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STAGE International Script Competition Offers $10,000 Prize for the Best New Play about Science and Technology

The Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute continue their successful collaboration with the fourth round of the STAGE Competition.

Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger Presents $10,000 Prize to Winner of 3rd STAGE International Script Competition

Playwright Anna Ziegler receives her award at a brief ceremony on Saturday, April 11 at 8:00 p.m. at the Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles, immediately prior to a performance of the winning play, Photograph 51.

Video of STAGE Award Ceremony for Photograph 51
Just prior to the curtain going up on opening night, playwright Elyse Singer receives her $10,000 STAGE award.

The Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute Announce the Results of the 3rd STAGE International Script Competition

This year's winning play is Photograph 51, a compelling drama about a woman’s sacrifice for professional success that asks how we become who we become, and whether we have any power to change.

Winning Play of 2nd STAGE Script Competition has New York Production; Playwright Receives STAGE Award on Opening Night

Frequency Hopping, winner of the 2nd STAGE Script Competition, has its world premiere at the prestigious 3LD Art & Technology Center in New York City.

Video of STAGE Award Ceremony for Frequency Hopping
Just prior to the curtain going up on opening night, playwright Elyse Singer receives her $10,000 STAGE award.

Winning Play of 1st STAGE Script Competition Featured in Staged Reading at REDCAT in Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex on January 28, 2007

UC Santa Barbara's Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute presented a staged reading of Splitting Infinity, winner of the first STAGE International Script Competition, on Sunday, January 28, 2007 at REDCAT, the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, in the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex in Los Angeles.

Videos of Splitting Infinity Reading at REDCAT
The staged reading appears on National Public Radio's "Science Friday" program. A videocast of the full award ceremony and reading is also available.

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