Not a bad gig after graduation for Nathan Jackson

Perhaps most depressing to me, shortly after realizing that I had fewer weeks left in college than current Chicago first years have academic quarters, was realizing that no matter what job I get after graduating, it will almost certainly not compare to that of Nathan Jackson. Straight out of the Julliard, Jackson is getting his new play, Broke-ology, added to the lineup of the 2008 Williamstown Theatre Festival. The Nikos stage is designed for new plays, but most playwrights have to at least wait a few years to get a production that big. The play is getting a smaller production at the 2008 Breaking Ground Festival, run by the Huntington Theatre in Boston, which is where Williamstown artistic director Nicholas Martin is coming from. I'm not doubting that the play is worthy of the slot, but it is important to note how ridiculously good an opportunity this is for Mr. Jackson, and how extremely jealous every other recently-graduated aspiring playwright should be (as an aspiring critic, my jealousy is separate, but related).