International Centre for Women Playwrights Member Awards

2023 LANPP Playwright Award

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 04:29:37 GMT

Laura Shamas won a 2023 Los Angeles New Play Project Playwright Award: $20,000 to the playwright for her play FOUR WOMEN IN RED. The nominating theatre, The Victory Theatre Center in Burbank, also won $20,000 to produce the play in 2024. www.lanpp.org

Winner of Spokane Civic Theatre Competition, 2007

Lori Marra — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:03:56 GMT

Winner of the 2007 Spokane Civic Theatre Competition for her one act play, No Smoking, a comedy about a smoking cessation clinic. See more on New Play Exchange.

GEVA Regional Playwright Winner

Lori Marra — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:01:28 GMT

Winner of the 2010 GEVA Theatre Regional Playwright Competition for her play Mystic Castle, a full length drama about serial killer Arthur Shawcross.

Latest achievements

Christine Emmert — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 02:42:48 GMT

I have a play February 5th, THE FAN FROM SEVILLE, as part of an evening entitled GUILTY PLEASURES presented at the One Night Stand Theater in Aurora, Colorado. They have a Facebook page. If you live in the Denver area, check them out. A wonderful quirky theater.

Also my book, DREAMING OF STORMS, which tackles the difference between artistic death and real death is due out March 3rd.

"Best of Maine 2022" BWW Critic's Choice

Patricia Milton — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 15:50:28 GMT

Patricia Milton's comedy mystery "The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective," produced by The Public Theater, has been awarded Critic's Choice Best of Maine 2022 by BroadwayWorld.

The Public Theater "opened its 2022-2023 season with an especially stylish production of Patricia Milton's THE VICTORIAN LADIES DETECTIVE COLLECTIVE. This witty contemporary spin on the Victorian murder mystery confronts convention, gender bias, and a serial killer all in one fast-paced, delightful evening. Directed by Christopher Schario, the mystery unfolded in a heady concoction of suspense, thrills, and laughter."

2022 Awards for Off the Map

Christine Foster — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 20:02:24 GMT

Christine's new full length "Off the Map" is a 2022 Finalist in the Woodward/Newman Competition and Winner of the 2022 Susan Glaspell New Play Award.

Production in Paducah, KY

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 15:00:55 GMT

The world premiere production of Bernice Sizemore's 70th Birthday will be produced August 11-13, 2022, 7 pm Central Time, at Market House Theatre in Paducah, KY. Please call the box office at (270) 444-6828 to purchase tickets. Pay which you wish, with minimum of $5.

Staged Reading of "Not Just Cousins"

Susan Decatur — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:53:18 GMT

Susan's debut full-length play Not Just Cousins will receive a staged reading on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fifth Third Theater in downtown Cincinnati, OH. This play is a must-see for women who grew up in the seventies and tried to "have it all" but then realized that the more things change the more they stay the same. Tickets are $10 and will be available on August 4, 2022 at www.cincinnatiarts.org

Productions ~ Plays by Cristina A. Bejan

Cristina Bejan — Tue, 10 May 2022 15:48:40 GMT

"The Scholarship" by Cristina A. Bejan & James Brunt

- Produced by Theatre29 Denver & Bucharest Inside the Beltway (Livestream, December 2021)
- Produced by Kibo Productions & Baron's Court Theatre (Rehearsed Reading, Peace Festival for Ukraine, London, UK, April 2022)

"Life According to Swami Shiva" by Cristina A. Bejan

-Produced by Milibo Arts Theatre, Colorado Women's Theatre Festival (Colorado Springs, CO, April - May 2022)

Hall of Fame Inductee

Jeanette Hill — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 17:40:28 GMT

I am honored to be inducted into the Luther Smith East High School Alumni Association Hall of Fame on April 21st as an …”Outstanding Playwright and Creative Activist for social Justice for the Black Community”

THE UNDERSTANDING Re-Stream

Rachel Rubin Ladutke — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:43:02 GMT

THE UNDERSTANDING will receive an encore Facebook stream on Thursday, March 24th, at 7 p.m. Eastern. THE UNDERSTANDING is a searing family drama about the legacy of Argentina's "Dirty War."

This will be a fundraiser for the North Jersey chapter of Amnesty International. A portion of any (voluntary) donations will go to several trans activists who have been granted asylum in the U.S. over the past few years, due in part to the efforts of this chapter.

https://www.facebook.com/events/928501731037611

Play Reading

Christine Emmert — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 13:31:43 GMT

My play, SOUP INVENTION, will be read at the Northport Library , Long Island, New York on February 21st at 7:30 as part of their Readers Series. This is a ZOOM production. You can register on Llibrary's Website. Free.

Play Reading

Farzana Moon — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:09:11 GMT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ChGo9MDLdM

All characters are long past dead, belonging to the Age of Wisdom, with the exception of Alan the American host. He only appears in the end for a brief period. Male, 49 year old.

Only two characters who engage in dialogue, Rabia and Khidr.

Rabia: Born in Iraq, 717-802. Female, 30 year old.

Khidr: Male, ageless. Green, Invisible knight of Islamic tradition to help anyone in need.

The rest are apparitions which appear and disappear to be identified by Rabia and Khidr. They themselves don’t participate in dialogue.

Khalil Gibran: Born in Basharri, Lebanon. 1883-1931. Male, 35 year old.

Omar Khayyam: Born at Nishapur in Khorasan (Iran) 1048-1023, remembered as King of Wisdom. Male, 40 year old.

Hafiz: Born is Shiraz, south central Iran 1330-1389. Male 27 year old.

Rumi: Born is Balkh, now Afghanistan 1207-1273. Male, 32 year old.

Kabir: Born in India 1448-1518. Male, 27 year old.

Sarmad: Born in Kashan in Iran 1590-1660. Male, 29 year old.

Hasan: Rabia’s spiritual friend, same age as Rabia. Male, 30 year old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEeIZhQqAu4 farzana’s interview

Enchanted Walhalla Ravine

Cast of Characters:

Khidr Spiritual guide of the Muslims

Rabia Sufi Mistress of the Sufi Masters

Alan Owner of the Walhalla Ravine

Scene:

A rustic deck dipping down the Walhalla Ravine is hosting two guests. The sun scintillating through the trees is turning the waters of the ravine into molten gold and the windows of the house above into pewter.

When the curtain rises, Khidr and Rabia are seated together on a wooden bench, facing the trees and the ravine. Rabia is dressed in blue robe of coarse cotton the color of the Sufis. Khidr is wearing a green robe the favorite color of the Prophet.

Khidr

Did you notice, Rabia, how our host Alan vanished all of a sudden? Wonder where he went?

Rabia

Strange that you ask, Khidr, you being the Invisible Guide and guru of Artificial Intelligence beside being helper of mankind in this world of dewdrop illusions. Alan doesn’t even exist in this time and age. And we are merely the phantoms in dreams, dreaming away countless sunsets in endless succession of time and timelessness.

Khidr

You are wrong, Rabia, Artificial Intelligence is just means to an end. Alan brought us here body and soul. He is gone inside his house I am sure. Granting us this privilege to contemplate the gold-dusting of reality and illusion.

Rabia

How can one contemplate reality when all is illusion?

Khidr

My turn to be astonished at your ignorance, Rabia, despite the fact that you are etched within the canvas of history as the Mistress of the Sufi Masters. Sufi Masters bowed before you. Perhaps, in deference to your piety and surrender to the will of God?

Rabia (Laughing)

What is there to surrender since everything belongs to God.

Khidr (Joining Rabia in her mirth)

Ah! You are wise. You must have ineffably prayed to God, for the door to truth is opened for you.

Rabia

Was the door ever closed? Look straight ahead, Khidr. A miracle sublime. Khalil Gibran is standing beyond that grove. Walhalla Ravine is haunted I know, but we should find Alan. He must witness this wondrous scene. Alas, I have lost my spiritual powers. Wonder what Khalil Gibran is saying? I can see his lips moving.

Khidr

Wonders of Artificial Intelligence, don’t you agree? He is saying: Salma is the one who taught me to worship beauty by the example of her own beauty and revealed to me the secret of love by her affection. He is whispering now, but I can still hear him: She is the one who first sang to me the poetry of real life.

Rabia (Sadly)

Why is he crying? Can we comfort him?

Khidr

He can’t see or hear us. Alan specifically told us, you seem to forget, that we must not approach any apparitions, for in this haunted place no earthly and heavenly contact is allowed, unless one is prepared to suffer dire consequences.

Rabia

Yet, we can seek help of Artificial Intelligence, it’s harmless. Should we find Alan, maybe he is allowed to comfort him?

Khidr

Before you were invited, Alan told me that humans should let Artificial Intelligence grope its own way into reality. Confessing that he himself stays away from goblins and fairies and under no circumstances will approach the apparitions regardless of Artificial Intelligence as his guide. We must let Khalil Gibran pour out his grief. Can you hear him now, he is lamenting loud? Can you tell he is standing at the grave of his lost Beloved: Here the hopes of Gibran are buried who is living as a prisoner of love beyond the seas. On this spot I lost my happiness, drained my tears and forgot to smile.

Rabia

No, I can’t hear him. How sad and tragic, tears running down his cheeks. His hands are shooting up in supplication. What is he saying now? Can you please keep telling me?

Khidr

Fortunately, he is talking slow, so I can tell what he is saying: The first Eve led Adam out of Paradise by her own will, while Salma made me enter willingly into the paradise of pure love and virtue by her love and sweetness. But what happened to the first man also happened to me. And the fiery sword which chased Adam out of Paradise was like the one which frightened me by its glittering edge and forced me away from the paradise of my love without having disobeyed any order or without tasting the fruit of forbidden tree.

Rabia

He is vanishing just like Alan did. No, he is there, by the garden wall. Rose bushes as tall as trees, laden with fresh blooms. Another grave, tombstone hidden under white rose petals.

Khidr (Smiling enigmatically)

What you see is the tomb of Omar Khayyam. During his lifetime while strolling in the garden Omar Khayyam had told his students that his tomb would be in the same garden of Nishapur, and the north wind would scatter roses over his tombstone.

Rabia

How beautiful, these white roses! Shroud of death, so very silken. All vanished again. I see someone. Who is there? I recognize him. Yes, I know, he is Hafiz, the great Sufi Master. He is the one who memorized the whole Quran by heart. Here comes another man. Hafiz is getting angry now. I recognize this man too, Attar, great Sufi Master of Hafiz. What is Hafiz saying? Is this also the work of Artificial Intelligence?

Khidr

Rather miracle of reality and illusion. Angry for sure! He is sort of challenging Attar: Look at me. I am old, my wife and son are long dead. What have I gained by being your obedient disciple for all these years? Attar says calmly: Be patient and one day you will know. Can you see how angry Hafiz is now, exclaiming: I knew I would get that answer from you.

Rabia (Dejected)

Why is Hafiz fleeing, Attar just standing there? Where is Hafiz going? Is he really planning to leave his Master forever?

Khidr

Not a chance, Rabia. You have forgotten all. Hafiz is fleeing in spiritual desperation in quest of enlightenment. He would find a place where he would draw a circle around him, performing a forty day vigil of abstinence from food or drink. On fortieth day, as it was destines, all his desires would disappear. He would return to Attar, drinking from the cup of union and becoming enlightened.

Rabia

I must admit I have forgotten half of what I knew, or who I knew, including the Sufis who honored me with the title of the Mistress of the Sufis. Look, Khidr, how awful! Who is that man cutting Attar’s throat with his sword?

Khidr

That madman is a Mongol who captured Attar during Genghis Khan’s invasion of Persia. As that Mongol was dragging away Attar, someone offered him a thousand pieces of sliver to buy Attar as a slave. Attar advised his captor against it, saying that the price was not right. The Mongol agreed and refused to sell him. Another man came and offered to buy Attar for a sack of straw. Attar told his captor to sell him, for his life was worth that sack of straw. This is the reason why the raging Mongol murdered the Great Sufi, Attar.

Rabia

Such tragedies! Why are the Sufis and the Saints murdered so brutally? And the Prophets killed and tortured? What do I see now, looks like a library right at the very foot of Walhalla Ravine. Such a surreal landscape. Who is that man sitting there so absorbed in reading that he doesn’t even notice the intrusion of an ill-kempt man who just entered?

Khidr

That’s Rumi you see sitting there. Rumi doesn’t know, but the man who just entered will be his future Sufi Master and his name is Shams Tabrizi. Can you see how Shams is pointing at the books on the shelves? He is asking Rumi: What are these? Rumi still ignoring him say rather rudely: You wouldn’t understand. Look, can you see the flames leaping out from under the books, across from where Shams stands gazing intently. Ah, Rumi is now leaping on his feet, startled. He is exclaiming: What is this? Shams’ voice is gentle as he says: You wouldn’t understand.

Rabia

It’s all coming back to me. Now I remember, Shams is leaving, Rumi following. Rumi has recognized his Master. He would be falling at the feet of Shams, begging him to accept him as his disciple. Rumi would be enlightened, divine verses pouring out of him in torrents fiery and scalding. Besides, Sufis, is this Walhalla Ravine visited by the elves, goblins and fairies too? Strange I can hear the music, but can’t hear when people are talking. We must warn Alan, this looks like a funeral procession, how beautiful though. How lovely the pile of roses on the bier. How does Artificial Intelligence harness energy of past events?

Khidr (Glancing back over his shoulders at the house, then returning his attention to the deck.)

It’s human intelligence manifesting into miracle of Artificial Intelligence. That pile of red roses is actually is the manifestation of the dead body of the Poet Kabir. He was revered by both Hindus and Muslims. When he died, Hindus wanted to cremate him, and Muslims wanted to bury him. While hot words were exchanged between these two religious factions, someone lifted the shroud off his body, but there was no Kabir, only a pile of red roses. So both the factions divided the pile into two equal halves. Hindus cremated their share of the roses and Muslims buried theirs. People who witnessed these rites said that Kabir had the last laugh.

Rabia

Now I see Ganges, is that a delusion? Well, who is that naked man, springing right out from the bottom of the Walhalla Ravine? I wish Alan would come and tell this naked man to cover his naked nakedness.

Khidr (Starts pacing on the deck.)

The last time someone told him to cover his nakedness was the sixth Moghul emperor of India, Aurangzeb, seventeenth century, and he almost fainted. Sarmad is the name of this naked Sufi saint. He was a Jewish merchant, became a Muslim, then a Hindu when he fell in love with a Hindu boy by the name of Abhu Chand. Spiritual love, that is. When the boy’s father forbade Sarmad to see his son, Sarmad went mad with grief. He gave away all his possessions, including his clothes. He went naked everywhere, singing divine verses and prophesying. When Shah Jahan—the architect of Taj Mahal and the fifth Moghul emperor of India wanted to know about Sarmad’s prophecies since his eldest son Dara Shikoh wished to befriend this naked saint, the emperor sent his vizier to find about Sarmad. The vizier returned with this couplet as his only response:

Sarmad’s famous miracles work by fits and starts

The only revelation is of his private parts

Rabia (Closing her eyes.)

Why did Aurangzeb almost fainted when he told Sarmad to cover his nakedness?

Khidr (Claiming a chair on the deck one level above Rabia.)

Ah, Aurangzeb, a bigot and a tyrant! You must know a little about his mental states before you can understand his physical weakness. In order to ascend the coveted throne he murdered all his brothers, imprisoned his father in his own palace right across from the grand view of Taj Mahal. One day when Aurangzeb was coming out of mosque, he saw Sarmad standing there naked. Blind with rage, he exclaimed: Don’t you have shame? In reverence to the holiness of the ground, at least, cover yourself with a strip of cloth. Sarmad in turn requested the emperor that if he would deign to cover Sarmad with the blanket in front of him, he would never come near the mosque again. When Aurangzeb bent down to lift the blanket, he encountered severed heads of his murdered brothers. The emperor turned pale, blanket slipping from his hands. Sarmad laughed, exclaiming: Now, do you wish me to cover your sins or my nakedness?

Rabia (Her eyes shot open.)

Now, who is that young man standing before him with his sword drawn?

Khidr

This bejeweled and richly appareled young man is Abhu Chand—Sarmad’s spiritual beloved, commanded by Aurangzeb to murder Sarmad. And Sarmad is singing in ecstatic swoon:

I recognize thee

Beloved

You have come

To embrace me

Rabia

Alack, a thousand times alack! All is vanished so quickly. Why doesn’t Alan come? This cool mist and the silvery moon! I see someone, who is there? Oh, yes, it’s Hasan, my friend, I recognize him. Why is he sitting on his Prayer-rug over the waters of Walhalla Ravine? He is saying something. Alas, I can’t hear him.

Khidr

He is saying: Come, Rabia, pray with me on the clam waters of this blessed Ravine.

{Suddenly Rabia is lifted in mid-air, a prayer-rug materializing under her.}

Rabia (Challenging.)

Come, Hasan, pray with me up here.

{Heaving a loud sigh she descends and claims a chair beside Khidr.)

Rabia (Continued. She is still looking at Hasan.)

Let’s not boast of our powers, Hasan. What you have done fishes can do, and what I have done flies can do.

Khidr

Now you have witnessed energy of brain seething in very rivulets of Artificial Intelligence. You have consumed your friend with your wisdom, Rabia, he is annihilated. I am merely a spiritual guide, marooned in this world with the mission of helping those who need my assistance truly and earnestly. I don’t know much about the Sufis. Their belief or lineage, or how they have acclimated themselves in this twenty-first century, new Millennium? If you could enlighten me on this subject.

Rabia

If I am worthy of bestowing this gift/knowledge of God’s own giving! Some believe Sufis are the progeny of the Christian mons and of the Catholic mystics and philosophers. The coffee that everyone drinks now was first used by the Sufis to heighten awareness. Everyone is still wearing the same clothes as worn by the Sufis, the belt, the shirt, the trousers. People still listen to the same music favorite of the Sufis in the form of Andalusian and they dance the same dance as Waltz. We read the same stories of the Sufis retold by Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare. We practice the beliefs like the Templars and the Masonic Orders, no different from the Sufis.

{A soft mist alights over the deck, white and gossamer. Alan saunters up to the deck donned in Peruvian-blue tea-shirt and khaki pants.}

Alan (Smiling.)

I am glad you invited the famous Sufis to my Walhalla Ravine.

Khidr

We didn’t. Sorry, we even neglected to ask your last name before you disappeared.

Alan

Woods, I am Alan Woods. But that is inconsequential. I disappeared because I wanted you to feel and experience the ambience of this Walhalla Ravine with all its powers to contain and unleash Artificial Intelligence. Now I want to tell you that this is a historic Ravine. This Walhalla Ravine was developed in the late nineteenth century by the owners of the Armbruster Scenic Studios. It attained the aura of magic and mystery after it served as an arena of theatrical performances. It also became the hub of weddings, school proms and fraternal groups. The Armbrusters were originally from Germany. They were great fans of Richard Wagner.

Rabia (Reminiscently.)

Alan woods. You remind me of a king in that old kingdom, I forget the name.

Khidr

(Fervently.)

Alan Woods, yes, you are a king! You were, I mean, in that small woodland of a kingdom on the outskirts of Anatolia. It’s coming back to me vividly. You were so consumed by this passion to eradicate corruption in your kingdom that you issued a proclamation.

Alan (Puzzled.)

What proclamation?

Rabia (Dreamily.)

Of truth.

Khidr

Your subjects were steeped deep in the waters of lies and corruption. You wanted them to be fair and truthful. You sought the advice of your viziers and formulated a plan. Now let me think.

Alan (Impatiently.)

What proclamation?

Rabia

I recall it now. You had four gates in your little kingdom, through which your subjects entered in the morning to work and earn their living. At the suggestion of your viziers you posted sentries at each gate, sounding a proclamation that each person entering the city would be asked a question. Now my memory fails me again.

Alan (Under his breath.)

Sufis, saints and mystics, I am cursed.

Khidr

I can see it clearly now. In the middle of the arena flanked by four gates was erected the gallows. The proclamation was that anyone entering the city would be asked a question, and if he replied truthfully he would be allowed to enter the city. And if not, he would be hanged on the gallows without a trial. Oh, these mists are hurting my eyes and clogging my memory.

Alan

And I am roasting alive inside the fires of curiosity. Even my powers to display Artificial Intelligence on waters of imagination is fading.

Rabia

But I see clearly. These mists are cool and comforting. I can hear Wagner’s opera, Tannhauser. It is clearing the cobwebs in my memory. After the proclamation and the morning thereof when the gates of your kingdom were open, the first person to walk toward the East Gate was a Sufi by the name of Nasurdin. Where are you going, the Sentry asked? To tell you the truth, I am going to be hanged on those gallows today, Nasurdin replied. You are lying, the Sentry protested. Then hang me, isn’t that the proclamation of your king, if I am lying? Nasurdin smiled. But that would make it the truth, the Sentry stands there confused. Exactly, your truth! Nasurdin ambles away.

Khidr (Jubilantly.)

Ah, the perception of truth! Everyone’s truth, illusive and multi-faceted.

Alan (Laughing.)

Annihilation of truth.

{The mists darken and descend. A wall of darkness envelops the Walhalla Ravine.)

The End

Theatre Odyssey One Act Festival

Shoshannah Boray — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:10:15 GMT

ME TALKING 2 ME will be performed for the first time in Florida at Theatre Odyssey's One-Act Play Festival, October 14 through 17, at the Bradenton Kiwanis Theater at Manatee Performing Arts Center in Sarasota, Florida!

SWTP Finalist

Jennifer O'Grady — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:20:19 GMT

My full-length play JUGGLING WITH MR. FIELDS was a finalist for Southwest Theatre Productions 2020 New Play Contest featuring a male lead who undergoes an emotional transformation.

Cristina A. Bejan wins 2021 Human Relations Indie Book Award

Cristina Bejan — Tue, 04 May 2021 14:08:02 GMT

Cristina A. Bejan wins the 2021 Human Relations Book Award for her debut poetry collection "Green Horses on the Walls" (Finishing Line Press, 2020). She is awarded in two categories: Historical (Gold Winner) & Honorable Mention (Personal Growth Poetry).

"The Docent" by Donna Kaz takes 2nd place in 2020/21 Henley Rose Playwriting Competition for Women

DONNA KAZ — Sun, 02 May 2021 12:21:55 GMT

2020-2021 Winners of the Henley Rose Playwright Competition for Women:

First Place Award ($1000.00): The Killing of Kings (part 1) by Nadira Simone

Second Place Award ($500.00): The Docent by Donna Kaz

Third Place Award ($250.00): Midnight Showing by Libby Heily

Donna Kaz's Playwriting Intensive for Women begins this month (May 2021). For more information: https://kazconference.submittable.com/submit/179568/playwriting-intensive-for-women-may-2021

Dale Griffiths Stamos wins Best Short Film Award at the Borrego Springs Film Festival

Dale Stamos — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:37:20 GMT

Dale won Best Short Film award from Borrego Springs Film Festival 2021 for the short film she wrote and directed, "Entwined."

Cristina A. Bejan wins 2020 Independent Press Book Award

Cristina Bejan — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 02:15:56 GMT

Cristina A. Bejan, PhD (stage-name "Lady Godiva") just won the 2020 Independent Press Book Award for her debut spoken word poetry collection "Green Horses on the Walls" (Finishing Line Press). Bejan lives in Denver, Colorado where she runs the local & international arts collective Bucharest Inside the Beltway.

Deborah Tobola - Willa Literary Award, Women Writing the West

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:29:09 GMT

Finalist in Creative Nonfiction for Hummingbird in Underworld: Teaching in a Men's Prison.

Deborah Tobola - Next Generation Indie Award

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:26:27 GMT

Gold medal in Social Justice, finalist in Memoir for

Hummingbird in Underworld: Teaching in a Men's Prison.

Cristina A. Bejan - "Diploma of Excellence" for promoting Romanian culture

Cristina Bejan — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:22:04 GMT

As a member of Cenaclul Românesc “Mircea Eliade” (Romanian literary circle in Denver, CO) Cristina A. Bejan was awarded the 2021 “Diploma of Excellence” for promoting Romanian culture

CCA Grant for New Community Co-Creation

Catherine Frid — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:41:11 GMT

Catherine Frid received a Canada Council for the Arts grant to co-create a Forum theatre play with older adults and hope and resilience in response to depression, medical assistance in dying, and suicide. This new work will tour in 2022.

Beverly Hills Theatre Guild

Shoshannah Boray — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:59:40 GMT

A call to activism for today's youth, Shoshannah Boray's TYA play "Cassandra Syndrome" garnered 2nd place in the BHTG Playwright Competition for Youth Theatre.

Aurand Harris Honorable Mention

Shoshannah Boray — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:56:45 GMT

Step-Sisters by Shoshannah Boray earned an honorable mention in 2020's NET Aurand Harris Awards for TYA.

Bill Paxton Award

Dale Stamos — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 17:59:43 GMT

Member Dale Griffiths Stamos has received the Bill Paxton Award from the Ojai Film Festival for the short film she wrote and directed: "Entwined."

Unfinished Business

Susan Decatur — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 21:26:58 GMT

The playwriting team of Susan and Doug Decatur had their full length play, Unfinished Business selected as a Second Round winner in the Austin Film Festival playwriting competition in addition to being chosen as a semi-finalist in the ScreenCraft 2020 playwriting competition. The play was also selected to receive a staged reading at Cincinnati Playwright Initiative's 2021 season.

DGA Reading of my two act comedy

Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:57:33 GMT

Sharon Baker's two act comedy, BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE DALAI LAMA'S PALACE received a reading on Zoom, July 19, 2pm.

Presented by the Dramatists Guild of America in their Footlights New Plays program, the reading was videotaped. Anyone wishing to

see the reading, contact Sharon Baker, email: sharonspencelieb@gmail.com.

Jerry Kaufman Award for Excellence in Playwriting

DONNA KAZ — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 23:18:34 GMT

My play, "The Docent" is the winner of the 2020 Jerry Kaufman Award for Excellence in Playwriting given each year by American Renaissance Theatre Company.

Rising Artists Playwriting Award

Jennifer O'Grady — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:30:23 GMT

My full-length play Charlotte's Letters was selected by Attic Salt Theater Company as a winner of the 2020 Rising Artists Playwriting Competition.

Audience-Choice Award

Jennifer O'Grady — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:26:39 GMT

My play "Fridge" was selected for Kairos Italy Theater's International Women in Comedy Ten-Minute Play Festival (performed online in May 2020), where it won 2nd Place Audience-Choice Award. The top three plays including "Fridge" were translated into Italian and performed in the Lucidosottile Festival (online) on June 6, 2020.

Nautilus Book Award

Fri, 08 May 2020 18:40:27 GMT

Hummingbird in Underworld: Teaching in a Men's Prison by ICWP member Deborah Tobola won a 2019 Nautilus Silver Book Award in the category of Heroic Journeys.

Outstanding Production, SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle

Patricia Milton — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:00:52 GMT

"The Victorian Ladies Detective Collective," by ICWP member Patricia Milton, has been nominated by San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle (SFBATCC) for Outstanding Production in a theater with fewer than 100 seats, in both the East Bay, and overall SF Bay Area.

The 2019 production, by Central Works Theater, was recommended by Theatre Bay Area and earned a "Go See!" designation by the SFBATCC.

https://www.criticscircle.org/excellence-in-theatre-awards/2020-noms-for-2019/

Robert J. Pickering Award

Ronni Sanlo — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:32:03 GMT

In February 2020, I was awarded second place in the Robert J. Pickering Playwrighting Excellence for my play Dear Anita Bryant. I suddenly realized that I'm actually a playwright!

2019 Best Documentary One-Woman Show Award

Jenny Lyn Bader — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 03:45:53 GMT

In November, my play Equally Divine: The Real Story of The Mona Lisa received the 2019 Best Documentary One-Woman Show Award at the United Solo Festival in New York City.

American Opera Initiative Commission

Sandra Seaton — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:07:08 GMT

In February 2019 I received the news that I had been awarded a commission from the Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center. There were approximately 85 semi- finalists for the award. My commission as librettist (author of the story line and words) and the commission of the composer, Carlos Simon, constitutes a team for the creation of a new opera.

Here's the link:

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/mto/AOIInfo

In September I went to DC for a week of rehearsals at the Washington National Opera's rehearsal hall with the composer, conductor, singers. This was the first time I had heard it sung. It was wonderful! On Saturday, September 21st there was a workshop performance at the REACH, a brand new facility at the Kennedy Center.

On Friday, January 10th, I returned to DC for the premiere at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theatre.

Here's the link:

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/mto/AOIInfo

Night Trip was reviewed on Monday, January 13th in the Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/at-the-kennedy-center-wnos-opera-initiative-unveils-a-trio-of-novelties/2020/01/11/d6610810-34ad-11ea-91fd-82d4e04a3fac_story.html

On Saturday January 11, it was reviewed in the Washington Classical Review:

https://washingtonclassicalreview.com/2020/01/11/wnos-american-opera-initiative-serves-up-an-intriguing-trio-of-new-works/

Sandra de Helen Rainbow Award

Sandra de Helen — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 18:27:01 GMT

Sandra de Helen's "Desire Returns for a Visit" collection of lesbian poetry tied for 2nd place for the 2018-2019 Rainbow Award. The book is published by Launch Point Press and is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.

Dinner Theatre

Judith Glass-Collins — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 23:00:00 GMT

This November 2019 KCPT, in partnership with Alchemy Bistro & Wine Bar, bring you one of Port Townsend's truly loved events - DINNER THEATER - which happens only twice a year and is always a unique, fun night out on the town.

Enjoy a themed 5-course dinner while being entertained by KCPT with a live theater show.

Tickets are $58 per person and include show, dinner, and gratuity. Drinks not included.

Sunday Nov. 10SOLD OUT

These light-hearted 10 minute plays will be featured in Dinner Theater's Fall Fling:

FAUX

by Jeffrey M. Brown

SMART HOME

by Christopher Clow

PICKLES

by Doug Given

UBER SOUP

by Judith Glass-Collins

DINNER FOR TWO

by David Hundhausen

THE PERFECT READING

by Mara Lathrop

Pandora's Box Honorable Mention

Jennifer O'Grady — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 22:47:17 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's Paranormal Love is an Honorable Mention/runner-up for the 2019 Pandora's Box New Works Festival.

Readers' Favorite Bronze Medal Winner

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 03:46:19 GMT

Hummingbird in Underworld: Teaching in a Men's Prison, for Non-Fiction, Social Issues, 2019 International Book Awards, Readers' Favorite.

National Playwriting Award for Theatre for Young Audiences

Sun, 08 Sep 2019 17:49:35 GMT

Laura Shamas's play TOP SECRET DEER DAY CARE won the 2018-2019 National Playwriting Award for Theatre for Young Audiences, from the University of Central Missouri, Theatre and Dance, Warrensburg, MO. $1000.

MAIZE, awards

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 20:45:39 GMT

My play MAIZE, about Nobel-Prize-winner Barbara McClintock:

Read at Community Playhouse of Greater Lafayette, 1/26/19.

SciArts at LSU Playwriting Prize, 2019.

Semi-finalist, 2019 Mach 33: Caltech/Pasadena Playhouse Festival of New Science-Driven Plays,

2019 TRU Play Reading Series Finalist.

Jane Chambers Prize Honorable Mention

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 17:19:25 GMT

From Jen-Scott Mobley:

We are pleased to announce the winners for the 2019 Jane Chambers Feminist Playwriting Award. This year we received nearly 350 submissions and engaged 23 readers from around the country. Readers were thrilled by the level of artistic excellence and feminist ethos present in the diversity of plays submitted. On behalf of the Women and Theatre Program and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, I am delighted to inform you that your play The Butch Project is one [of four] of our honorable mentions for the Jane Chambers 2019 Award.

PortFringe Awards

Carolyn Gage — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:47:31 GMT

Lighting Martha, a one-act play about legendary lighting designer Jean Rosenthal and her partner Miki (Marion) Kinsella, just won a Patron's Choice and a Critic's Choice Award (for Tech) at the PortFringe Festival in Portland, Maine. The website for the play is https://carolyngage.weebly.com/lighting-martha.html

Charlotte Higgins' play CRAZY BETTY selected as finalist in the 2019 O'Neill National Playwright's Conference

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:33:59 GMT

My play CRAZY BETTY was named a finalist in the 2019 O'Neill Conference. The play was also a semifinalist in the Bay Area Playwrights Festival; the Bechdel Test Festival; and the Austin Film and Writers Conference.

Charlotte Higgins' short play selected for 44th Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:20:12 GMT

"Mama Won't Stay Dead" was one of 30 plays selected to be presented at this year's Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival. "Mama" will be featured Thursday, August 22 at 7 p.m. at The Vineyard Theater, 108 East 15th Street, New York. For ticket and festival information, visit oobfestival.com.

Tammy Ryan's play The Wake is 2019 Premiere Stages Playfestival winner

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 14:08:43 GMT

The Wake by Tammy Ryan is the 2019 Premiere Stages Playfestival winner, opening July 11-28 at the Bauer Boucher Theatre Center at Kean University, Union, NJ.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/new-jersey/article/Premiere-Stages-To-Present-2019-Premiere-Play-Festival-Winner-THE-WAKE-20190620

Melba LaRose Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 01:20:24 GMT

The Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award of Who's Who has been bestowed upon playwright-actress-director-artistic Director Melba LaRose. Melba has been listed in 4 editions of Who's Who for many decades. This honor comes on the heels of the 2019 Acker Award, which she received in March at Theatre for the New City.

Ellen Wittlinger has won a place in the Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:41:06 GMT

Five full-length plays have been selected for staged readings at the Garry Marshall Theatre in their New Works Festival to be held July 14-16 in Burbank CA, and one of them is LEFTOVERS by Ellen Wittlinger. The play is set in the basement of Edie's house where she talks often with her husband who has been dead for 30 years. When her daughters and grandchildren arrive for Thanksgiving, old wounds are opened and old secrets unearthed.

Kathi E.B. Ellis & Nancy Gall-Clayton, Finalist, Women Arts Media Coalition Collaboration Award

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Wed, 01 May 2019 22:00:00 GMT

Independent theatre director Kathi E.B. Ellis and playwright Nancy Gall-Clayton were honored to be named a Finalist for the Collaboration Award from the Women Arts Media Coalition. Since 1998, they have collaborated on a variety of projects, including the following:

working together on several dozen plays, including a full-length commissioned and produced by Looking for Lilith Theatre Company
presenting workshops across Kentucky and at Southeastern Theatre conventions
guiding survivors at the Center for Women & Families to tell their stories in play format
creating and organizing SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now) programs showcasing the talent of area women of all ages performing in numerous genres

Antonia Brancati Mario Fratti Award

Antonia Brancati — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:21:31 GMT

Although it did not win the first prize, the play "Ulisse, l'ultimo inganno" - Ulysses, the Last Deception - received a special mention in the second place.

Dale Griffiths Stamos wins two Awards of Excellence: BEST SHORTS AWARDS COMPETITION

Dale Stamos — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:28:22 GMT

Two short films that I wrote and directed, "The Dinner Guest," and "Dirty Little Secret" (both adapted from my short plays) have won "Awards of Excellence" from the Best Shorts Awards Competition.

BAMBOOZLED by Patricia Milton honored by SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle

Patricia Milton — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:02:50 GMT

BAMBOOZLED, a comedy about family valuables by Patricia Milton, produced at Central Works Theatre in 2018, was honored by SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, 2018 Awards, in these categories:

Finalist, Outstanding Production, San Francisco/East Bay

Finalist, Outstanding Production, entire San Francisco Bay Area

Finalist, Outstanding Ensemble

Finalist, Best Leading Actress, Stacy Ross as Rochelle

Winner, Best Featured Actress - Susan Jackson as Opal Anne Hatchett

2018 Henley Rose Playwright Competition for Women

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:18:48 GMT

My play THE SUMMER DRESS was a finalist in this competition.

2018 HENLEY ROSE PLAYWRIGHT COMPETITION FOR WOMEN

Elana Gartner — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:10:04 GMT

My script, "Before Lesbians", received 2nd place for the 2018 Henley Rose Playwright Competition for Women. As a result, the script will receive a staged reading in Knoxville, TN sometime this spring.

BAMBOOZLED by Patricia Milton wins 4 Theatre Bay Area Awards

Patricia Milton — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:59:38 GMT

BAMBOOZLED, finalist for seven 2018 Theatre Bay Area awards, was awarded four:

Outstanding Production

Outstanding Ensemble

Outstanding Lead Actor awards, for Chelsea Bearce and Stacy Ross.

Diane Baia Hale's THE MARBLE MUSE is a finalist for Jewish Ensemble Theatre's 2019 JETFest

Diane Baia Hale — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:13:49 GMT

Diane Baia Hale's full-length historical drama THE MARBLE MUSE has been named a finalist for Jewish Ensemble Theatre's 2019 JETFest and will receive a staged reading this summer in West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Kristin Ward, 2018 Project Stream Award

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:51:12 GMT

Micro Grant through PA Council on the Arts, for second stage development of her project "Many Voices, One Story."

2018 Awards

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:57:29 GMT

Travel grant to Portugal conference from ietm, the International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts.

Space grant from League of Independent Theater at NY TimesCenter.

Puffin Foundation grant for development and touring of "After the Wall."

Professional Week invitation to Grec Festival, Barcelona.

Co-production of "After the Wall" at Howl! Happening, gallery & performance space.

Susan Cinoman Wins Guilford Performing Arts Prize in Drama

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:58:35 GMT

The Guilford Performing Arts Festival (GPAF) has awarded its inaugural Guilford Foundation/Guilford Performing Arts Festival Artists' Awards to playwright/screenwriter Susan Cinoman of Woodbridge

https://www.broadwayworld.com/connecticut/article/Susan-Cinoman-Receives-Performing-Arts-Award-from-Guilford-Performing-Arts-Festival-20180926

ZEN & the Art of Mourning a Mother

Emma Goldman-Sherman — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:58:05 GMT

Finalist for The Bridge Initiative's Bechdel Festival

Victoria Z. Daly's RAW a winner of 2018 The Warner International Playwrights Festival

Victoria Z. Daly — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 17:44:01 GMT

Victoria Z. Daly's RAW was a winner of the Warner International Playwrights Festival in Torrington, Ct., and received a production there in October 2018.

2-year Work Grant for Artist Awarded

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:53:18 GMT

In 2018 I was granted a 2-year Work Grant from the Norwegian Government Grants for Artists.

Government Grants for Artists serve to secure diverse and innovative arts activity by providing stipends for individual artists. The grants are awarded on the basis of artistic quality and activity.24 selection commitees, with 123 member appointed by artists' organizations, evaluate the applications, and approxamately 1-3 percent of the applications to Work Grants are granted.

I was awarded the grant to write a play about Free Speech.

The grant is 31000 US Dollars each year.

Received Bob Jolly grant in 2018

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:19:18 GMT

My absurd comedy Tangles In Your Teeth received a Bob Jolly grant this past September. My Tangles In Your Teeth had a reading at Fort Point Theater during the FPCT reading series Senses.

Charlotte Higgins is Semi-FInalist in the Bechdel Test Festival

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 17:31:19 GMT

Charlotte Higgins' play CRAZY BETTY was selected as a semi-finalist for the Bechdel Test Festival.

Charlotte Higgins is Second Rounder in Austin Film Festival Playwriting Category

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 17:27:21 GMT

Charlotte Higgins' play CRAZY BETTY was selected as a Second Rounder in the Austin Film Festival & Writers's Conference Playwriting Competition.

Charlotte Higgins is semi-finalist in the 2018 Bay Area Playwrights' Festival

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 17:25:06 GMT

Charlotte Higgins' play Birmingham Blues was a semi-finalist in the San Francisco Bay Area Playwrights' Festival (BAPF).

Charlotte Higgins receives SARTA Outstanding Achievement Recognition

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 17:19:52 GMT

Charlotte Higgins' play Birmingham Blues was recognized for Outstanding Achievement for Original Script by the Sacramento Area Regional Theater Alliance (SARTA).

Lynne S. Brandon gets Jolly Grant

Sun, 23 Dec 2018 17:25:05 GMT

The Bob Jolly Trust supported a workshop production of AT THE LINE in April 2018, in Boston. AT THE LINE is about elite college women's basketball, and the minefields of racism, homophobia, and sexual attraction among players and coaches alike. This is the second grant I have received from the Jolly Trust - VERY supportive of women's and lesbians' stories!

Judith Glass Collins is finalist in Shakespeare in the 'Burg

Judith Glass-Collins — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 22:43:58 GMT

Judith Glass Collins' one-act, Veterans' Day, was a finalist in the one-act play competition of Shakespeare in the 'Burg, Middleburg, Virginia, March 2018.

Judith Glass Collins is winner of Annual Playwrights Festival in Port Townsend

Judith Glass-Collins — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 22:38:41 GMT

Judith Glass Collins won the annual One-Act Play Competition in Port Townsend, Washington, with her play, Family Photographs.

Family Photographs received a production at Key City Public Theatre in March, 2018, as part of the PT 22nd Annual Playwright's Festival.

Ruth Zamoyta wins New Jersey fellowship

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:52:54 GMT

Ruth Zamoyta received a 2018 playwriting fellowship from New Jersey State Council on the Arts, on the merits of her play The Caregivers.

Dale Griffiths Stamos: Nominee for best comedy short screenplay at Portland Comedy Film Festival

Dale Stamos — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 01:44:29 GMT

Dale Griffiths Stamos's short screenplay, Birthday Getaway, adapted from her short play of the same name, was nominated for best comedy short screenplay at the Portland Comedy Film Festival, 2018.

Dale Griffiths Stamos: Screenwriting semi-finalist at Ojai Film Festival

Dale Stamos — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 01:42:03 GMT

Dale Griffiths Stamos's feature-length screenplay, One White Crow, adapted from her play of the same name, was named a semi-finalist in the screenwriting category of the Ojai Film Festival, 2018.

Austin Film Festival Playwriting Award

Jennifer O'Grady — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 23:51:24 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's play CHARLOTTE'S LETTERS was a Second Rounder in the 2018 Austin Film Festival Playwriting Award competition.

Heartland Theatre Company's 10-Minute Play Contest

Jennifer O'Grady — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 23:49:24 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's play "Persephone" was selected for Heartland Theatre Company's 2018 Ten-Minute Play Festival and received its world premiere there in June 2018.

Henley Rose Playwrights Award for Women

Jennifer O'Grady — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 23:47:28 GMT

Jennifer O'Grady's play CHARLOTTE'S LETTERS was the 1st Place Winner of this year's Henley Rose Playwrights Award for Women.

Play reading

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:11:42 GMT

The Playwright's Center of San Francisco selected The Small Group, my full length play about a women's consciousness raising group, for a developmental reading that was held in April 2018.

SHATTERING

Patricia Montley — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 20:00:00 GMT

Winner (1 of 6), American Association of Community Theatres Playwriting Contest.

June Guralnick Awards

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 19:32:15 GMT

June Guralnick was awarded two writing residencies at the Weymouth Center for Arts and Humanities, as well as an upcoming residency at Hambidge Center, for the development of her new play (initial reading scheduled in February 2019). Additionally, Guralnick is runner-up for VCCA's Tyrone Guthrie Center Writer-in-Residence Fellowship (2019).

Awards

JULIA PASCAL — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:34:45 GMT

The Royal Literary Fund 2018.

Santander Travel Grant to research evangelical Christians, 2012.

The European Association for Jewish Culture, 2003 and 2011.

The Leverhulme Grant as a Writer in Residence at The Wiener Library, 2006.

The National Endowment for Science and the Arts (NESTA) as a Dreamtime Fellow, 2005.

The Moondance Columbine Prize for Crossing Jerusalem, 2004.

The Arts Council, 2004.

The Oppenheim John-Downes Memorial Trust, 2000.

The Goethe Institute to visit Theatertreffen, 1993.

The Alfred Bradley Prize, 1995.

The Lisa Ullman Travelling Scholarship,1989.

SHE DANCED WITH A RED FISH by Carolyn Nur Wistrand wins the 2018 INKSLINGER NATIONAL PLAYWRITING AWARD.

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:00:00 GMT

http://www.southeastern.edu/acad_research/programs/theatre/competition/index

Carolyn Nur Wistrand's new play on Marie Laveau has just won the 2018 INKSLINGER NATIONAL PLAYWRITING AWARD and will receive a full production at Southeastern Louisiana University in February 2019. From the annals of New Orleans’ unique mythology the play captures the story of Marie Laveau as a young woman. The story follows Marie as she is transformed from a Catholic bride to a participant in African rituals in the Pre-Civil War French Quarter. When the Saint-Domingue priestess, Sanité Dédé, performs a midnight ritual cleansing in Marie’s cottage on St. Ann Street, the unexpected return of her husband, Jacque Paris, disrupts the ceremony, ultimately leading to Marie’s mystic awakening through African traditions. Filled with 19th century legendary Black Creole’s- the mysterious Jacque Paris, Vodou priestess Sanité Dedé, Conjure man Dr. John, quadroon Colette Delacroix, crippled laundress Mary Earle, and runaway slave Bras Coupé, the magic of the Vieux Carré is brought to life in this wickedly delicious tale of female empowerment, love, and magic.

Theatre Bay Area Awards for Patricia Milton's BAMBOOZLED

Patricia Milton — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:28:42 GMT

The Central Works Theatre world premiere of BAMBOOZLED by ICWP member Playwright Patricia Milton was honored with four Theatre Bay Area Awards for the 2018 Season:

Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role, Chelsea Bearce

Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role, Stacy Ross

Outstanding Ensemble

Outstanding Production

The play was also nominated for Outstanding World Premiere Play.

The TBA Awards are designed to honor excellence in professionally oriented theatre through a peer-based, Bay Area-wide adjudication process.

Audience favorite at Khaos Company Theatre's New Play Festival

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 14:27:28 GMT

"The Wedding Dress," a 3F, 2-act comedy by Nancy Gall-Clayton, was the Audience Favorite at Khaos Company Theatre's 2018 New Play Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. For the festival, Khaos presented 5-minute excerpts from 15 full-length plays (with costumes, memorized scripts, and sets!). Audience members voted on the script they most wanted to see in full. As the winner, "The Wedding Dress" will be part of Khaos's next season.

Scholarship for MFA Program

Elana Gartner — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:55:13 GMT

Elana Gartner received a scholarship for her first semester at the Spalding University MFA Low-Residency Program.

Amy Drake, PROny Award

Sat, 07 Jul 2018 14:16:06 GMT

Amy Drake was honored with a PROny Award from the Producer's Perspective PRO Inner Circle, New York in June 2018.

Rita Kniess Barkey's FEATHER AND BONE--3rd place award

Rita Barkey — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:10:34 GMT

5^th Annual New Play Festival in Jackson, WY, sponsored by Riot Act, Inc.

Grant/Fellowship and Recognition _ Dr. Rachana Pandey

Rachana Pandey — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 01:36:54 GMT

The Charles Wallace India Trust (CWIT) Visiting Fellow in the United Kingdom, June 2017
Served as a Session Chair in the International Conference on Future of Women 2018 (February 6-7) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the 4^th World Conference on Women’s Studies (3-5 May 2018) in Colombo, Sir Lanka.
Appreciation Certificate, given by LEAD, Deshpande Foundation, on 8 March 2018, the Internation Women’s Day.

Tammy Ryan joins New Dramatists Class of 2025

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 22:11:23 GMT

New Dramatists, an artistic home and developmental laboratory for professional playwrights, is proud to announce the addition of seven writers to its illustrious, dynamic resident playwright company: J. Julian Christopher, Sarah Gancher, Mike Lew, Vickie Ramirez, Tammy Ryan, Susan Soon He Stanton, and Lauren Yee. They will be in-residence through the year 2025. These supremely talented theatre artists were selected by a seven-person committee of New Dramatists current residents, alumni, and outside theatre professionals from 478 applicants after undergoing a highly competitive, nine-month review and consensus-based decision-making process. New Dramatists kicks off their seven-year residencies with an evening of readings and celebration at the annual New Playwright Welcome in the fall.

Catie O'Keefe - Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for FY 2018

Catie O'Keefe — Mon, 07 May 2018 16:58:50 GMT

Board members of the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) approved Individual Excellence Awards for state fiscal year 2018 during a public meeting on April 25.

Individual Excellence Awards are peer recognition of creative artists for the exceptional merit of a body of their work that advances or exemplifies the discipline and the larger artistic community. These awards support artists' growth and development and recognize their work in Ohio and beyond.

http://www.oac.ohio.gov/News-Events/ArtsOhio-Blog/PostId/246/ohio-artists-receive-individual-excellence-awards

Donna Kaz receives a Jerry Kaufman Award for Excellence in Playwriting

DONNA KAZ — Mon, 07 May 2018 12:18:09 GMT

May 7, 2018 - American Renaissance Theatre Company, NYC, honored Donna Kaz (aka Aphra Behn) with a Jerry Kaufman Award for her full length play, Waiting, the story of a small town girl, Lucy, who dreams of making it as an actress in New York City. The day Lucy gets off the bus she lands her first job on Broadway - waiting on tables in a restaurant. In an over-the-top parody of Broadway and the restaurant business, Waiting explores the performative aspects of restaurants and asks the question: Can waiters in the Big Apple ever play any other part?

Luminous Genesis finalist in FirstWorks competition

Fri, 04 May 2018 02:44:10 GMT

Luminous Genesis was a finalist in Somerville, Massachusetts Theater at First Firstworks competition for a new play.

AWARDS

JULIA PASCAL — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:32:22 GMT

Fellowship from The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA).

Leverhulme Scholarship.

BBC Alfred Bradley Award.

Lisa Ullman Travelling Scholarship.

Arts Council Awards.

PhD from the University of York.

Jessie Salsbury won the OCTA New Works Playwright Competition with "Adoption of Grief"

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:22:14 GMT

"Adoption of Grief" has won the OCTA New Works Playwright Competition. Five finalists were selected to present 10 minutes of their respective plays, and the audience voted on their favorite teaser. The winner received a full length workshop to be showcased on July 13th and 14th, 2018.

For the full press release, please visit OCTA's website.

Olathe Civic Theatre, Olathe, KS (Kansas City Metro)

GoodtoGo Festival of songs from new musicals by Women writers

Jennie Redling — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:09:11 GMT

My musical "My Heart is the Drum" (http://www.myheartisthedrum.com) which had its world premiere at Washington's Village Theatre in 2016 was part of The Good To Go Songwriters’ Showcase, presented Saturday, March 10, 2018, at the Times Center in NYC in partnership with the Prospect Theater Company. (http://www.goodtogofestival.org/)

The Festival provided a sneak peek at seven new musicals that have been developed around the country. The evening was project focused with each writer presenting two songs from their show and then being interviewed.

The showcase concert was born out of the Good to Go Summit, and the supporters are on track with a mission to support and showcase the work of women writers whose work has been developed and is ready for full production.

Jennie Redling

http://www.jennieredling.com

THE MALTESE BABKA wins 2018 "Women Are Funny" competition

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:42:17 GMT

C.J. Ehrlich's full-length noir comedy THE MALTESE BABKA is the Winner of the 2018 Women Are Funny competition, sponsored by Play-Makers Spokane.

Tagline: Join private investigator Jake Pantograph on a delightfully comic sally into the world of noir, as he tries to track down a missing girl, a blackmailer, a one-of-a-kind black diamond necklace, a hot babka, and some ice for his drink.

The play came in first of almost 100 entries. It is on the NPX. Production photos at www.CJ-Ehrlich.com

Awards/Fellowships for TILL SOON, ANNE

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 11:37:24 GMT

Christine Toy Johnson has received a 2018 Creative Engagement Grant Award from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in support of her new musical TILL SOON, ANNE (for which she wrote book & lyrics with composer Bobby Cronin).

She also was chosen for an inaugural Sokoloff Arts fellowship in association with Town Stages in NYC, also in support of her musical TILL SOON, ANNE.

Cass Erickson - update

Cass Erickson — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 22:04:17 GMT

Geographics, a one-minute memoir written for radio, was a finalist for Brevity: The Podcast of a Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction in January 2018.

Covfefe Roi, a five-minute play co-written with Rollie Erickson, had a public reading at the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, MN as part of Paula Vogel’s National Ubu Roi Bake-Off in February 2018.

Ruth Zamoyta receives 2018 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship

Sun, 11 Mar 2018 15:13:08 GMT

Playwright Ruth Zamoyta was one of eight recipients of a 2018 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. The Individual Artist Fellowships, announced on February 13th, are competitive awards to New Jersey artists granted after independent peer panel assessment of anonymous work samples, focused solely on artistic quality. NJSCA considers artists from 12 different disciplines on a rotating basis, and this year the categories were crafts, photography, and playwriting.

Zamoyta had submitted her play The Caregivers, about the daughter of a woman in the late stages of Alzheimer’s, the full-time aide from Trinidad, and their conflicting perspectives on caregiving and motherhood.

“No form of art presents the human experience as powerfully as theatre,” said Zamoyta. “We enter a dark theatre, take a seat, and come face-to-face with ourselves and our shortcomings. We leave the theatre moved and inspired. As I have only been writing plays for a few years, the NJSCA fellowship was a validation of my work. It gives me encouragement to continue the important job of playmaking.”

Laura Ekstrand, Artistic Director of Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, said, “We were so excited to hear that Ruth won this award. It's remarkable that it's for her first play, but it was obvious from the reading that we had at Dreamcatcher that the audience responded in a very personal way to the play and Ruth was very open to the input and discussion that resulted. We hope it's the first of many wonderful pieces that she creates!”

Since 2014, Zamoyta has served as Development & Communications Director at New Jersey Theatre Alliance. Previously she was Communications and Projects Manager in the Office of the President at Columbia University, and worked as an independent marketing, strategy, and project consultant.

For as long as she can remember, Zamoyta has been writing creatively. Her novel clarissa@loveless.comwas published serially on classicnovels.com in 2001, and she self-published ‘Otsu’ and Other Poems in 2006. She co-edited Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems (Ragged Sky Press) in 2009, and the poetry collection Blanket Stories (Ragged Sky Press) in 2014. She has also published several poems and articles.

Zamoyta holds master’s degrees from Columbia University and New York University, and a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from St. John’s University. She is a member of The Dramatists Guild and the International Centre for Women Playwrights, and a trustee of Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit, NJ.

MT Cozzola Illinois Arts Council Grant

MT Cozzola — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:30:22 GMT

MT has been awarded a 2018 Illinois Arts Council grant to fund a Ragdale Residency, where she will continue development of WHEN THEY CAME, a new play based on Debbie Urbanski's short story, "When They Came to Us."

Emily Adler on the 2015 Kilroy List for Notable Female Playwrights

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:17:30 GMT

After a staged reading of my play, Face, at the Cell Theater in New York City, I was nominated by in industry professionals for The Kilroy List of notable female playwrights.

Emily Adler semi-finalist in the 2017 New York New Works Theater Festival

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:14:39 GMT

A segment from my upcoming play, Andromeda Speaks, was performed at the 2017 NYNW Theater Festival and made it to the semi-final round.

Best Comedy Show Award

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:23:22 GMT

The Very Perry Show written and performend by Kate Perry won best Comedy Show Award at The United Theatre Solo Festival in New York, November 2017.

http://bit.ly/2qaJIJ1

SantaBarbara PlayFest

Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:43:23 GMT

Diane Grant's two act comedy/drama The Last Of The Daytons won the SantaBarbaraPlayFest of 2017.

DAN I RODDEN JR PLAY AWARD

JULIA PASCAL — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 07:49:11 GMT

BLUEPRINT MEDEA was the premier winner of the Dan I Rodden Jr Play Award 2017.

2017 Awards

Wed, 31 Jan 2018 02:53:28 GMT

ELEVATOR GIRL:

2017 O'Neill finalist

Finalist, Boomerang First Flight

Semi-finalist, Austin Film Festival

HEARTS OF STONE:

Awarded NYSCA Individual Artist Grant

Honorable Mention, Panndora

BRILLIANT WORKS OF ART:

Finalist, Santa Barbara Playfest

Nominated for the Susan Blackburn Prize (current)

MEET ME AT THE GATES, MARCUS JAMES

Finalist, Anna Zornio Children's Theatre Playwriting Award

Purple Crayon Playground Festival, Northwestern, Evanston, OH April 2017

Laura Shamas - Von Marie Atchley Award

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:21:12 GMT

On November 12, 2017, Laura Shamas won the Von Marie Atchley Award for Excellence in Playwriting ($1,000) from Native Voices at the Autry (Los Angeles), for her short play SEEDS in Native Voices' 7th Annual Short Play Festival.

Best Animation Film, 2017, at Moondance International Film Festival.

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:50:51 GMT

Michele D'Acosta, director, and Eliza Wyatt, writier won Best Animation Film, 2017, at Moondance International Film Festival. (a film sorry for planet earth) www.cookingtheearth.com

Diane Baia Hale, A Winner--NEXT ACT! New Play Summit 6

Diane Baia Hale — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 22:04:02 GMT

Diane Baia Hale has been named a winner for Capital Repertory Theatre's NEXT ACT! New Play Summit 6 for her historical drama THE MARBLE MUSE. As part of the summit, a staged reading of the play will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 22 at Proctors GE Theatre in Schenectady, New York.

"UN/MASKED, Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl" wins Best Nonfiction 2017 prize

DONNA KAZ — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:27:39 GMT

"UN/MASKED, Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl On Tour" has been named best nonfiction book of 2017 by Devil's Kitchen Literary Festival.

UN/MASKED, Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl On Tour, follows the unmasked DONNA KAZ, and the masked APHRA BEHN through their often surprising 25 year journey. In a braided narrative that flips between 1977 and 1997, Donna Kaz describes, with an ironic and humorous voice, what it was like go from being on the arm of William Hurt and an insider on the sets of movies like Altered States and Bodyheat, to an anonymous outsider donning a scary gorilla mask to protest sexism at Broadway's Tony Awards. Donna Kaz hobnobs with actress Kathleen Turner and director Lawrence Kasden, while Aphra Behn organizes sticker campaigns focused at the big New York City theatres which produce season after season of only plays by white male playwrights. When the Roundabout Theatre's toilet stalls (in both women's and men's rooms) are plastered with Guerrilla Girls' stickers stating: In this theatre, the taking of photographs, the use of a recording device and the production of plays by women is strictly prohibited - the Roundabout announces their next season will include two plays by women. Aphra and the Guerrilla Girls take all the credit and go on to create comedic art and theater that blasts the blatant sexism of the theater world while proving feminists are funny at the same time.

FOR MORE INFO: https://www.amazon.com/MASKED-Memoirs-Guerrilla-Girl-Tour/dp/1510709436

3rd TEDx Talk on multimedia verbatim theatre this October

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 23:16:26 GMT

I'm excited to be giving my third TEDx Talk this October at TEDx LATI!

https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/23584

Based on FIBERS - a play inspired by the literal sewing that enabled my grandmother to survive the death camps, as well as the act of threading my family’s unfinished stories into a seamless narrative – a tapestry that reunites relatives across space, time, and understandings.

First three minutes of "Power of Storytelling" TEDx Talk before live next week

Sun, 09 Jul 2017 21:57:22 GMT

For those of us that LOVE Joseph Campbell and the archetypal hero's journey (where is it NOT?) I wanted to share an exciting update - I gave my second TEDx Talk last February at VCU, and it's taken a few months, but I finally found out that the talk is going to be live next week! In the meantime, they gave me the first three minutes that I wanted to share. I'll share the rest when it's up on the TEDx site. In the meantime, I'd love to hear your thoughts...the rest of the talk might go in a bit of an unexpected direction - so stay tuned - enjoy...and "Welcome to the Greatest Adventure of Your Life!"

https://amyoes.com/2017/06/26/2nd-tedx-talk/

Aphra Behn receives Venus Theatre Lifetime Acheivement Award

DONNA KAZ — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 11:27:57 GMT

Guerrilla Girl On Tour, Aphra Behn, received the Venus Theatre Lifetime Achievement Award in Washington DC. The mission of Venus Theatre is to set flight to the voices of women and children with theatre for a lifetime. Aphra Behn performed "Act Like a Feminist Artist, a Guerrilla Girl Unmasks," at Venus on February 2, before receiving the award, and read from her new memoir, "UN/MASKED." She dedicated the award to women in theatre who work tirelessly for their voices to be heard.

Catherine Frid - Canada 150 grant

Catherine Frid — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:52:04 GMT

With the community-engaged seniors' theatre group Our Voices, I've received a grant to create Canada's Seniors: Our Roots, Our Future, a new play that celebrates the contributions of seniors to Canada's past, present and future.

Sidra Rausch - H. D. Lewis Award for Best Play, Source Theatre Festival

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 23:54:26 GMT

How I Became a Bennington Girl was about a young poet student and her famous professor. The play dealt with the issue of anti-Semitism.

Cooking The Earth

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 19:24:47 GMT

Two minute film protesting with an ironic twist, the state of our fossil fueled planet, written by me, directed by Michele D'Acosta.

Awarded Honorable Mention by the Experimental Film Forum in Los Angeles

April 20-22, 2017, "A Trip to Eden," NYCAlpha Thalia Festival

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 19:23:10 GMT

NYCAlpha's Thalia upcoming festival includes my comedy "A Trip to Eden," in which a modern time feminist gives Eve some salient advice. A group of short plays are produced a total of 6 times with different casts at Roebuck Theater in New York City. This will be the second production of "A Trip to Eden" in this venue. Tickets are $20 at the door or through this website:

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-thalia-festival-cast-b-10933276932?utm_campaign=thalia_festival_playwrights_ticket_info_comps&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=2017-03-30

"The Anesthetic Was Psalms," April 6-15, 2017 (A "365" production)

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 19:11:29 GMT

Rover Dramawerks in Plano, Texas, again hosts a "365 Women a Year" festival of short plays, including "The Anesthetic Was Psalms," my short drama inspired by Jane Todd Crawford (1763-1842), who had the first ovariotomy -- and lived another 32 years. According to Rover Dramawerks, the focus of the festival is to "write and present plays about extraordinary women, bring women back into the social consciousness, and plant seeds of her story around the country." Artistic Director of Rover, Carol Rice, is a passionate advocate of the "365" project. Tickets are $16-22. Visit the website for details.

http://www.roverdramawerks.com/01_CurrentSeason/01_CurrentSeason.html

Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist 2017

Jennie Redling — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 21:43:59 GMT

Jennie Redling's musical libretto for "MY HEART IS THE DRUM" (composer, Phillip Palmer; lyricist, Stacey Luftig) - of nearly two hundred applications submitted, was one of 24 total applications that moved forward to the final review round, received praise and designation as a 2017 Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist.

Original Monologue: Finalist in "Women in the Age of Trump"

Thu, 05 Jan 2017 06:55:16 GMT

I'm excited to announce that my monologue, "Flower Farthest from the Path" has been selected as a semi-finalist for the NYCPlaywrights WOMEN IN THE AGE OF TRUMP project. My excerpt will be posted January 10 at 5PM Eastern Time on the NYC Playwrights Blog.

Several monologues from my one-woman musical, Gutless & Grateful are being licensed out to students across the country for academic senior projects, performances and competitions. You can view a video from a student at University of Buffalo here.

You can learn more about my work at https://amyoes.com/playwright.

FEEDING THE FURIES--3rd place winner in Baltimore

Fri, 11 Nov 2016 22:29:01 GMT

FEEDING THE FURIES, a full length play by Andrea Markowitz has won third place in the Baltimore Playwrights Festival in September.

FEEDING THE FURIES by Andrea Markowitz has won third place in the Baltimore Playwrights Festival in September.

FEEDING THE FURIES, a full length play by Andrea Markowitz has won third place in the Baltimore Playwrights Festival in September.

"The Sky is Blue" Survivor Play is Semifinalist at Manhattan Repertory Theatre

Sat, 05 Nov 2016 15:22:15 GMT

See the BroadwayWorld press release here.

Playwright, actress and TEDx speaker Amy Oestreicher‘s short play, “The Sky is Blue” is now a semifinalist in Manhattan Repertory Theatre‘s Short Play Contest. On August 24th at 6:30pm and 9:00pm, 8 Finalists will be competing for the “Best Ten-Minute Play Production” from the best of this month’s series.

Oestreicher’s short play is an excerpt from the full-length original drama, Imprints, which will premiere this January at the Thespis Theatre Festival. IMPRINTS is a semi-autobiographical, humorous and poignant portrayal of how trauma affects the family: amyoes.com/imprints

Manhattan Repertory Theatre is a forum for playwrights, directors and actors to share and explore their craft. “The Sky is Blue” is a tribute to the true-to-life moment the Oestreicher first told her mother she was sexually abused, juxtaposed with the difficult healing process of her family underwent before she awoke from her coma.

Oestreicher is a strong advocate for sexual assault prevention through theatre and expressive arts , and has toured her theatrical works, including Gutless & Grateful, to survivor organizations, women’s groups and rape crisis centers to spread awareness. The cast features Kostas Paragios, Tatsumi Romano,Troy Peckham, Ana Andrick, and John DeFilippo, and will be directed by Mary Catherine Donnelly. Romano, who plays the protagonist in “The Sky is Blue,” is also a New York representative, hosting workshops and providing resources to those who are (or know individuals) being affected by domestic violence and sexual assault.

Voting will be done by audience ballot with graduated voting of each of the audience members favorite plays. A winner will be announced at the end of the night for a $250 cash prize.

10 MINUTE FINALS

Two performances at 6pm and 9:30 on August 24th will determine the final winner at Manhattan Repertory Theatre. For more information, go to https://amyoes.com/2016/07/29/manhattanrep/ You can help support the full production of IMPRINTS at patreon.com/amyo.

Award and Nomination

Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:26:56 GMT

Honored to have received the 2014 IMEA (International Music & Entertainment Award) for Outstanding Original Book of a Musical and its Nomination for Outstanding Original Music of a Musical - entitled: YOU WANNA HEAR LUCK?

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: A COMEDY ABOUT DE-EXTINCTION

Wed, 25 May 2016 04:33:59 GMT

My new play, BIRDS OF A FEATHER: A COMEDY ABOUT DE-EXTINCTION was selected from international submissions for Festival51 in Rhode Island! For more info, visit http://www.festival51.org/

Circular - 2016 O'Neill Semi-Finalist

Tue, 05 Apr 2016 18:36:03 GMT

"Circular" by Laura Shamas was a 2016 O'Neill Playwriting Conference Semi-Finalist. The two-character play centers on an army psychiatrist's first tour of Afghanistan, and a study of Homer's "Odyssey."

Unique Comedy a Finalist at Tennessee Stage Theatre

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 18:00:00 GMT

The Nearly Final Almost Posthumous Play of the Not-Quite-Dead Sutton McAllister by Kris Bauske will receive a reading on March 19th at 2 PM at the Tennessee Stage Theatre in Knoxville. The unusual comedy is a finalist in the Tennessee Stage's 2016 New Play Festival. The playwright will attend the festival and participate in a talkback after the reading. Details at www.tennesseestage.com Winner of the festival will receive a full production next season.

MY HEART IS THE DRUM world premiere

Jennie Redling — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 01:09:09 GMT

http://villagetheatre.org/issaquah/My-Heart-Is-The-Drum.php

MY HEART IS THE DRUM, a musical with book by Jennie Redling, music by Phillip Palmer and lyrics by Stacey Luftig opens March 17, 2016 at Village Theatre in the Seattle area.

The book for MY HEART IS THE DRUM won the Jerry Harrington Award from BMI for creative excellence. The score won the 2016 Fred Ebb Award and lyricist, Stacey Luftig won the 2016 Kleban Award. The show was one of six finalists for the 2016 Richard Rogers Award.

Writer's Digest, Literary Agents Blog contest - free

Elena Kaufman — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:45:55 GMT

Hi everyone,

If you're writing fiction you can apply here. It's free! I'm one of 3 winners who will get free books and an agent looking at a partial of my manuscript, a novel: SMOKING DOG.

Guide to Literary Agents Blog's 21st Dear Lucky Agent Contest (for women's fiction).

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/21st-free-dear-lucky-agent-contest-womens-fiction

"Enemies: Foreign and Domestic" Finalist for 3 SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards

Patricia Milton — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 01:38:01 GMT

Patricia Milton's world premiere, "Enemies: Foreign and Domestic" produced at Central Works Theatre in Berkeley, CA, has been nominated by the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle in three award categories:

Original Script (no seat category)

Best Overall Production, East Bay (fewer than 100 seats)

Best Overall Production, SF Bay Area (fewer than 100 seats)

Visit this link for details.

Production of My Heart is the Drum, book by Jennie Redling

Jennie Redling — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:15:05 GMT

My musical, My Heart is the Drum will premiere at Washington's Village Theatre on March 17, 2016. Village was awarded a NEA grant for the production. This year my partners, Stacey Luftig, lyricist and Phillip Palmer, composer were awarded the Fred Ebb Award and Stacey Luftig was awarded the Kleban Award for work on our show.

Patricia Milton, "Outstanding World Premiere Play"

Patricia Milton — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 19:06:03 GMT

Patricia Milton's play, "Enemies: Foreign and Domestic," which premiered at Central Works Theatre February 2015, has been awarded "Outstanding World Premiere Play" in the 2015 Theatre Bay Area Awards.

"Enemies: Foreign and Domestic" is a darkly comic four-woman play that examines the US' irrational fear of Muslim refugees, and what we have to fear from our own at home. You can read the play on the New Play Exchange website.

The Theatre Bay Area (TBA) Awards is a peer-reviewed awards program made up of theater professionals from among 300 local theater companies who adjudicate productions throughout seven San Francisco Bay Area counties. More about the program here.

Finalist, First Flight Festival, Boomerang Theatre Company

Diane Baia Hale — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 03:18:24 GMT

Finalist: awarded for THE MARBLE MUSE, a historical drama about one of America's pioneering sculptors, Louisa Lander, and her doomed relationship with author Nathaniel Hawthorne.

3rd Prize, 84th Annual Writers Digest Magazine Writing Competition, Stage Play Category

Diane Baia Hale — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 03:16:15 GMT

3rd Prize: awarded for THE MARBLE MUSE, a historical drama about one of America's pioneering sculptors, Louisa Lander, and her doomed relationship with author Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Semi-finalist, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center 2015 National Playwrights Conference

Diane Baia Hale — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 03:12:55 GMT

Semi-finalist: awarded for THE MARBLE MUSE, a historical drama about one of America's pioneering sculptors, Louisa Lander, and her doomed relationship with author Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Honorable Mention, The Ohio State University-Newark 4th Annual New Play Contest--2015

Diane Baia Hale — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 03:07:35 GMT

Honorable Mention: awarded for THE MARBLE MUSE, a historical drama about one of America's pioneering sculptors, Louisa Lander, and her doomed relationship with author Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Nova Scotia Masterworks Award Finalist

Tue, 27 Oct 2015 23:11:42 GMT

2015 Finalists for the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award:

It is Solved by Walking

Creator: Catherine Banks (playwright)

Nominator: Reina Green.

In this play, published in 2012 by Playwrights Canada Press, middle-aged Margaret reflects on her sexual desire and the suppression of her creativity through the metaphor of Wallace Stevens’ “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” The play turns the usual understanding of “poetic muse” on its head as muse Wallace Stevens, with his bullying, confrontational ways, both inspires Margaret and paralyzes her artistic drive—even as he forces her to recognize emotions she had previously suppressed. Readings of the play have been held as far away as Catalonia, where the text was translated into Catalan. It was staged in Halifax by White Rooster Theatre and HomeFirst Productions in 2014.

Jury Comments: A fascinating, affecting exploration of the relationship between sexuality and creativity, elegantly constructed.

Creator Catherine Banks lives in Nova Scotia.

Shirley Barrie - Playwrights Guild of Canada's Lifetime Membership Award

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 21:37:02 GMT

On October 25th 2015, Shirley was honoured to receive the Playwrights Guild of Canada's Lifetime Membership Award at the annual Tom Hendry Awards, hosted this year by Kawa Ada and held at the historic Arts & Letters Club in Toronto.

recipient of Swan Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center

Sat, 10 Oct 2015 20:55:34 GMT

Monica Raymond received a full Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center and will be in residence there from mid November till mid December 2015.

The Swan Fellowship is for writers who are also visual artists, or for visual artists who are also writers.

Award for Original Musical

Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:08:38 GMT

Our original musical satire, YOU WANNA HEAR LUCK? won the 2014 IMEA (International Music & Entertainment Association) Award for Outstanding Original Book of a Musical, and its 2014 Nomination for its Outstanding Original Score of a Musical.

off the WALL productions now Source Theater for Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

Virginia Wall Gruenert — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 19:53:32 GMT

off the WALL received the following email message today:

We here at the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize would like to invite your theatre to become one of our “Source Theatres.” As a source Theatre, you will be asked to submit an outstanding new play written by a woman to be considered for the Prize. Your commitment to new plays and plays by women has distinguished you in the field, and we would be honored if you would join our family.

We are honored and proud!

Shirley Barrie: Nominated for Best Toronto Playwright

Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:47:54 GMT

Nominated for Best Toronto Playwright in NOW Magazine's best of 2015 Readers' Choice Awards.

Voting closes Sept. 15

To vote go to:

http://bestof.nowtoronto/com/2015/

www.shirleybarrie.ca

Award for Original Musical Satire: YOU WANNA HEAR LUCK?

Wed, 05 Aug 2015 16:39:07 GMT

Our original musical satire, YOU WANNA HEAR LUCK? won the 2014 IMEA (International Music & Entertainment Award) for Outstanding Original Book of a Musical and its Nomination for Outstanding Original Score of a Musical. Book & Lyrics by Elly Rakowitz Helfeld & Ruth Pleva, Music by Herb Sweet & Ruth Pleva.

eliza wyatt won Best Playwright

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 02:39:16 GMT

at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2005, from Fringe Report for her play FLOWERS OF RED

Mary Steelsmith - Dramatists Guild Scholarship

Mon, 06 Jul 2015 19:21:22 GMT

Playwright Mary Steelsmith has been awarded a scholarship by the Dramatists Guild of America to attend their National Conference, July 16-19, 2015, in La Jolla California.

Here is a link to the full announcement:https://medium.com/@DGFund/writechange-mary-steelsmith-82698b0f8210

Lo Mein and Tequila

Mon, 06 Jul 2015 15:27:09 GMT

Awarded the 2004 Raymond Flores award in New York for her one act play Lo Mein and Tequila.

El Cobert (The Junk Room) Play

Mon, 06 Jul 2015 15:22:04 GMT

Awarded the Finalist Mention of the Ist 14th April Contest on Theatre about Historical Memory, given by the Democratic Memorial of the Generalitat de Catalunya in Barcelona in 2008 for her play El Cobert

2015 Productions/Readings

Sun, 05 Jul 2015 18:13:23 GMT

Shirley King's first play won a California Arts Council Award. Her plays, scenes and monologues have now received more than 170 productions/readings. In the past three years they have been performed in the US, Korea, England, Canada and Scotland.

In 2014 fifteen of her plays were selected for production or staged readings. Two were selected for publication by Applause Books.

To date fourteen of her plays have been selected for production or staged readings in 2015. Two of her plays will be produced by Nylon Fusion and Thespian Production, NY 6/7-2015. A San Francisco Bay Area resident, Shirley is a member of the Dramatists Guild and The International Center for Women Playwrights.

Shirleyking950@yahoo.com

PO Box 1034

Benicia, CA 94510

707-745-3325

Production of ZELDA in Chicago!

Patricia Lin (P.H. Lin) — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:00:41 GMT

I'm thrilled that Genesis Theatrical Productions will be producing ZELDA AT THE OASIS (my play about Zelda Fitzgerald) at the Raven Theater, 6157 N Clark St, Chicago, IL (773-338-2177) August 6-23!
I plan to be there for the first two shows (August 6^th & 7^th) and would love to meet up with any Listers interested! For tickets: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/34415/1438401600000

For info about the script: http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/44453/zelda-at-the-oasis

Playwright Residency

Catherine Frid — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:34:01 GMT

Catherine Frid is Playwright in Residence at Mixed Company Theatre in Toronto, where she's working on a TYA play about youth anxiety. This residency is funded by the Ontario Arts Council.

YEARS OF SKY awards

Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:56:18 GMT

My full-length play YEARS OF SKY, about a biracial couple who witness JFK's assassination in Dallas, won the 2015 New Works of Merit Contest, the 2013 Columbia-Greene Playwrights Contest and was chosen as a PlayLabs Play for the 20015 Great Plains Theatre Conference.

The Nearly Final Almost Posthumous Play of the Not-Quite-Dead Sutton McAllister in Tampa Bay Theatre Festival

Sat, 06 Jun 2015 18:16:51 GMT

The Nearly Final Almost Posthumous Play of the Not Quite Dead Sutton McAllister by Kris Bauske was selected for the 2015 Tampa Bay Theatre Festival. It will be produced at Stageworks Theatre over Labor day weekend 2015. All of the five full-length plays selected for TBTF this year were written by women.

THE GATEKEEPER-one of the best plays of 25 years at Marin Fringe, CA

Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:15:19 GMT

THE GATEKEEPER,a short comedy, and winner of the all the awards in the 2011 Fringe of Marin, San Rafael, CA has been named one of the best plays of the Fringe in it's 25 year history.

Carolyn Kras wins Hawthornden Fellowship

Fri, 29 May 2015 01:32:11 GMT

In November, Kras will attend the Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers, a prominent writing residency in Lasswade, Scotland established in 1982 to provide a peaceful setting where published writers can work without disturbance. The fellowship is sponsored by the patronage of Drue Heinz of the H.J. Heinz Company.

Carolyn Kras wins Fulbright LUSK Award

Fri, 29 May 2015 01:31:15 GMT

Carolyn Kras has been awarded a Fulbright LUSK Award to be Playwright in Residence at Sell A Door Theatre Company in London from September 2015 to June 2016. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding and cultural exchange. Kras will write a new play dramatizing a royal scandal to explore parallels related to contemporary sexual assault cover-ups.

Carolyn Kras wins DISQUIET Short Play Award

Fri, 29 May 2015 01:30:07 GMT

As the winner of the DISQUIET Short Play Award, Carolyn Kras received funding to attend the 2015 DISQUIET International Literary Program, which brings writers from around the world together with Portuguese writers for two-week intensive workshops in the art and craft of writing. She will also receive a staged reading of her winning play, Reticence.

Deborah Tobola and Poetic Justice Project Win Award

Thu, 28 May 2015 00:34:35 GMT

On Sunday, June 7, 2015, Founding Artistic Director Deborah Tobola and Poetic Justice Project will receive the "Looking Forward" Award for Leadership and Vision, presented by the Santa Barbara County Action Network. Poetic Justice Project, a program of the William James Association, began in 2009 with the vision of unlocking hearts and minds with bold, original theatre. Since its inception, 87 formerly incarcerated actors have appeared in 12 productions. Poetic Justice Project has performed at the International Steinbeck Festival, on Alcatraz Island, and on a 10-city California Prison Town Tour.

The Nearly Final Almost Posthumous Play of the Not-Quite-Dead Sutton McAllister by Kris Bauske

Wed, 27 May 2015 20:55:53 GMT

The 2015 New Play Festival of The Players Theatre in Sarasota, FL has selected "The Nearly Final Almost Posthumous Play of the Not-Quite-Dead Sutton McAllister" as a finalist. The play will be given a reading in July. The winning play will receive a full production in The Players 2016/17 season.

MONICA RAYMOND--THE OWL GIRL one of "top ten Jewish plays 2015"

Fri, 10 Apr 2015 22:16:01 GMT

Jewish Plays Project selected THE OWL GIRL as one of top ten unpublished new Jewish plays of 2015.

http://www.jewishplaysproject.org/new-gallery-1

http://www.jewishplaysproject.org/raymond

2009 Finalist Mention in the Theatre Prize "14 abril" for Theatre about Historical Memory for my play "El Cobert" (The Junk Room)

Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:32:40 GMT

EL COBERT (The JunkRoom) synopsis - Two sisters and a brother that live very different styles of life get together for the sorting out and emptying of the junk room that will precede the sale of their family home in nowadays Catalonia ( unfortunately Spain yet).

As they do so, the “ghosts” of the Spanish Civil War and of Franco’s dictatorship that have left a deeply entrenched imprint of frustration and powerlessness in the previous generations and that remain in force nowadays due to the unconscious attitude and incapacity to confront the past of both many of the family members and the society around them, are invoked to show a pattern of repeated tensions and failed conducts that prevent communication and acceptance between the three brothers and sisters and symbolically of modern Catalan society in their efforts to lead creative and rewarding lives.

2014 Award as a Community Leader by Casa Mexico in Chicago

Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:29:00 GMT

The women who participated in my workshop "El Despertar de la Diosa", i.e. Latina women in Chicago, proposed me for this award, which I received, without my being aware of it!

Finalist - The Road Theatre Company of North Hollywood, CA

Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:15:44 GMT

The Nearly Final Almost Posthumous Play of the Not-Quite-Dead Sutton McAllister has been named a finalist for their annual new play festival. The news comes hot on the heels of "...Sutton McAllister" being selected for the Hormel Festival of New Plays in Phoenix. Just goes to show drawing room comedy/farce is not dead! Final selections will be made June 15th.

Awards and Productions

Sun, 08 Mar 2015 18:15:10 GMT

Waiting for Joanie won the Carlton E Spitzer Excellence in Writing competition and was produced by Motivational Theater, November 2014.

My first play won a California Arts Council Award. My plays, scenes and monologues have now received more than 160 productions/readings. In the past three years they have been performed in the US, Korea, England, Canada and Scotland.

In 2014 fifteen of my plays were selected for production or staged readings. Two were selected for publication by Applause Books. To date three of my plays have been selected for production in 2015

A San Francisco Bay Area resident, I am a member of the Dramatists Guild and The International Center for Women Playwrights.

Djerassi Resident Artists Award

Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:53:52 GMT

I'm so excited to be taking up a Djerassi resident Artists Award in May/June 2015. I'll be working on a new play (working title 'Subversive') and enjoying the peace and quite of rural California.

I'll be travelling over from Australia, and will spend some time in New York. If there's any chance to meet up with ICWP members in San Francisco or New York before or after the residency, I'd love to hear from you. Email: thesoftnessofwater@gmail.com

Very best wishes

Vivienne Glance

My play "MY NAME IS NAME" had elected in Women Playwrights International Conference 2015 in Cape Town

Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:44:38 GMT

Women Playwrights International Conference (WPIC) is a meeting place for cooperation opportunities that synergize the creative process in theater for women playwrights in the world. The 10th WPIC 2015 will be held in Cape Town (South Africa) from June 29 till July 2, 2015. And this time the only one a woman playwright from Indonesia is Herlina Syarifudin had elected in that event. The title of her play that selected is MY NAME NAME. Herlina elected along with 85 women playwrights after competing with more than 300 women playwrights in worldwide. The women playwrights are elected from more than 30 countries.

In 2013, a play MY NAME NAME has been published by the Jakarta Arts Council in a book entitled Anthology of Workshop Playwriting. Currently, Herlina is directing her play (MY NAME IS NAME) that will be held in Jakarta around April 2015. This show do for "CROWD FUNDING TO GO TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR WPIC 2015".

Finalist - Hormel Festival of New Plays, Phoenix Theatre

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:47:51 GMT

The Nearly Final Almost Posthumous Play of the Not-Quite-Dead Sutton McAllister has been named a finalist by the Phoenix Theatre and will receive three staged readings in Phoenix in March 2015. Playwright Kris Bauske will spend a week working with a professional dramaturge and MFA candidates at ASU prior to the reading. Readings are scheduled for March 27 - 29, but check the website or email the theatre at info@phoenixtheatre.com for times and ticket information.

Van Gogh Award for Best Short Comedy--Donna Spector

Donna Spector — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 18:29:43 GMT

"The Bureau of Short-Term Affairs," a film by Sissy Denkova, based on Donna Spector's play "Short-Term Affairs," won this award in the 2014 Amsterdam Film Festival.

Winner - Northeast Indiana New Play Festival

Fri, 30 May 2014 19:51:33 GMT

"Whispers to the Moon" by Kris Bauske was selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies as the winner of the Northeast Indiana New Play Festival for 2014. The play receives a full production at the Ft. Wayne Civic Theatre from May 30 - June 15th, and the playwright receives a monetary prize as well. The production is being directed by Ft. Wayne Civic Theatre Artistic Director, Phillip Colglazier. Mr. Marrgulies and Ms. Bauske will attend the opening weekend of the production at the end of May. Go to www.fwcivic.org for details.

The Perfect Winter Holiday Play for the Politically Correct - Finalist at Orlando Shakespeare

Wed, 07 May 2014 19:48:41 GMT

"The Perfect Winter Holiday Play for the Politically Correct" written by Kris Bauske is a finalist for the Harriet Lake New Play Festival held annually at Orlando Shakespeare Theatre in Orlando, FL. Six winners will be selected in September 2014.

Deborah Magid - Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award

Thu, 03 Apr 2014 09:55:06 GMT

For THE CONSEQUENCE OF IMPRESSION.

AWARD - Mary Steelsmith's SELDOM IS HEARD

Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:15:06 GMT

SELDOM IS HEARD, Mary Steelsmith's ten minute play, has co-won the 2014 VITTUM PRIZE.

This tale of a woman, whose husband newly returned from Afghanistan, is coping with an I.E.D. caused head injury. She, in turn is battling a local kind of terrorist, that of the pink suited president of their local Neighborhood Restoration Association, aka NRA.

SELDOM IS HEARD placed 2nd in the 2012 Goshen College Peace Play competition.

RAKE -- Semi-finalist, Pride Films and Plays 2014 Great Gay Play Contest

Diane Baia Hale — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 03:46:49 GMT

Diane Baia Hale's historical drama Rake was named a semi-finalist for Pride Films and Plays 2014 Great Gay Play Contest. Occupied France, 1944: When gay actor and secret agent Denis Rake is sent by British intelligence to spy on the Nazis, he never expects to fall in love--with a German officer. Based on a true story.

RAKE -- Finalist for the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation 2013 Playwriting Competition

Diane Baia Hale — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 03:34:58 GMT

Diane Baia Hale's historical drama Rake was named a finalist for the 2013 Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Playwriting Competition. Occupied France, 1944: When gay actor and secret agent Denis Rake is sent by British intelligence to spy on the Nazis, he never expects to fall in love--with a German officer. Based on a true story.

BERNICE SIZEMORE'S 70th BIRTHDAY - Winner, Long Beach New Works Festival

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:45:51 GMT

Bernice Sizemore's 70th Birthday, a full-length drama, was one of four winners of the 2013 Long Beach (CA) New Works Festival and received a reading during the festival in August 2013.

BERNICE SIZEMORE'S 70th BIRTHDAY - 2nd Place, Ft. Wayne Civic Theatre

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:42:02 GMT

Bernice Sizemore's 70th Birthday, a full-length drama, won Second Place and $500 in the 2013 Ft. Wayne (IN) Civic Theatre Annual Playwright Festival and had a reading in June 2013 during the festival.

CIRCLING THE GLOBE a winner of Longwood University's 0 to 60 Competition

Victoria Z. Daly — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:24:33 GMT

Victoria Z. Daly's 10-minute comedy CIRCLING THE GLOBE is a winner of Longwood University's 2014 0 to 60 Competition.

FAR NORTH nominated for 2013 Perry Award by the NJ Associaton of Community Theaters

Victoria Z. Daly — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:21:28 GMT

Victoria Z. Daly's short play Far North was nominated for a 2013 Perry Award for Best Production of an Original Play by the New Jersey Assocition of Community Theaters. The play was produced as part of Old Library Theatre's "4 x 4" in Fair Lawn, NJ, in February.

Katherine Koller wins Alberta Playwriting Competition

Fri, 20 Dec 2013 04:26:27 GMT

Last Chance Leduc by Edmonton playwright Katherine Koller has won the 2013 Alberta Playwriting Competition. The prize includes a $3500 award and a public reading of the play at the Banff Centre. The play is about Ev and Wes losing track of each other in winter, in the bush, with a baby, during the great Alberta oil strike of 1947 at Leduc.

Novel and poetry awards

Donna Spector — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 18:57:22 GMT

My novel The Candle of God was Amazon's featured Book of the Week in October. My poem "On the Way to the Airport" was selected by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser to be featured in his widely-circulated column in American Life in Poetry.

ENTER SINGING musical 2nd Nomination

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 22:21:36 GMT

EXCITING NEWS from NYC!

AMANDA HART WALKER is nominated for Best Actress in a Musical from the MITF in Manhattan for the role of DANIELLE DEL DANTE in ENTER SINGING.

She has a Masters degree in music from the Boston Conservatory. Amanda has 2 full ranges (upper and lower) and relative perfect pitch.

She comes alive under the lights onstage! Amanda is represented by the Bloc NYC Talent Agency.

She sang the lead in the songs, BORN TO WIN, TRIBE OF BOOKLOVERS and the FINALE.

CONGRATULATIONS AMANDA! The winner of the Best Lead Actress in a Musical award (among the field of 21 musicals) will be announced in 2014.

ENTER SINGING the Musical: libretto, music and lyrics by Linda Evans, full member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the International Centre of Women Playwrights

ENTER SINGING musical by Linda Evans Nomination

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 22:11:01 GMT

ENTER SINGING the Musical is "nominated for best MARKETING AND ADVERTISING" among a field of 64 productions in the Midtown International Theater Festival! What a nice surprise!

We actually had a $30 dollar budget but used the advice of the MIFT Staff provided by John Chatterton and did a lot of free advertising online: please continue to visit our FACEBOOK webpage "ENTER SINGING" above in search for people, places and things.

I also wish to thank our wonderful giving vocalists who allowed their audio clips to be used online! Thank you!

The winner is announced in 2014.

Honorable Mention in the Ohio State Newark New Play Contest!

Elana Gartner — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:29:06 GMT

Elana Gartner's script "Daughter" was given an Honorable Mention in the Ohio State Newark New Play Contest. "Daughter" was a PlayLab Selection for the Great Plains Theatre Conference and a monologue from it will be published in an anthology in the Fall, 2013.

"The Humming" at the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference 2013

Rita Barkey — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:11:10 GMT

My play, The Humming, will be one of five plays developed at the 2013 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. The conference runs June 10-22 in McCall, Idaho.

"Solving Sunflowers" --- winner of the EMCT Centennial Playwriting Festival

Patricia Milton — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:17:57 GMT

SOLVING SUNFLOWERS is the winner of the EMCT playwriting competition for the best play about New Mexico or by a New Mexican playwright. News release.

This play was a Prizewinner, 2009 Eudora Welty New Play Competition (Mississippi), and Finalist, Dayton Playhouse FutureFest (Ohio). Developed at the Valdez Last Frontier Theatre Conference 2010 and at Masquers Playhouse, Pt. Richmond, CA in 2011. More info here.

A NEW WORLD, a short play

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:58:22 GMT

On a routine trip to the attic with her husband to search for a family heirloom, a woman revisits her past and realizes her own legacy. JUDITH KARMAN HOSPICE SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL. One night only, March 3, 2013. All proceeds benefit the Judith Karman Hospice.

Alan Ginsberg Poetry Award--Donna Spector

Donna Spector — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:23:54 GMT

Donna Spector won 2nd Prize in the 2012 Ginsberg Poetry Competition for her poem "Day of the Dead: Secrets."

"Daughter" at Great Plains Theatre Conference

Elana Gartner — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:33:24 GMT

My script "Daughter" will be a part of the PlayLab at the 2013 Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha. The conference takes place May 25-June 1, 2013.

Synopsis:

When Robyn's biological mother contacts her on Facebook, asking for something that no one else can give, the teenager and her adoptive parents must decide what risks she will take to help the woman who gave birth to her and how to protect the family that they have built.

SELDOM IS HEARD

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMT

Mary Steelsmith's award-winning ten minute play, SELDOM IS HEARD will be part of Goshen College'sWinter One Acts

Friday, February 15 at 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 16 at 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 17 at 3:00 p.m.

Goshen College Theater

Umble Center

1700 S. Main St., Goshen, Indiana

All seats $3, available at the door, or by calling 574-535-7566, or online at www.goshen.edu/tickets

Seldom is Heard, the tale of a wounded soldier and his wife fighting their own battle against the local N.R.A. (Neighborhood Restoration Association) to stay at home, placed second in the 2012 Goshen College Peace Play Competition.

Bobbi Chukran wins first place in Youth Education on Stage Competition

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:46:53 GMT

Williston, ND Youth Education on Stage festival; First Place Winner for LITTLE RED BOOTS & COOTER COYOTE, MASTER OF DISGUISE ten-minute play, June 2012.

THE EIFFEL TRUTH

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:40:31 GMT

On the top of the Eiffel Tower, an American history professor meets an Englishman just left at the altar. Intrigue and attraction weave themselves in a tale of lost (and found) love. "Pick of the Vine" Festival, Little Fish Theatre, San Pedro CA. Jan. 11-Feb. 14, 2013. Tickets $27/$25.

Tar Beach by Tammy Ryan receives Honorable Mention for the 2012 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:39:29 GMT

Tammy Ryan's new play TAR BEACH received an Honorable Mention citation for the 2012 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award.

The winner of the 2012 Jane Chambers Award is Jen Silverman for her play STILL, The runner up is Meryl Cohen for her comedy-dramaTHE FINAL SAY. Other Honorable Mentions include ICWP member Patricia Montley for her play KALI DANCE'S, Nastaran Ahmadi's for EXILE and Susan Ferrara for BUZZ.

Tammy Ryan wins 2012 Francesca Primus Prize

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:37:39 GMT

Tammy Ryan won the 2012 Francesca Primus Prize for her play Lost Boy Found In Whole Foods. Jointly sponsored by the American Theater Critics Association and the Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation the prize is given annually to an emerging woman theater artist.

Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods was developed at the 2009 New Harmony Project, won the Premiere Stages Play Festival, workshopped at the Playwrights Theater of New Jersey and the Lark Play Development Center. Premiere Stages and Playwrights Theater of New Jersey co produced the world premiere in 2010. The Rep, the professional company at the oint Park University Pittsburgh Playhouse staged a production that garnered critical praise and sold out its entire run.

Ryan was selected from 22 contenders by a nationwide committee of critics. The committee announced an additional commendation to playwright Dominique Morisseau for her play Follow Me to Nellies which premiered at Premiere Stages in 2011.

Recent previous Primus winners include: Caridad Svitch 2011, Michelle Lowe 2010, Jamie Pachino 2009 and E.M. Lewis 2008

Tammy Ryan Profile

Robin Rice Lichtig - StageWrite Women's Theatre Initiative Award

Robin Rice — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:27:59 GMT

Robin Rice Lichtig's full-length play ALICE IN BLACK AND WHITE won the StageWrite Women's Theatre Initiative Award at the Great Plains Theatre Conference in June.

ALICE IN BLACK AND WHITE will receive its world premiere with Looking for Lilith Theatre Company in Louisville, KY, February 28-March 9, 2013. Director: Kathi E.B. Ellis. This play is about the life of Alice Austen, a photographer during the Victorian era -- her struggles as a woman in a man's world, her non-conformity with the social structure of the time, and the effect of the Crash of '29. For details: www.dramamama.net .

"Reduction in Force" awarded "Best Local Play"

Patricia Milton — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:54:10 GMT

Patricia Milton's economic comedy, "Reduction in Force," which premiered in July 2011 at Central Works Theatre, Berkeley, CA, has been voted "Best Local Play" in the 2011 SF Bay Area Broadway World Theatre Awards.

The production also secured Best Director (Gary Graves), Best Featured Actress (Jan Zvaifler) and Best Sound Designer (Greg Scharpen) in this "people's choice"-type awards competition.

More about "Reduction in Force" here.

Invited Playwright to Kennedy Center Intensive-July 7-17, 2011

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:32:28 GMT

Linda Evans' 10 Minute play, TAR BARBIE, was read in the Theatre Lab at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C

TAR BARBIE

2 Females, 20's

BABS, white, Debutante hooked on tar heroin

DIPTI- from India UK English Indian accent

SETTING: inner city, gutted out building

contact: LINDAEVANS1@aol.com

Linda Evans' writing is archived

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:36:32 GMT

Linda Evans' screenplays and plays including production pictures and programs are now archived at the Ohio State University’s Department of Theatre and Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute. The Institute is now housed in the Thompson (Main) Library in the Special Collections section.

Monica Raymond Wins Ruby Lloyd Apsey Award

Thu, 05 May 2011 17:02:13 GMT

Sponsored by the University of Alabama, Birmingham, the Apsey Award is given for a play about race or ethnicity that has meaty roles for student actors and new insights into the subject.

Monica Raymond's winning play, A TO Z follows the uneasy and interrupted friendship of two women, Annie (white) and Zafiya (black) through forty years of US history (1968-2008) and all of the letters of the alphabet. Raymond began and workshopped A TO Z during her tenure as a Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights' Center.

HAPPY AND GAY WINS EILEEN HECKART COMPETITION

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:46:53 GMT

WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN HECKART SENIOR THEATRE COMPETITION

Results of the 2009 Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors Competition were announced today by Ohio State University’s Department of Theatre and Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute. The contest, named in memory of Ohio State alumna and Central Ohio native Eileen Heckart, attracted more than five hundred entries this year, in three categories: ten-minute plays, one acts plays, and full length plays.

And the winners are:

Ten-Minute: Mary Steelsmith (Los Angeles, California) Happy and Gay

One act: Katherine DuBois (Boulder, Colorado) Volunteer Work

Full-length: Donna Spector (Warwick, New York) Not For the Ferryman

Finalists in each category include:

First runners-up:

Ten-Minute: Toby Armour (East Haven, Connecticut) Lifer

One act: Richard Conlon (St. Charles, Illinois) send forth they mercies

Full-length: R. Lawrence Sifford (Washington, D.C.) Murder in a Nursing Home

Second runners-up:

Ten-Minute: Stephanie Allison Walker (Los Angeles, California) Melt

One act: Tevia E. Abrams (New York, New York) Marge and Jack

Full-length (tie): Elizabeth Orndorff (Danville, Kentucky) Aidan’s Gift

Lans Taverse (London, England) Coleslaw and Coconut Cream Pie

Other finalists included

Ten-Minute: Damon Chua (Los Angeles, California) Dogs Are Evil

Douglas Stewart (Santa Fe, New Mexico) Never Mind

One act: Steven Shutzman (Baltimore, Maryland)Tammy

Rosemary Frisino Toohey (Baltimore, Maryland) Tilapia

Full-length: Paul Elliott (Los Angeles, California) Exit Laughing

The Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors Competition honors Eileen Heckart (1919-2001), the distinguished American actress whose long career culminated in her stunning performance in Kenneth Lonergan=s The Waverly Gallery (2000), for which she received the Drama Desk Award, Obie Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award. That same year she was awarded the Tony for lifetime achievement. She also was the recipient of an Academy Award (Butterflies Are Free), Golden Globe (The Bad Seed) and an Emmy (Save Me A Place at Forest Lawn). She was recognized with a Margo Jones Medal in 2000 for her long championing of new plays, having appeared in almost thirty world premiere productions. Ms. Heckart was a native of Bexley, Ohio, and an alumna of The Ohio State University.

Winning plays, and first-runners-up, will receive staged readings at The Ohio State University during the 2009-2010 academic year.

Further information: 614/292-8238 (voice), 614/292-3222 (FAX), woods.1@osu.edu; www.heckartdrama.blogspot.com

Alan Woods, Coordinator
The Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors Competition
The Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute
The Ohio State University
119 Thompson Library 1658 Neil Ave. Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
614 292-8232 office 614 292-3222 fax 614 371-4125 viator
woods.1@osu.edu

Carolyn Kras to be a writer-in-residence at the Ragdale Foundation

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:57:53 GMT

In March 2011, Carolyn will be a writer-in-residence at the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, IL. Ragdale is an artists' retreat supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.

2009 Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Award

Donna Spector — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:22:26 GMT

Donna Spector's play NOT FOR THE FERRYMAN won first place in the Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Award competition.

Angelina Llongueras AWARDS

Wed, 19 May 2010 08:17:23 GMT

1990 - 2ND Prize of the National Monologue Contest celebrated in Tomelloso, Spain, for the presentation of her own adaptation of Jean Rhys' "Let them Call it Jazz" as a one woman show. Played by her and directed by Carlos Toquero.

1999 - Margarita Mendoza Award to a Grant by CITRU (Centro de Investiagción Teatral Rodolfo Usigli), a branch of Mexico´s Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes for Professional Research on Theatre Arts, for her project "Nowadays Theatre in Indigenous Languages in the State of Puebla, Mexico" which gave birth to ther published book "El Teatro Poblano Autóctono:Identidad contra Esperpento"

2003 - Scholarship from Michal Howard Studios in New York to attend their Summer Intensive Course for Professional Actors.

2004 - Raymond J. Flores Award in NY for her one act "Lo Mein and Tequila"

2008 - Finalist Mention to the 14th April Award for Theatre about Historical Memory given by the Democratic Memorial of the Generaliutat de Cataluña, Barcelona, for her play in two acts "El Cobert" (The Junk Room), which gave origin to the publication of the play in 2009 by Arola Editors.

Of Poisoned Pens and Palates--KNOCK International Play Contest Finalist

Judith Glass-Collins — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:11:52 GMT

Judith Glass Collins' short play--Of Poisoned Pens and Palates--
will be given a staged reading at the play festival--Bit Part--at Freehold Theatre in Seattle on May 14th and 15th at 8:00pm. Tickets are $15.00. Judith's play is a finalist for publication in the 2010 issue of KNOCK.

Carolyn Kras wins K.C.A.C.T.F. Region II One-Act Play Award

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:49:09 GMT

WHISTLEBLOWER, by Carolyn Kras, received the Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival's One-Act Play Award.

In a corporate law firm manifested as a wacky gym, law clerks dressed in ties and running shorts climb the corporate ladder - literally - and throw punches, step out of bounds, and commit personal fouls. Janet must decide whether to blow the whistle on the runaway fraud or kill her conscience (a talking copy machine) in order to stay in the game.

Deborah S. Greenhut Semifinalist for "Jimmies" in NYC Strawberry Festival

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:47:17 GMT

"Jimmies," produced by Howards Frog Productions advanced to the semifinals of the Strawberry Festival on February 16, 2010. Featuring Royale Mosley, Rashad Edwards, and Stephen Medvidick, Directed by Erin Woodward, and Stage Managed by Jacqueline Deniz Young, the play about a mother's struggle to redeem her dead son garnered an enthusiastic response both for its writing and the top-drawer performances of the actors. Mosley and Medvidick were nominated in the Best Actress and Actor categories, and Woodward received a festival Best Director nomination. the Strawberry Festival is presented twice yearly by Black Experimental Theatre, Van Dirk Fisher, Artistic Director, through The Riant Theatre Deborah Greenhut's play, "Difficult Subjects," a 2006 Strawberry Wild Night Winner, was published in Best of the Strawberry One-Act Festival, Volume 2; her play, How I Live. With Terror has also appeared in The Strawberry Festival.

Jamie Pachino wins 2009 Francesca Primus Prize

Jamie Pachino — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:33:47 GMT

LA playwright Jamie Pachino was awarded the Primus Prize for her play, SPLITTING INFINTY. The Primus Prize is awarded by the Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation and the American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) to an emerging woman theater artist, either a playwright, artistic director or director. The award recipient receives $10,000 2009 and a trip to the ATCA conference at the O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut.

SPLITTING INFINITY is a smart and witty exploration of faith, science, love, and ambition surrounding Leigh Sangold, a Nobel prize-winning astrophysicist, who takes on the definitive scientific challenge: to use physics to prove whether God exists. Leigh's quest for a renewed sense of self in her life threatens her closest relationships with Saul Lieberman, a tenderhearted Rabbi who's been in love with her since childhood, and her lover, a competitive post-doctoral student who is the son of a Christian Scientist. Splitting Infinity tests the boundaries of relationships and zealous ambition. It seeks to answer the questions we have about ourselves, each other, and the universe through the scientific and religious equation.

Upon winning the award, Pachino said, "The Primus Prize is one that is extremely respected by women playwrights and I am so honored and delighted to be recognized."

Jaime Pachino is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter with national and international credits. Her play, Splitting Infinity, was named the winner of the Laurie Foundation Theatre Visionary Award, and the STAGE competition for plays about science. Other plays include Waving Goodbye (world premiere Steppenwolf Theatre, winner of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award, and Chicago's Jeff Award for Best New Work); The Return to Morality (winner of eight national awards, produced throughout the U.S.); Aurora's Motives, Race and Theodora: An Unauthorized Biography.

The Primus Prize has historically been awarded to an outstanding female playwright recognizing a single script. While the award committee retains an interest in honoring achievement in the writing of plays, it will also actively consider female artists whose work is outstanding in other theatrical disciplines, including artistic direction, stage direction, acting, design, production and dramaturgy. The award generally will seek to honor women of significant achievement who have not yet attained national prominence.

For more than 30 years, the American Theatre Critics Association, Inc. has provided opportunities for members to explore the vast artistic resources of our National Theatre and of theatre around the globe. We work to foster greater communication among theatre critics in the United States and abroad, advocate absolute freedom of expression in theatre and theatre criticism, strive to increase public awareness of the theatre as an important national resource and reaffirm the individual critic's right to disagree with the opinions of colleagues.

The American Theatre Critics Association is the only national association of professional theatre critics. Our several hundred members work for newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and on-line services across the United States.

Winner of the 14th Annual Playwright's Festival--Port Townsend, WA

Judith Glass-Collins — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:01:39 GMT

Judith Glass Collins' One-Act Play --Taste
will be given a staged reading on February 16th and 23rd at the Key City
Public Theatre in Port Townsend, Washington, as part of the 14th
Annual Playwright's Festival.

Anne Hamilton's Play AND THEN I WENT INSIDE won a place in the LPTW New Play Festival

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:09:14 GMT

The League of Professional Theatre Women (Co-Producers, Joan D. Firestone and Rachel Reiner) presented a New Play Festival at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City on November 9, 2009. Nine short plays and one short musical were presented to a sold-out audience.

Legendary American actress Kathleen Chalfant (ANGELS IN AMERICA, WIT) performed the role of Stacy Lee Madison in Hamilton's AND THEN I WENT INSIDE.

Eileen Heckart

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:08:23 GMT

Mary Steelsmith's HAPPY AND GAY, is the winner of the ten minute play division of the 2009 Eileen Heckart

Drama for Seniors Competition.

SYNOPSIS:
You've seen these women before. They stay in the background, seemingly content to decorate the church fellowship hall with crepe' paper, bring the funeral service casseroles and knit baby shower booties. They've seen it all -- until today. Today, history is being made at the church as it hosts its first gay wedding. Betty worries over the proper "gay" way to hang crepe' paper streamers, while Veronica stresses about what people will say about their preacher's radical decision to use the church for these kinds of affairs. Her fears are deeper and more personal than she will admit.

Donna Spector, Eileen Heckart 2009 Senior Drama Award, December 18, 2009

Donna Spector — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:58:09 GMT

Donna Spector's full-length play "Not For the Ferryman" won the Eileen Heckart Drama Award.

Luiza CAROL - Second prize in "Belartaj Konkursoj" Byalistok 2009

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:01:39 GMT

Second prize for play written in Esperanto, at the Esperanto yearly competition "Belartaj Konkursoj", during the Universal Congress of Esperanto in Byalistok (Polland) July 2009.

Nancy Gall-Clayton - Finalist - Saint Mary Hall's Spring Shorts

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:17:30 GMT

Sweet Potato Pie(s) is a Finalist for the Saint Mary Hall's "Spring Shorts" 10-Minute Play Festival in San Antonio, Texas.

Nancy Gall-Clayton - Finalist - Kentucky Theatre Association

Nancy Gall-Clayton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:15:58 GMT

Bernice Sizemore's 70th Birthday was First Runner Up for the Roots of the Bluegrass Kentucky Theatre Association New Play Competition.

Rebecca Nesvet - Winner, Ensemble Studio Theatre/Sloan Initiative Commission

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:45:37 GMT

For THE SEER OF LITTLE WORLDS, 2009.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Finalist - Reva Shiner

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:59:14 GMT

THE POWER OF BIRDS, a full-length comedy-drama, was a finalist in the annual Reva Shiner competition.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Finalist - Drury University

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:58:19 GMT

THE LENGTH OF A DREAM was a finalist in the annual Drury University Competition.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Finalist - Firehouse Theatre Project

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:57:07 GMT

PLAY NICE!, a full-length drama, was a finalist in the Firehouse Theatre Project's annual competition.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Finalist - Playwrights for Pets

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:26:34 GMT

BRONCO BUSTER, a one-act play, was a finalist in the Playwrights for Pets competition in New York. Playwrights for Pets raises money to support humane shelters.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Reverie Semi-finalist

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:25:11 GMT

THE POWER OF BIRDS is a semi-finalist in Reverie Theatre's Next Generation international competition.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum Residency

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:23:41 GMT

THE POWER OF BIRDS was awarded a residency at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon, California, in June of 2009.

ROBIN RICE LICHTIG - Phoenix Theatre Residency

Robin Rice — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:21:06 GMT

THE POWER OF BIRDS was awarded a developmental residency at The Phoenix Theatre in Arizona for August, 2009.

Jewish Dharma (Guide to the Practice of Judaism and Zn)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:40:08 GMT

Happy to announce the publication of my new book, a year ago Sept.
The book was published by Perseus Books and won an award from Spirituality and Health as one of the best books on spirituality in the year. It includes my experiences of a childhood lived in a strict orthodox world and then my encounters and years of practice with an authentic
Japanese Zen Master. The book is based on the premise that Jewish and Zen practice are like two wings of a bird; both are needed to fly.
You can learn more at www.jewishdharma.com.

Thank you.

Babur The First Moghul in India

Farzana Moon — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:00:18 GMT

Sharing the good news with fellow playwrights.

Publication of new book and blog.

http://farzanamoon.blogspot.com

BABUR: The First Moghul in India
by Farzana Moon

Special Advance Release, not yet available from bookstores! This promising new book is available exclusively at this location, for a limited time only!

ABOUT THE BOOK:

In today’s world, many Western readers understand relatively little about the ancient, peaceful and civilised culture of Afghanistan. This literary, engaging story recalls the history of sixteenth century Afghanistan. Babur is the king of Kabul. He is the first Moghul to conquer India. The richly detailed, historically accurate biographical account of Babur’s life in this book begins on a hill called Gulkhaneh where the biblical Cain is believed to be buried. After thirty-six years of rule when Babur dies at Agra, his empire extends eastward from Badakhshan and Kabul through Punjab to the borders of Bengal. His last injunction to his first born reveals the epitome of his compassion and tenderness: "Do naught against thy brothers though they may deserve it." For insider information, news of future publications and teaching resources, readers are invited to visit http://farzanamoon.blogspot.com/ where you may also obtain autographed copies of this fine book.

Cover photography by Douglas K. Warner

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Farzana Moon is a teacher and bibliophile with a Masters degree in Education. A poet, historian and playwright, she writes Sufi poetry and historical, biographical Moghul sagas and plays. They are based on stories from religion and folklore. Included in her other writing ventures are a novella and a collection of short stories.

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Babs Lindsay - First Place - Paw Paw Festival

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:35:41 GMT

A brand new short play, "That Good and Juicy", won First Place in a festival produced by the PawPaw Village Players, MI. It's so much fun to be able to say "We wowed 'em in PawPaw!"

Babs Lindsay - Peace Prize and Audience Vote - Snowdance Comedy Festival

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:33:28 GMT

My short play "Here to Serve You", which won last year's Goshen Peace Play Prize, won 2nd Place Audience Favorite vote at the Snowdance Comedy Festival in Racine, WI this year.

Babs Linsdsay - Audience Vote for Best Play- Multiple Awards - Chester Horn Festival, NYC

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:28:26 GMT

My short play "An Actualy Baby Person" won the Audience Vote for Best Play, Best Direction, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Overall Production at this year's Chester Horn Festival produced by TheatreRats in New York City.

A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:33:33 GMT

Playwright Kris Bauske's comedy "A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas" was published by Baker's Plays in March 2009. Visit www.bakersplays.com to order!

Redneck comedy that reminds the audience there's a reason for the season. Audiences laugh until they cry, and theatres have been playing to sold out crowds! If you like Christmas, comedy, and a happy ending, this is the play for you!

Linda Evans - wins Playfair with EMBRACE ARMS

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:03:47 GMT

EMBRACE ARMS aka LIPSTICK ON A PIG by Linda Evans "...is an unlikely win," says Brian Keegan, one of the producers, "but I want to direct it! Midwestern audiences are used to having everything spelled out for them. This play is not your typical civic theater play.

The play set in Indiana University Hospital has 4 characters, 2 females, 2 males. The style is Pinter-like.

Last year Evans won an award for meritorious excellence in playwrighting from Timber Lake Writer's colony for the NY version LIPSTICK ON A PIG

Candledancing: The Voice of Julian of Norwich

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:52:18 GMT

Coni Ciongoli-Koepfinger's drama "Candledancing: The Voice of Julian of Norwich", recently released by Tate Publishing, will be read at Borders Books in Monroeville, Pennsylvania at 2pm on Saturday, August 1, 2009 to accompany the book signing.

Vanda - 2009 National Lambda Literary Award Finalist with Vile Affections

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:14:37 GMT

My play, Vile Affections, published by Original Works in 2008 was chosen as a 2009 National Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Drama.

Patricia Milton - 2009 Eudora Welty New Play Competition

Patricia Milton — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:48:26 GMT

Patricia Milton's comedy, Solving Sunflowers, earned third place in the 2009 Eudora Welty New Play Competition in Jackson, Mississippi.

Donna Spector - Sunwall Comedy Prize 2008

Donna Spector — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:28:01 GMT

Donna Spector is the 2008 winner of Acrosstown Repertory Theatre’s Sunwall Comedy Prize for her play STRIP TALK ON THE BOULEVARD.

Lucia Verona - 2008 Award National Comedy Contest - Bucharest

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:57:48 GMT

My play "Holiday of a Diva" was awarded the second prize at the National Comedy Contest organized by the Comedy Theater in Bucharest. I got some prize money, a wonderful reading and the play was published as a book.

12/15: reading in New York City

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:46:01 GMT

Please come see a reading of my new play REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE, directed by Francesca Mantani Arkus. This play is adapted from Anand Mahadevan's critically acclaimed 2006 novel THE STRIKE; Mr Mahadevan will be in attendance. We all thank NYU and Adrienne Thompson for graciously allowing us to use the Goldberg Theatre, as part of the Alumni reading series.

REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

A tale of growing up

and coming out

in India

When: 8pm, Monday 15th December, 2008

Where: NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Goldberg Theatre, 721 Broadway, New York, NY. Closest subway (one minute away) is 8th St./NYU R.

RSVP suggested: To upstart_crow2@yahoo.com

A new monologue book, and two plays published Spring '09

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:17:33 GMT

"Namely Me", a book of original monologues based on the REAL meaning of a person's name, will be published by Smith and Kraus in the spring of '09. This is the first book in a series contracted by Smith and Kraus for Maureen Brady Johnson.

"The Fourth Locker", a play that begins with an end of the year locker clean-out and ends with a confrontation that deals with sexual abuse, will be published by Brooklyn Publishers, Spring '09.

"Moving On", a collection of short plays about women moving on with their lives, is set to be published in Spring '09 by Baker's Plays.

None of this would have happened without the unending support of my friends at ICWP. Thanks to all of you!

The Gregory Millard Memorial Playwriting Award from TADA!

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:11:40 GMT

"The Treehouse", a one act play by Maureen Brady Johnson, is the recipient of the Gregory Millard Memorial Playwriting Award from TADA! Youth Ensemble in New York City. In the Fall of October '09 it will receive a dramatic read-thru by the young performers at TADA!

Children's Theatre Foundation of America Award

Emily Cicchini — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:58:36 GMT

My play, DUCKIE SEES THE WORLD, and my theatre company, the Pollyanna Theatre Company, was awarded with an Aurand Harris award from the Children's Theatre Foundation of America to assist in the play's commissioning and development. It was produced August 7-12, 2008 at the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin, Texas.

Debbie Ann L Tan won 58th Palanca Memorial Award for Literature

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:15:44 GMT

Palanca Memorial Award is a National Award in the Philippines

Debbie Ann L. Tan won first place 57th Palanca Memorial Awards

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:08:21 GMT

For one act play in English entitled, "Time Waits"
Palanca Memorial Awards is a National Award-giving body in the Philippines