Creative Mechanics is proud to announce the Winner of the 2005 STAGE THIS! International Short Play Competition:

The Baggage Handler

by Bill Johnson, Portland, OR

Runners-Up:

Rat-tat-tat

by David Guaspari, Ithaca, NY

Dialogue in 3 Parts

by Barry Rowell, New York, NY

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2005 STAGE THIS! Finalists:

The Baggage Handler

Bill Johnson, Portland, OR

Reading directed by Shannon Maddox

Conspicuous Citizenship

Claude McMillan, Boulder, CO

Reading directed by Janice Herndon

Dialogue in 3 Parts

Barry Rowell, New York, NY

Reading directed by Gabriel Shanks

Entitled

Peter Snoad, Jamaica Plain, MA

Reading directed by Frank Blocker

I Love You, Virus

Tom Grady, Fairhaven, MA

Reading directed by Chris Meade

The Lovely

Shannon Murdoch, Footscray, Victoria, Australia

Reading directed by Benjamin Keightley

New Tricks

Adam Ruben, Baltimore, MD

Reading directed by Avi Glickstein

Rat-tat-tat

David Guaspari, Ithaca, NY

Reading directed by Avi Glickstein

Resistance

Peter Snoad, Jamaica Plain, MA

Reading directed by Terry Long

2005 STAGE THIS Semi-Finalists

Amsterdam - Jewel Seehaus-Fisher, Highland Park, NJ

Awake - Lisa Angius, East Northport, NY

Boat House Row - Ken and Julie Kendall, Voorhees, NJ

Cold, But Cute - Richard Martin Hirsch, Pacific Palisades, CA

Confluence - Leanna Renee Hieber, Hamilton, OH

Holy Hell - Barbara Lindsay, Seattle, WA

Love Of Music - Meny Beriro, Forest Hills, NY

Love Story - Nancy Long, Petaluma, CA

Rocket's Red Glare - Jason Furlani, Brooklyn, NY

Touch It - Joe Musso, Birmingham, AL

Toyland - Al Sjoerdsma, Ann Arbor, MI

White Picket Fence - Murray Scott Changar, New York, NY