Play/Screenwriter making waves
Wins Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 1
-had been to several schools before settling on Purchase
Joins writing staff of Knuckles
Three PWSW instructors featured in play reading series
This weekend, students in the Playwriting and Screenwriting program collaborates with the junior Acting company and guest director Cezar Williams (director of this season’s Fucking A) to present lightly-staged readings of new short works.
The Playwriting and Screenwriting alum is a 2023 Fellow at Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative.
Her script “Clearwater” in top 14% of all scripts on the screenwriting site Coverfly.
festival award/new job at Gray’s Anatomy
Film at the Microscope Gallery
Best Screenplay in Paris Fest
Peggy Stafford’s “Behind the Attic Walls”
New Plaza Cinema Screening Short Works
Premieres new play Better Friends on campus!
The Warded Man was a New York Times bestseller.
Through her stage works and through her direct mentorship of young writers, María Irene Fornés. had an extraordinary influence on American playwriting in the last fifty years, but her work is largely unknown to the general public. We aim to change that! The Playwriting & Screenwriting program has partnered with the Conservatory of Theatre Arts to present productions, readings, screenings, and workshops in which students, Purchase faculty, and guest artists will share how their encounters with this body of work have changed them.
Kicking off the festival is a keynote address by dramaturg, producer, and scholar Morgan Jenness, this Saturday at 6pm in the CMFT Performance Studio, which will be followed by a reception, and then the opening performance of Fornés’s masterpiece The Conduct of Life directed by guest artist Shadi Ghaheri, and featuring members of BFA Acting Company 47 and the work of students in the Theatre Design/Technology BFA program.
A full listing of FornésFest activities can be found at the festival website
https://www.purchase.edu/academics/theatre-arts/fornesfest/
Note that many events, including this Saturday’s keynote address and performance, require reservations. You can make your reservations by clicking on the event listing at the website
Produced annually, New Plays Now, gives Playwriting and Screenwriting students an opportunity to stage readings with the Conservatory of Theater Arts acting program.
October 18th 4 – 6 pm
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Adjunct Associate Professor
Playwriting and Screenwriting Department