New Paltz Student wins Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Award

03/18/2013

NEW PALTZ – “The Dark I Know,” a musical written and directed by State University of New York at New Paltz student Alex Eisen and New York University student John Watts, was awarded the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Musical Theatre Award for 2013.

Eisen, a graduating senior at New Paltz, wrote the libretto and lyrics, and Watts was the project’s composer. New Paltz professor Stephen Kitsakos served as faculty mentor and helped craft and develop the script and the score.