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Joe O’Hearn, a theatre major and non-traditional student in the theatre department, has won the 2011 Playwright’s Project Student Playwriting Contest. O’ Hearn’s one-act play, Boundary Crossing, was chosen by Professor Richard Kalinoski, coordinator of the Playwright’s Project, for its distinctive exploration of some of the psychological implications for a P.O.W of World War II.

Boundary Crossing marks the 13th iteration of the Student Playwriting Contest sponsored by the Playwrights Project. O’Hearn’s play will be given a public reading on May 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Experimental Theatre in the Fredric March Theatre building. The reading will be done with the volunteer support of students and faculty in the department of theatre. O’Hearn also wins a cash prize and a framed certificate commemorating his accomplishment.

Previous winners of the Student Playwriting Contest have had their plays read and or produced at other universities following their work at UW Oshkosh.

Richard Kalinoski, theatre, submitted this announcement. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to contribute calendar items, campus announcements and other good news to UW Oshkosh Today.