My short drama, Manifest Destiny, was awarded the Gary Garrison 10-min Play Award for ACTF region V (which includes universities in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) and has advanced to the national festival for consideration for the top award.

The play had a fantastic staged reading directed and acted by students in the region including Parker Shinn (director), Raegan Weber (actor), Carlie Robertson (actor), and Saline Osborn (actor).

I traveled to Rochester, MN for the festival to collaborate with this great group, and I couldn’t be more pleased at the play’s reception by both audiences and the festival adjudicators. Region V had a terrific group of playwrights and short plays, and I feel very proud and grateful to have been chosen alongside fellow playwright Gram Coalier to represent this part of the country.