Samson Dikeman Jr. of Altamont honored at SUNY Oswego for one-act play

OSWEGO, NY (03/09/2011)(readMedia)-- SUNY Oswego senior Samson Dikeman Jr. of Altamont is one of seven winners in the college's annual "New Voices" 10-page-play competition.

Dikeman and Eric Wojtanik, a senior from Eden, who co-authored the play "Scat Boogie," join fellow honorees Eli Ouderkirk, a senior of Holland Patent; Katherine Boswell, senior, Buffalo; Kevin Leonard, senior, Rockaway Park; Gavin McCarthy, freshman, Blooming Grove; and Stephen Russomano, senior, Tillson.

Winners received staged readings of their plays 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, who mentors the competition with Jonel Langenfeld-Rial of the theatre department, said there were about 25 entries. A committee of faculty and students judged the competition.

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News named it among the "Top Public Regional Universities in the North" for 2011, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges." A 150-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls over 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.