Jayme McGhan

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Playwriting Experience
"Ragtown"- Full-Length Drama
Nevada Conservatory Theatre- April 2006. Production
Irish Repertory Theatre- Off Broadway- Feb. 2006. Equity Staged Reading
Nominated for PONY Fellowship, the LARK- 2007.
Recipient of Las Vegas Centennial Grant
"The Methuselah Tree"- Full-Length Serio-Comedy
Cockroach Theatre- September 2007. Production
Minneapolis Fringe Festival- August 2007. Production
Finalist for Jerome Fellowship, Minneapolis Playwrights Center. 2006.
Nevada Conservatory Theatre- 2005. Production
Regional Individual Achievement Award, KC/ACTF 2005
"The Fisherman"- Drama (Short Play made in to Full-Length
Optioned for development, Warner Brothers Inc.
Winner, KC-ACTF Region Eight 10-Minute Play Festival
National Finalist, KC/ACTF
Finalist- PlayLabs at The Playwrights Center
Semi-Finalist- O?Neill Playwrights Conference
UNLV Playwrights Theatre, Production
ATHE- Selected for New Play Reading Series
"Hellfire"- Full-Length Thriller
The Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez AK. Reading- 2007
"Giants"- Full-Length Drama
Washington Shakespeare Company- Equity Staged Reading. 2001
"The Sweet Stuff"- Full-Length Thriller (currently being adapted for film)
Finalist for Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, 2005
National Individual Achievement Award- KC/ACTF- 2005
UNLV Playwrights Theatre. Production- 2005
"Possibilities"- Full-Length Drama
Southwest State University, Production- 2002
Higher Ground Theatre Company, Reading- 2001
"The Rhythm of Blood"- One-Act, Drama
Finalist for Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Production, UNLV Playwrights Theatre- 2004
Publication Award- KC/ACTF Best Student Short Plays of 2004
ATHE New Play Reading Series, 2005
"Find Mucking"- Short Play, Comedy
Production- Iron Ring Theatre Company- Modesto, CA- 2006
Production- UNLV Playwrights Theatre
Current Finalist, TitleWAVE Theatre 10-Minute Festival, Cleveland OH- 2007
"The 38th Mississippi"- Short Play, Comedy
Production- Iron Ring Theatre- Modesto, CA- 2006
Production- Dakota Prairie Playhouse- Madison, SD- 2006
Production- UNLV Senior Playwrights Theatre- 2006
"The Wolf Who Cried Boy"-Full-Length- Children's Play
Commissioned, Plum Creek Library System, MN. Six Week Tour. 2002
Production, Nellis Airforce Base Children's Theatre.
"R&J on the Rocks"- Short Play- Comedy
Poor Playwrights Theatre, Production. 2003.
"The Great Diversion"- Short Play- Thriller
Dakota Prairie Playhouse, Production. 2006.
"My Mother Greg"- Short Play- Drama
Dakota Prairie Playhouse, Production. 2006.
"Sweating Blood"- Solo-Show
Southwest State University, Production. 2001.
ACTF, Region 5- Invited Production. 2002.
"God is an American"- Solo Show
UNLV Playwrights Theatre. Production. 2006.
 
Education
M.F.A.- Theatre Arts, Playwriting. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
UNLV Graduate Student of the Year Award-
B.A.- Theatre Arts, Directing and Acting. Southwest State University.
Four Year Recipient of Theatre Scholarship, Gala Ball Scholarship
 
Related Experience
*Twin Cities Regional Representative for The Dramatists Guild (current).
*Columnist for The Dramatist Magazine (current).
*Adjunct Professor of Theatre (2006, 2007, 2008), Dakota State University, Ridgewater College, Southwest Minnesota State University.
*Director- Over a dozen productions including Twelfth Night and Heathen Valley.
*Actor- Over twenty-five roles including; The Narrator in Richard Foreman?s Permanent Brain Damage, John Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and more.
*Technical Director, Set Design, Lighting Design- Over twenty productions including; Little Shop of Horrors, American Buffalo, and Side by Side by Sondheim.
*Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive- 2001, 2003. Studied under Arthur Kopit, David Ives, Lee Blessing, Melanie Marnich, Naomi Iizuka, Ari Roth, Gary Garrison, and more.
 
National Memberships
*The Dramatists Guild
*The Playwrights Center
*Cockroach Theatre
*Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Full Theatrical Resume Available Upon Request

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