Alumni Work and Accolades
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Shonnon Marshall ’22 Receives Prestigious Fellowship
The Playwriting and Screenwriting alum is a 2023 Fellow at Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative.
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James Madejski ’11
Joins writing staff of Knuckles
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Ebony Washington ’15
festival award/new job at Gray’s Anatomy
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Bryan Korn ’12: From Internship to Emmy Awards
Korn is writer and producer on the Netflix animated series Hilda, produced by Silvergate Media and winner of two 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards. -
Shannon Davis ’13
Pursues marine conservation for an NGO.
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Jason Spagnuoli ’03 Teaching the Next Generation of Filmmakers
Jason teaches filmmaking at the highly regarded Frank Sinatra School in NYC -
Tristen Stafford ’18
PWSW alum first feature film “Pretenders” wins Best Comedy. -
Eion Falance ’19
Gig at Nickleodeon -
Paola Lázaro ‘10 Joins Season Ten of The Walking Dead
She’s playing the pivotal role of Princess. -
Donna Oblongata ’02
Alum Donna Oblongata debuts solo show “All 100 Fires.” -
’08 Alum Wins “Moth” Story GrandSLAM
Anoush Froundjian wins storytelling slam with a tale of “firsts.” -
Alums Mount New Play in January
Penned by PWSW Brett Evan Solomon ’15
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Kris Wellman ’11
Writer for Disney Jr. -
Michael Aaron O’Shea ’06
Starts his fouth season as writer on NBC’s “Chicago Fire.” -
Justin Kremmer ’10
Gets production deal for Black List screenplay “Bury The Lead.” -
Paola Lázaro ’10
Playwright has a “hit” at NY’s famed Atlantic Theater!
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Aleeza Benyona - The Epilogue After Purchase
Aleeza Benyona has moved onto many great things after her time her at Suny Purchase.
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Heather McDonald (’22)
Her script “Clearwater” in top 14% of all scripts on the screenwriting site Coverfly.
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Brian Otaño ’11 Signs Deal with Amazon Studios
Otaño is a successful playwright and TV writer. -
Mary Grace Higbie ’18
Currently works as a business coordinator at CNN.
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Emma Grace Myers ’18
PWSW alum stars in new indy feature film. -
Julia Koyfman ’19
PWSW grad at Seattle Opera
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David Zheng ’16 Eugene O’Neil Pick
Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Unveils 2020 Summer Season Lineup
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Christine Hamilton-Schmidt ’11
New play “Charlotte Stay Close” opens for previews Sept 20 in LA -
Amina Kearney ’14
awarded for her commitment to the arts and her role in her community -
Zachary Bernstein ’05 mounts 2nd musical in LA!
“Earth to Karen” playing thru June 2019 -
2018 Humana Play Fest Announced
co-writer Brian Otano ’11 selected for You Across from Me -
Emily Carragher ’06
Takes her creativity to Cirque du Soleil!!
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Bridget Vissar ’13
Awarded L.A. Women in Film scholarship. -
Jeffrey Belanger ’05
Makes the Hollywood “Black List” with his screenplay “Loose Women.”