Sarah Congress (’13)

Play/Screenwriter making waves
Shonnon Marshall ’22 Receives Prestigious Fellowship

The Playwriting and Screenwriting alum is a 2023 Fellow at Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative.
Ebony Washington ’15

festival award/new job at Gray’s Anatomy
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)

PWSW Alum pursues Marine Conservation
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

James Madejski ’11

Joins writing staff of Knuckles
Heather McDonald (’22)

Her script “Clearwater” in top 14% of all scripts on the screenwriting site Coverfly.
Brian Otaño ’11 Signs Deal with Amazon Studios

Otaño is a successful playwright and TV writer.
Tatiana Kouguell-Hoell ’18

Tatiana Kouguell-Hoell is a recent MFA Playwriting graduate of Columbia University. She previously studied in the Playwriting and Screenwriting program at Purchase College, the University of Amsterdam and Prague Film School. Her original plays have been performed at The Tank Theater, Lenfest Center for the Arts, Studio Theater, the Stella Adler Studio for Acting, Purchase College and Chateau Orquevaux in France, where she was awarded the Denis Diderot (A-I-R) Grant as an Artist-In-Residence.
Mary Grace Higbie (’18)

PWSW Alum at CNN
Emma Grace Myers ’18

PWSW alum stars in new indy feature film.
Julia Koyfman ’19

PWSW grad at Seattle Opera
David Zheng ’16 Eugene O’Neil Pick

Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Unveils 2020 Summer Season Lineup
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