Local playwright-about-town Alan Jozwiak decided to mark his 40^th birthday last summer by sending entries to 50 playwriting/writing contests in 2008 (“which marks my 10^th year as a playwright.”)

 

Jozwiak, whose work has been seen at the Indy Fringe in Indianapolis and the Cincinnati 20/20 Festival, had everything in the mail by Dec. 31.

So far, so good. Jozwiak’s 10-minute play set on the Staten Island Ferry was part of “Scenes from Staten Island ’08,” which ran for two weekends, closing April 6. Jowziak is currently working on a play about cutting and self-injury, for which he was awarded a City of Cincinnati Individual Artist grant. “It’s going to be something to see,” Jozwiak promises.