<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/issues/alums-play-semifinalist-national-playwright-conference.html" dsn="news"><item_date>05/31/2012 09:34:00 AM</item_date><category_header/><title>Alum's play a semifinalist at national playwright conference</title><subheader/><description>Nick Mann’s (’07) play, Baby of Mine, made the semifinals in the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s 2012 National Playwrights Conference in Waterford, Conn.</description><author/><photographer> </photographer><image> <img src="/sites/default/files/default_images/diving-eagle_356_0r_0_1_fade_1_0.png" width="900" height="676" alt=""/></image><taxonomy-story-type/><taxonomy-cultural-story-category>Global Connection</taxonomy-cultural-story-category><taxonomy-news-sections/><taxonomy-college-department>Writing and Journalism, 1950s</taxonomy-college-department><taxonomy-tags/><type>story</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>Nick Mann’s (’07) play, Baby of Mine, made the semifinals in the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s 2012 National Playwrights Conference in Waterford, Conn.
The play explores the struggle faced by a married couple whose first child will be born with a terrible disease.Mann’s play The Invisible Men of Tennessee Williams was presented in the 7 Plays in 7 Days festival in Addison, and he is working on a sketch comedy show for the Frisco Comedy Festival Sept. 20-22.Mann, who works as a teaching assistant for the Plano ISD, eventually hopes to write for both the stage and screen.
“And I dream big. I want those Oscar, Tony and Emmy Awards!” Mann says. “But ultimately, I just want to share what I’ve written and see my work produced.”    </main-content></item>