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Education
The Actors Studio Drama School, New School University, Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting
Johns Hopkins University, Bachelor of Arts, The Writing Seminars. Graduated with departmental honors and The Louis Azrael Fellowship in Communications ($5,000 merit scholarship awarded by the Writing Seminars Department on the basis of a written portfolio).
Awards and Honors
Semi-finalist, the Samuel French 32nd Annual Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival (2007)
Semi-finalist, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference (2007)
Semi-finalist, Eugene O'Neill Playwrights' Conference (2007)
Semi-finalist, Page 73 Productions (P73) Fellowship (2006)
Fellow, Maria-Theresa A. Gamboni/Nancy Quinn Fund Start the Story (Fluid Motion Theatre and Film) (2006-07)
Partial Scholarship, SLS Russia Program (2006)
Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights' Festival (2005)
Winner, First Place, East West Players "Got Laughs?" Play Competition, Los Angeles, CA (2005)
Finalist, Tribeca All Access Open Stage, NY, NY (2004)
Finalist, Jerome Fellowship, Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, MN (2004)
University and Theatre Scholarships, ASDS, New School University (2000 - 2003)
Tennessee Williams Scholar, Sewanee Writers' Conference, Sewanee, TN (2003)
Finalist, Actors Theatre of Louisville Ten-Minute Play Contest (2003)
Finalist, Ensemble Studio Theatre's Marathon of One-Act Plays (2002)
Winner, Young Playwrights' Contest, Green Theatre Company, New Malden, Surrey, U.K. (2002)
Winner, Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) New Play Development Workshop (2000, 2002 and 2003)
Winner, Religion and Theatre Division of the ATHE One-Act Competition (2000)
Plays
| The Quest (or What Happened on the Quest for the Golden Fleece, as Told
By Orpheus the Musician) |
| Commissioned by Fluid Motion Theatre and Film. Workshop performances, NY, NY |
June 2007 |
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| Celestial Motions (readings) |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY, NY |
2003 |
| Queens Theatre in The Park
(Immigrant Voices Project), NY, NY |
2004 |
| The Tank Theatre, NY, NY |
2004 |
| The New Perspectives Theatre Company, NY, NY |
2004 |
| South Asian League of Artists in AMerica (SALAAM) |
2004 |
| The Immigrant Theatre Project, Fresh Meadows, NY |
2005 |
| The East West Players, Los Angeles, CA (June) |
2005 |
| Silk Road Theatre Project, Chicago, IL (July) |
2005 |
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| Hart's Palpitations (music by Matthew Anderson) |
| HERE, NY, NY (part of Raw Impressions Musical Theatre) |
2005 |
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| Like Pearls Strung on a String (music by Andrew Ingkavet) |
| LaMaMa, NY, NY (part of Raw Impressions Musical Theatre) |
2004 |
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| If Wishes Were Horses |
| Part of Asking for Trouble III, Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY, NY |
2004 |
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| Sweet Dreams, Baby (Young Playwrights Contest Winner) |
| Green Theatre Company, Surrey, UK |
2002 |
| ASDS Repertory Theatre, NY, NY |
2003 |
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| The Some of All Parts |
| Short and Sweet Festival, Newtown Theatre, Sydney, Australia |
2003 |
Shorter and Sweeter, the Best of the Short and Sweet Festival
Toured: Victoria Arts Center, Melbourne, Victoria; Sydney Opera House, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
2004 |
| Performed as part of Sextet at Brown's Mart Community Arts Theatre, Darwin, The Northern Territory, Australia |
2004 |
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| Bemused |
| Part of Asking for Trouble II, Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY, NY |
2003 |
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| Bunnicuba |
| Part of Asking for Trouble, Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY, NY |
2001 |
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| BOOM (full-length version: readings) |
| Ma-Yi Theatre LabFest, Phil Bosakowski Theatre, NY, NY |
July 2006 |
| Second Generation (2G), Theatre for a New City, NY, NY |
October 2006 |
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| BOOM (reading) |
| South Asian League of Artists in AMerica (SALAAM) |
2001 |
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| Strangers on a Train |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY, NY |
2000 |
| Dapper Festival, Snapper Bear Studios, NY, NY |
2000 |
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| Hiding the Pink |
| Pennsylvania Playhouse, Bethlehem, PA |
2000 |
| Unity Fest 2000, NY, NY |
2000 |
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| Roulette (reading) |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY, NY |
2000 |
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| Confessions from the Afterlife |
| Love Creek Productions, NY, NY |
1999 |
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| A Good Man is Hard to Find |
| SUNY Brockport, Festival of Ten |
1999 |
| Camino Real Theatre, San Juan Capistrano, CA (reading) |
2000 |
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| To Err Is... |
| Vital Signs New Works Festival, Vital Theatre, NY, NY |
1999 |
Publications
Smith and Kraus' The Best Stage Scenes of 1999 (Confessions from the Afterlife)
Smith and Kraus' The Best Stage Scenes of 2000 (Roulette)
Playscripts.com's Great Short Plays: Vol. 2 (Views) and Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens (monologue from Views)
Hot-Blooded: Monologues from the Members of Youngblood
Healthy Primates and Other Plays from the New Play Development Workshop (Strangers on a Train, The Some of All Parts and Bunnicuba)
Smith and Kraus' Ten-Minute Plays for 3 or More Actors 2004 edited by Michael Bigelow Dixon (The Some of All Parts)
Smith and Kraus' Audition Arsenal: 101 Monologues by Type, 2 Minutes and Under, for Men in their 20s (excerpt from Celestial Motions)
Smith and Kraus' Plays for Two Actors 2007 (A Rush of Wings)
Professional Affiliations
The Ma-Yi Theatre Writers' Lab
Alumnus of Youngblood, the emerging playwrights' collective at the Ensemble Studio Theatre
The Dramatists Guild
The Writers Guild of America East
New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts and Media (NYCWAM - Board Member)
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