Davis directs “Time is the Fire”, written by Ron Zank, with actors Kristina Castl and Milbre Burch.

Team 2
Charles Willis directs “Saturday School”, witten by Andy Pierce, with actors Grant Watkins, Melanie Schneider and Elizabeth.

Team 3
Laura Nelson directs “Happily Ever After”, witten by Heidi Schmidt, with actors Dillon, Elizabeth and Cole.

Team 4
David Marcia directs “English”, witten by Fonzie Geary, with actors Brian Scanlan and Tammy Mullins.

Team 5
Noah Lelek directs “The Music Shop”, witten by Matt Fotis, with actors Frank Lasik and Mark Walsh.

About the journalists:

Amanda Bromwich is a junior convergence journalism student at the Missouri School of Journalism who enjoys cooking for her family and friends, being outdoors on nice days, and all things artsy or pop culture related.  In addition, she like experimenting with media of all kinds — still photography, video, the spoken word, text, and the Web.

Xiaoying Ge is a junior convergence journalism student from the eastern part of China. She has been in the U.S. for two and half years. With great interest in theatre, she hopes she can experience an exciting play production adventure at the 24-hour play festival 23:59.

Ryan Taylor is a senior  journalism student with minors in business and IT from Fort Worth, Texas. He also plays guitar and writes music.