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Present, past and future: PAD to host A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival Sept. 26 and 27 Sept. 18, 2008 -- Marge Betley Download Three aspiring playwrights will present staged readings of their works Sept. 26 and 27 as part of the 2008 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival, sponsored by the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences. Named in honor of alumnus A.E. Hotchner (AB and JD '40), the festival consists of an intensive two-week workshop that culminates in the staged readings. This year's workshop is led by Marge Betley, literary manager and resident dramaturg for the Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY.

"A startling thing..." PAD to host A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival Sept. 25 and 26 Sept. 13, 2007 -- Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photo Services Noga Landau and Sathya Sridharan Download Three aspiring playwrights will present staged readings of their works Sept. 25 and 26 as part of 2007 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival, sponsored by the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences. Named in honor of alumnus A.E. Hotchner (AB and JD '40), the festival consists of an intensive two-week workshop that culminates in the staged readings. Each of the participating plays — which are selected by jury — will also be eligible for a full production as part of the PAD's 2008-09 season.

Aspiring playwrights A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival to feature staged readings Nov. 16 and 17 Nov. 6, 2006 -- Four aspiring playwrights will present staged readings of their work Nov. 16 and 17 as part of Washington University's 2006 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival. Sponsored by the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences, the festival's selection process actually began in January, when students from across the university submitted original plays to an adjudication committee made up of faculty and theater professionals. The committee then selected four plays — two full-length works and two shorts — to undergo an intense two-week workshop this fall, culminating in the staged readings.

Writing Politically in America PAD to host symposium on Playwriting and Politics Nov. 9 Oct. 30, 2006 -- It's election season once again, but the political fun continues even after votes are cast. On Thursday, Nov. 9, the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will host "Playwrights and Politics: Two Acts on the National and International Scene." The symposium will examine the nature of political theatre and the impact of the arts on national and international politics.

World premiere: Carter Lewis? Kid Peculiar at the Coral Court Motel debuts in A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre March 25-28 March 9, 2004 -- David Kilper / WUSTL Photo Tracey Kaplan as Madeline and Brian Golden as Stamp in the world premiere of Kid Peculiar at the Coral Court Motel by Carter W. Lewis. October 1992. St. Louis and the nation await the Clinton-Bush-Perot presidential debate at Washington University. An estranged mother and son reunite for perhaps the last time at a fading St. Louis icon. The stage is set for Kid Peculiar at the Coral Court Motel, by playwright-in-residence Carter W. Lewis. The St. Louis-based tragi-comedy — commissioned as part of the university's 150th anniversary celebration — will make its world premiere in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre March 25-28.

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His plays have been produced at numerous venues around the country, including The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Syracuse Stage, The Source Theatre, Florida Stage, Studio Arena Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, The Round House Theatre, The Dorset Theatre Festival, The Sacramento Theatre Company, The New Repertory Theatre, Theatre on the Square, The Barter Theatre, Virginia Stage, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and The Royal Court Theatre in London.

Lewis is the winner of several national playwriting awards including The Julie Harris - Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Playwriting Award (1995), The State Theatre - Best New American Play, The Cincinnati Playhouse Rosenthal New Play Prize ('96 & 2001), the Lois and Richard Rosenthal New Play Prize (1997), the New Dramatist L. Arnorld Weissberger Playwriting Award (1998), The Charlote Repertory New Play Prize (1998) and the Mildred and Albert Panowski New Play Prize (1999). He is a two time nominee for the American Theatre Critics Award.