The 2006 annual ICWP Playwrights' Retreat will take place at Ohio State University in Columbus from August 13th through the 20th. More details will be posted shortly--but the dates are important. Here's the basic information on housing, etc.

Housing in dormitories directly across the street from the Drake Performance and Event Center, where all events (and computer lab) will be located. The tower dormitories are also a short walk from the Lennix Shopping Center. There are free campus buses and municipal buses that run past the dorms and the Drake.
Computer lab for script writing

Performers will be available for cold readings nightly of work being created.

Panels daily on playwriting craft, techniques, and opportunities.

Room rates:
Full linen: $20 (multiple) - $50 (single) nightly
Limited linen (bed linens): $18 - $44 nightly
No linen: $17 - $36 nightly

For full rates, meal prices, and parking passes, http://conferenceservices.osu.edu/ratesheet.asp

For further information, contact retreat coordinator, Alan Woods, at woods.1@osu.edu(+1) 614/292-6614, FAX (+1) 614/688-8417.

Academic and Continuing Education credit is available.

A map of Ohio State's Columbus campus is at http://www.osu.edu/map/

and here, from the 2005 retreat, a view of playwrights Mrinalini Kamath (foreground), Geralyn Horton (center) and Phoebe Borman (right) during a reading of ongoing work