Baylor theatre profs, alums put together off-Broadway run in NYC

Last spring, a group of Baylor theatre professors earned rave reviews for their performances at a festival in Dallas. This spring, they’ve taken the show to New York City, where earlier this month “The Unseen” began a three-week off-Broadway run, and expanded their production to include even more of the Baylor family.

The cast consists of just three actors: Baylor theatre department chair Stan Denman, associate professor Steven Pounders and assistant professor Thomas Ward. But the Baylor connection runs much deeper; director Lisa Denman is a Baylor lecturer in theatre, while scenic designer Sarah Brown, lighting designer Travis Watson, costume designer Carl Booker and sound designer Dustin Chaffin are all recent Baylor graduates. (Click here for a photo gallery of the play, cast and crew.)

The play was written by Craig Wright, a playwright who also has served as a writer for “Six Feet Under” (for which he earned an Emmy nomination) and as both a writer and producer for for “Lost” and “Brothers & Sisters.” (Click here to read The New York Times’ review of Wright and “The Unseen.”

Sic ’em, Baylor theatre!