SDCF Names Professional Development Cycle 2 Recipients
6 recipients will be able to shadow or observe directors and choreographers on professional productions.
6 recipients will be able to shadow or observe directors and choreographers on professional productions.
Performance apprentices gain experience onstage while participating in educational workshops and engaging with other departments to foster their professional development.
The Mayor Sokhary Chau Playwriting Fellowship is named for the mayor of Lowell, the first Khmer mayor in the country.
This year’s honorees include John M. Atherlay, Gwen Gilliam, Brett Finley, Elynmarie Kazle, Robert J. Bruyr, and Broadway & Beyond: Access for Stage Managers of Color.
The commissioned playwright will use Life Jacket’s ethnographic research approach to create a play about trans people in the U.S.
Early-career writers Amanda L. Andrei, Citlali Pizarro, and afrikah saleh comprise this year’s cohort.
Residents are provided a home, travel, food, a $550 stipend, and a flexible $1,000 writers’ choice fund to support the development of their musical.
Winners of the playwriting prize receive a $5,000 cash award, a public reading, and a summer workshop as part of Vassar’s Powerhouse Theater Season.
The award, which comes with a $10,000 unrestricted prize, honors playwrights who have forged their own paths with smaller-budget theatre companies and ensembles.
Courtney and Abreu each received an unrestricted award of $5,000, and were among eight finalists selected by the committee.