East Northport resident honored at SUNY Oswego for one-act play

OSWEGO, NY (03/14/2013)(readMedia)-- SUNY Oswego sophomore Ben Mikelberg of East Northport, a creative writing major, is one of six winners in the college's 20th annual "New Voices" 10-minute-play competition.

Mikelberg, whose play is titled "Barstools," joins fellow honorees James Domachowske of Syracuse, Dylan Fredette of Troy, Chelsea Taylor Mahoney of Patchogue, Fred Maxon of Oswego and Michael McCabe of Binghamton.

Winners received staged readings of their plays in March in Tyler Hall's lab theatre at SUNY Oswego. At the readings, student actors for each role read from scripts with direction from another student.

Brad Korbesmeyer of English and creative writing mentored the competition with Mark Cole of the theatre department. A committee of faculty and students judged "New Voices."

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News named it among the "Top 20 Public Regional Universities in the North" for 2013, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2013 college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges" and named the college to its 2013 list of "Best Value Colleges." A 152-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls about 8,000 students in its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Communication, Media and the Arts; and School of Education.

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