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2013-14 PLAYWRITING FELLOWS AND CORE WRITERS

Meet our 2013-14 roster of playwriting fellows and new Core Writers, who together will receive more than $200,000 in awards and additional development funds.

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THANK YOU

Thank you to everyone who attended TKO: A punch-drunk theatrical bash on May 4. Thanks also to everyone who purchased raffle tickets!

NEW STAFF AT THE CENTER

We're excited to welcome Keri Kellerman as managing director and Hannah Joyce-Hoven as membership manager!

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Jeffrey Hatcher

Core Writer Jeffrey Hatcher's SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUICIDE CLUB will run June 7 - July 14 at Park Square Theatre in Minneapolis.

Adam Kraar

DREAM OF A DEER AT DUSK by Core Writer Adam Kraar will have a workshop at New York Theatre Workshop, directed by Tamilla Woodard, with a public reading May 10 at 3 p.m.

Lee Blessing

FORTINBRAS by Core Writer Lee Blessing is playing at The New American Shakespeare Tavern June 29 - July 14, 2013.

Martín Zimmerman

Jerome Fellow Martín Zimmerman's SEVEN SPOTS ON THE SUN will have a staged reading June 3, 2013 in Marin Theatre's New Works Series.

Samuel D. Hunter and Martín Zimmerman

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2013 National Playwrights Conference will feature A GREAT WILDERNESS (July 10-11) by Samuel D. Hunter and THE SOLID SAND BELOW (July 3-4) by Martín Zimmerman.

Anna Moench

Jerome Fellow Anna Moench's commissioned play A POLAR BEAR IN NEW JERSEY is part of the Off-Broadway Keen Teens Festival, May 3-5, 2013.

George Brant

Core Writer George Brant's ELEPHANT'S GRAVEYARD will be part of Theatre Pro Rata's 2013-14 season, with productions Feb. 15 - Mar. 2, 2013.

Adam Kraar

DREAM OF A DEER AT DUSK by Adam Kraar will have a workshop at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, directed by Tamilla Woodard. There will be a public reading April 27, 2013 at 7 p.m.

Dan Dietz

Core Writer Dan Dietz's AMERICAN MISFIT has its world premiere April 4 - May 12, 2013 at The Theatre @ Boston Court.

Marcus Gardley

THE GOSPEL OF LOVINGKINDNESS by Core Writer Marcus Gardley will have its world premiere at Victory Gardens Theater March 3 - 23, 2014.

Marion McClinton

In the Lab: May 20 - 22
Project: TBD

Marion McClinton (Lifetime Core Writer) Known for his award-winning Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of August Wilson’s work, with whom he had a long friendship and professional relationship, Marion directed Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom... Continue tBio »

Lee Blessing

In the Lab: May 22 - 24
Project: For the Loyal

Lee Blessing's play's include: A Walk In The Woods (Broadway and London's West End), Going to St. Ives, (Outer Critic’s Circle Award, Best Play, Obie for ensemble performance); Thief River (Drama Desk nomination, Best Play); Cobb (Drama Desk award, besBio »

Janaki Ranpura

In the Lab: May 28 - 31
Project: TBD

Janaki Ranpura believes in making it fun to live cheek-to-jowl. She writes mainly for public space venues, and she builds nomadic structures that promote self-conscious enjoyment of human density. As a designer, she values intimacy and mobility. Continue Bio »

Keli Garrett

In the Lab: May 29 - 31
Project: Zebra

Keli Garrett’s plays and adaptations have been produced and developed at Dixon Place in NYC, Zoo District in L.A., Penumbra Theatre, the LAByrinth, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Rites and Reason Theatre ... Continue to Bio »

John Olive

In the Lab: June 3 - 5
Project: TBD

John Olive is a widely produced and award winning playwright, a novelist, a screenwriter and a popular teacher of creative writing. His plays include: Standing on my Knees, Minnesota Moon, The Voice of the Prarie, Evelyn and the Polka King, Killers, The SBio »

Betty Shamieh

In the Lab: June 3 - 7
Project: Veritas

Betty Shamieh is the author of fifteen plays. Her off-Broadway premieres are The Black Eyed (New York Theatre Workshop) and Roar (The New Group), which was selected as a New York Times Critics Pick and is currently being taught at universities throughout Bio »

Ricardo Vazquez

In the Lab: June 19 - 21
Project: TBD

Ricardo Vazquez is a Puerto Rican actor/writer who has survived over twenty Minnesota winters to date. He has written articles for Minnesota Playlist, ATS.com, and one act scripts for the University of Minnesota New Works Series. Continue to Bio »

Marcus Gardley

In the Lab: June 24 - 25
Project: TBD

Marcus Gardley is a poet-playwright who has won the Helen Merrill Award, Kesselring honor, Gerbode Emerging Playwright and the ASCAP Cole Porter Prize. Continue to Bio »

Kira Obolensky

In the Lab: June 26 - 28
Project: TBD

KIRA OBOLENSKY is a playwright and writer who lives in Minneapolis. New work includes Force/Matter, with Shawn McConneloug, The Oldest Story in the World, created collaboratively with Theatre Novi Most... continue to Bio »