Professor takes first place in playwriting competition

A play about the fourth U.S. president took first place in the Premiere Stages New Play Development award competition. Madison is the creation of Guillermo Reyes, head of playwriting in the ASU Herberger College School of Theatre and Film.

Madison also was produced at Premiere Stages during July, 2008. Premiere Stages produces professional theater on the campus of Kean University in Union, New Jersey during the summer as an on-campus Equity theater company.

The Star-Ledger called the play, "witty, and often hilarious."