Maybel

@asimpleton How did your interview with SAIC go? I was recently admitted with substantial (but still partial) funding and I had to decline, which felt awful. I was really, really excited about the program and the school, but even with their most generous offer I just can't swing it. Disappointing for both sides it seems... But hopefully someone can use that spot and funding! @newengland1 it's neat to see such a direct result from my withdrawal from consideration at Ohio. Again, that's a program about which I was terribly excited but knew that the offer wouldn't be more than what I chose to accept. I'm surprised to hear that Ohio playwrights aren't fully-funded, as for some reason I had assumed that as well, but I guess it's good that I went with my gut. I hope you get in and get a good offer! About the MFA at U Arizona - I work as both a playwright and a dramaturg, with heavy emphasis on research and devising in my development of new work. I also have a background in theatre history and critical analysis. The new MFA at Arizona is focused on these areas with opportunities to develop your own work and support the development of the work of others. In the months since I've written my SOP, I have started to realize that my contribution to our field could potentially be in hugely supporting the development of new plays in a literary/dramaturgical/administrative role, not just behind a desk but hitting the deck. While I've still got plays to make, I feel like there's more and monstrous work to be done in heightening the status of the new play in the American Theatre. I want to be a part of that. So anyway, that's why I pulled out from everywhere else, in addition to full-funding and benefits, a fellowship, and competitive teaching assignments. Woof. With that out of the way, I just finished reading for festivals and I'm hungry for more work to devour - so if anyone needs a fresh set of eyes on their plays now or henceforth, HMU (same goes to you future applicants lurking and sifting back to guess at notification dates). Some of the best work I've been reading has been coming out of MFAs, so keep rocking it my friends!

Surprise interview! Look out for that 740 area code.

Got the call from Ohio that they're starting interviews, heads up! I'm actually removing myself from consideration from there in addition to bowing out from Iowa, Chicago, and Indiana as I just accepted an amazing offer from University of Arizona's new MFA in Generative Dramaturgy!

@asimpleton SAIC's interview requests went out a few weeks ago snailmail - heads up!

Also hoping to hear from Iowa! I know in the past they've taken forever to respond... But I have a couple other options floating to me and I'm eager to know if I'm being considered - as are we all! Filling the time by reading for BAPF and KDT, and also waiting to hear back from Last Frontier.

@jnp809 That's funny/sad to me after I've spent this last week toiling over my statement! Ah, well. I feel confident that my samples are solid representation of my current writing.

Applying for F16 - Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Arizona and SAIC. Hope to have all my apps complete by mid-December, even though my deadlines are between January 15th / February 15th. See y'all when the waiting game begins - have a good sense from previous years on this thread as to when we'll start expecting our various results.