2024 Midwest Dramatists Conference
September 26-28, 2024 • Hilton Garden Inn, Olathe, KS
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated.
Thursday, September 26
- 7:00pm: Opening Reception
- 8:00pm: Meet the adjudicators Edward Einhorn, Lonita Cook, David Hanson, and Lindsay Adams Kennedy with special guests Ernie Nolan, Artistic Director of the Unicorn Theatre, and Khalia Davis, Artistic Director of the Coterie Theatre.
Friday, September 27
- 9:00am
The Last Meal by Elena Naskova
Dead Caterpillars by Layli Rohani - 9:30am
Who’s a Snowbird by Kathleen Maule Holen
Gun Free by Jessie Salsbury - 10:00am
Big Footprints by Kyle Walker
The Wonder Drug by Daniel Born - 10:45am
Scribe Stadium by Danielle Dresden
Most Outstanding Minority Girl by Kelly McBurnette-Andronicos - 11:15am
Mother’s Day by Betsy Anne Huggins
The Tenting by Tom Moran - 11:45am
Juliet’s Post Credit Scene by Greg Lam - Objectively by Allan Maule
- 1:15pm
Doors Are Closing by Donald Cooper
Something Blue by Sache Satta - 1:45pm
Love Letters by Amber Dickinson
White Cotton, Black Light by Samuel Heyman - 2:15pm
Ring Around the Rosary by Ward Kay
Spring Break by Kevin King - 3:00pm
Loneliest Road in America by Grace Laughton
A Cupboard Full of Coffee Cups by Bridget Grace Sheaff - 3:30pm
The Last Man on Earth by Arthur M. Jolly
The Illiad: Book 7 by Rand Higbee - 4:00pm
With Apologies to White Elephants by Everett Robert
My Piano Doesn't Like Me by Larry Rinkel - 4:30pm
Seven Polaroids of Men's Bottoms by John Adams
The Drums by Katherine Vondy
- 7:00pm Horse Power: Tom Bass’ American Story: Join us for a new play by MDC playwright and board member Michelle Tyrene Johnson at the Coterie Theatre in Crown Center. (attendance optional).
Saturday, September 28
- 8:30am Breakout Session 1 (not open to the public)
- 10:00am Breakout Session 2 (not open to the public)
- 11:30am
Unmuted by Clark DesSoye
Esto Tambien Pasara by Jessica Mayer - 12:00pm
Killing Maggie by Laura Mazzuca Toops
The Waiting Room by Alli Hartley-Kong - 12:30pm
Not About Pretty by Wendy Vogel
Mnemorian by Annie Considine - 2:00pm
The Coat with the Silver Lining by Alison Reeger Cook
I Will Tell the Bees by Audrey Webb - 2:30pm
Surprise Visit by James Mainard O'Connell
Geminds by Andra Laine Hunter - 3:00pm
The Three O'Clock by Peggy Powell
Two Sisters and a Red Lollipop by Judah Skoff - 3:45pm
Intake by Celeste Michael
Put Me In Coach by Frank Shima - 4:15pm
The Hands That Rock the Candy Bowl by Teddy Durgin
Imperfect Storms by Scott C. Sickles - 4:45pm
Code by Steven Ty
Logs by Haz Cady - 5:15pm
Prior Engagement by Wyn Alyse Thomas
How About Them Dodgers by Philip Middleton Williams
- 7:00pm MDC Gala Dinner (not open to the public)
