Muschell passes love for writing to students
Wes Schobel
Issue date: 2/7/03 Section: Campus News
Muschell's colleagues at GC&SU are equally impressed with his dedication to writing and teaching.
"He's a devoted writer and teacher," said Dr. Martin Lammon, the Fuller E. Callaway/Flannery O'Connor chair in creative writing, english , speech and journalism. "He's up early, usually before sunrise, working on plays and other writing. Yet he is one of the most conscientious teachers I know. We're lucky to have him on the creative writing program faculty."
"He inspires students in the college as well as in local high schools to write creatively," said Dr. Ruth Knafo Setton, associate professor of english, speech and journalism. "He puts on theatrical productions, he writes sketches and monologues that help bring Milledgeville history to life and he even teaches yoga."
Muschell's most recent plays are "The Jesus Trip," a full-length adult play and "The Golden Nest," a children's play, both published in the September 2001. In addition to his plays, he has published two books on word origins. He has also had a few short stories, poems and two songs published. He is currently working on a new play and a novel.
Muschell has had 10 plays published since 1983 that have been produced in 23 states, Canada and Japan. His plays have received a dozen regional and national awards, including the Southeast Playwrights' Competition, the MultiStages New Works Competition in New York and the Stage3 MFA Program Theatre in Sonoma, Cal
"The last thing that happened was that I was a semifinalist in this Nantucket theatre company's short play contest," said Muschell. "I was a semifinalist - in the top 10, so it's not like I won, but when you have 200 plays submitted and you're one of the top 10 it feels good."
His work is admired by his peers at GC&SU.
"David likes to take risks, as he does in 'House of No Doors', a play set in the future where people who are 'ill' are isolated in cages, sequestered from society," said Dr. Lammon. "Another is 'Surf,' a play that explores the phenomenon of internet chat rooms. What I admire most about David's plays is how he always finds those moments of poetry, when
"He's a devoted writer and teacher," said Dr. Martin Lammon, the Fuller E. Callaway/Flannery O'Connor chair in creative writing, english , speech and journalism. "He's up early, usually before sunrise, working on plays and other writing. Yet he is one of the most conscientious teachers I know. We're lucky to have him on the creative writing program faculty."
"He inspires students in the college as well as in local high schools to write creatively," said Dr. Ruth Knafo Setton, associate professor of english, speech and journalism. "He puts on theatrical productions, he writes sketches and monologues that help bring Milledgeville history to life and he even teaches yoga."
Muschell's most recent plays are "The Jesus Trip," a full-length adult play and "The Golden Nest," a children's play, both published in the September 2001. In addition to his plays, he has published two books on word origins. He has also had a few short stories, poems and two songs published. He is currently working on a new play and a novel.
Muschell has had 10 plays published since 1983 that have been produced in 23 states, Canada and Japan. His plays have received a dozen regional and national awards, including the Southeast Playwrights' Competition, the MultiStages New Works Competition in New York and the Stage3 MFA Program Theatre in Sonoma, Cal
"The last thing that happened was that I was a semifinalist in this Nantucket theatre company's short play contest," said Muschell. "I was a semifinalist - in the top 10, so it's not like I won, but when you have 200 plays submitted and you're one of the top 10 it feels good."
His work is admired by his peers at GC&SU.
"David likes to take risks, as he does in 'House of No Doors', a play set in the future where people who are 'ill' are isolated in cages, sequestered from society," said Dr. Lammon. "Another is 'Surf,' a play that explores the phenomenon of internet chat rooms. What I admire most about David's plays is how he always finds those moments of poetry, when
