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Fellows
1 month 2 weeks ago
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Announcing the 2021–22 McKnight Theater Fellowship Recipients
Core Writers
2 months 1 week ago
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Announcing the 2021-24 Core Writers
Fellows
2 months 1 week ago
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Announcing the 2021-22 McKnight National Residency and Commission and McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting Recipients
Fellows
3 months 3 weeks ago
The headshots of 2021–2022 Jerome Fellows Lucas Baisch, Marvin González De León, Gethsemane Herron, and Nubia Monks; Many Voices Fellows Zola Dee, Lester Eugene Mayers, and P.C. Verrone; and Many Voices Mentees Atlese Robinson and James A. Williams.
Announcing the 2021-2022 Jerome Fellows and Many Voices Fellows and Mentees