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Announcing the 2008 VSA arts Playwright Discovery Award Recipient

VSA arts is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2008 Playwright Discovery Award, The Other Room by Ariadne Baker-Dunn of Interlochen, Michigan. In The Other Room, 16-year-old Austin is fascinated by calculus and aircraft. One day he has a chance encounter with classmate Lily. Austin, who has autism, struggles to communicate his inner thoughts and emotions, which are revealed to the audience through four unique characters.

Ariadne Baker-Dunn graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy and will be a freshman at Fordham University this fall, where she plans to study acting and playwriting. Ariadne hopes The Other Room will encourage others to reexamine their preconceptions of people with disabilities.

The Other Room will be produced at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, September 25, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to this event are free with reservations. If you would like to attend, please e-mail Performing Arts Manager Liz McCloskey at EAMccloskey@vsarts.org. Include the number of tickets requested, the name under which the tickets should be held at the will call table, and any accessibility requests.