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Link to company quotes from WordBRIDGE '96

Script nominations increased in both quantity and quality, including scripts from such prestigious writing programs as Yale, New York University, Julliard, University of Iowa and University of Texas-- Austin. The laboratory period was extended to 14 days, seven scripts were again selected, and the visiting guest artist roster grew to 14. Calling Wanda, with playwright Megan Gogerty from the University of Iowa in-residence, was selected for the department's spring production.

WordBRIDGE Company 1996
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Calling Wanda by Megan Gogerty -- University of Iowa Writing Program

Frank Capra meets the sensibilities of the 90's as a phone psychic gradually falls in love with a spiritually befuddled caller, whom she has never met face-to-face.

The Taste Of Ashes by Jessica Lissy -- Sundance/Yale University

A Jewish student's Holocaust research project becomes an obsession that becomes a personal nightmare as she struggles with conflicting sensibilities of friends, grandparents, and a young German man.

The Burglar of Suburbia by P. Seth Bauer -- Sundance/University of Texas - Austin

A brittle engaged couple are suddenly confronted with a mysterious urban intruder who tests their commitment in an intense, sexual battle of wits.

Call The Serpent God To Me by MEC [M. Elena Carrillo] -- University of Texas - El Paso

Esperanza, a teenager with artistic gifts and aspirations, comes of age as she deals with the murder of her brother, her developing spiritualism, an alcoholic father, and a growing awareness of her heritage.

The Exploded View by Erik Ramsey -- University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Two women, brought together by an unusually bizarre accident, piece together the events of one fateful day in their husbands' lives.

Craving Gravy by John Walch -- University of Texas - Austin

An absurdist drama in the tradition of Beckett/Albee/Shepard, CRAVING GRAVY is the story of two men[?] carrying their dead[?] leader[?] through the wasteland in search of...[?]

Free Meal by Henry Bakker -- Dordt College

An American college student in Amsterdam grapples with his relationships with his fellow classmates and his dying uncle.