New School for Drama MFA playwriting student, Paul David Young, class of 2009, has had two of his plays selected for presentation in this year’s Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF): a one-act play titled, Aporia and a full-length play No One But You. Both plays will have staged readings at the Kennedy Center-sponsored KCACTF Region II festival in Philadelphia in January 2009.

In addition, No One But You has also been selected as one of two Region II (Northeast) nominees for the competition for the David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award, which is part of the national KCATCF process. There are eight regions, making Young’s play one of 16 national finalists for the honor. The award is given in an effort to promote the writing and production of new plays, and to foster the growth and development of young playwrights through the public presentations of unpublished plays. Winning plays from the regions are presented at the Kennedy Center later in the year, with the selected winner of the Cohen Award receiving a full production, a cash award, and a publishing opportunity.