Jennifer

O'Grady

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Sister/Mister
First Name
Jennifer
Last name
O'Grady
 

Playwright information

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Biography
Playwright and poet Jennifer O'Grady's plays have been produced throughout the U.S. and internationally. Her full-length plays include CHARLOTTE'S LETTERS (Rising Artists and1st Place Henley Rose Awards; O'Neill Semifinalist, other honors); PARANORMAL LOVE (MTWorks Newborn Award; NEWvember Finalist; Pandora's Box Honorable Mention); FERTILE GROUND (Semifinalist for the O'Neill Conference, Princess Grace Award/New Dramatists Fellowship and Panndora's Box); still small voice (Round the Bend Reading Selecton; Moxie Incubator Finalist); ELLERY (Bechdel Group Select; Waterworks Finalist) and more. Her short plays have won awards and are published in multiple editions of The Best Ten-Minute Plays and Best New Ten-Minute Plays among other anthologies. Her work is also included in multiple editions of The Best Women's Stage Monologues and other publications. Her plays have been presented by The Irish Rep, 6th Street Playhouse, Brave New World Rep, Short + Sweet, The Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival, Little Fish Theatre, Lakeshore Players, Rover Dramawerks, Weathervane Playhouse, Valley Players, Gi60 and many others including schools and colleges across the U.S. She is also the author of the poetry books WHITE (Mid-LIst First Series Award) and EXCLUSIONS & LIMITATIONS (MadHat Press). Her individual poems are published, reprinted, broadcast, taught and shared in numerous places and have garnered awards and Pushcart Prize nominations. She holds an MFA in Writing from Columbia University and a BA from Vassar and lives with her family live near New York City. (www.jenniferogrady.net)
Representative Play Titles
Charlotte's Letters, Ellery, Paranormal Love, Persephone, The Great Gaffe, Pre-War
 

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Country
USA