Member Awards

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

 

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.

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

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.

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.