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2006 Dodd and Frost Winners from left to right:
Daisy Freund '08, Chetwadee Singhakowin '06,
Ronald McCants '06, Sarah Hughes '07
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The Ruth and Loring Dodd Drama Prize was established in 1969 by a bequest in
the will of Clark University Professor Loring Dodd for the best play by an
undergraduate. The winning play is fully produced by the Theater department and
is directed by a faculty member. A cash prize is also awarded. This year's
winning play is Dreaming Biloxi by Sarah
Hughes '07.
The Eleanor Frost Play Festival was established in 1950 by a gift from
Eleanor Louise Frost, which has been supplemented by gifts from Professor Henry
B. Williams. Mrs. Frost was a member of the Dartmouth community who enjoyed and
wished to encourage the Dartmouth Players Experimental Theatre. The competition
is open annually to original, previously unproduced one-act plays written by
currently enrolled Dartmouth undergraduates. The winning playwrights receive
cash awards and their plays are produced as staged readings by the department.
The winners of this year's competition are: Bathe by Chetwadee
Singhakowin '06 and Poet's Prayer by Ronald
McCants '06. An Honorable Mention goes to Daisy Freund '08 for
Perigean.
In spring term 2006, the three winning plays from these two playwriting
contests will be combined into an evening of theater called the Frost and Dodd
Playwriting Festival. The Festival will be produced on May 25th, 26th
and 27th in the Bentley Theater.
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