During the Guest Artist at Fairmont State University, the following was accomplished:
Prayer of America: The hope and optimism of the turn-of-the-century American immigrant story is turned on its head when hundreds of them are killed through America’s worst coal mining disaster.
-A second reader’s theater production held at Prickett’s Fort State Historic Site, where the same production was viewed by a gathering of community members and historians. Their comments affirmed the play’s historic accuracy and cultural relevance.
-A full credit course in playwriting implemented through an intensive series of workshops, and through internet contact between the students and playwright. Previously, the university had not offered a playwriting class, so it was the only exposure the theater students had to the writing of drama. The class focused on the methodology of Chaos Theory.
-Lectures to the university’s honor students regarding the artistic process, lectures that transcended any particular genre.
-Lectures to all students at the theater department on the creation of non-fiction theater, as well as on the professional aspects of maintaining a career in theater.
-University convocation about a writing career in a variety of genres and which genre best serves a particular narrative.
