American Pia Awarded "Notable Writer" in 2018 New York TV Festival

My half-hour comedy pilot, American Pia, about my real-life experience living with a Xenophobic family outside LA was selected as one of 40 projects from nearly 1800 submissions to participate in the 2018 New York Television Festival. 

Over the last decade, the NYTVF has distinguished itself as an industry leader in the cultivation and fostering of independent artists across episodic storytelling platforms while engaging a wide swath of decision-makers, buyers, agents, and managers as a trusted curator of new voices. With NYTVF SCRIPTS, that opportunity is extended to emerging writers by offering a Festival experience designed to provide maximum exposure, access, and opportunity.

http://www.nytvf.com/2018_scripts_competition.html

AMERICAN PIA IN TOP 15% OF NYTVF

American Pia has moved on to the second round of deliberation in the 2018 New York TV Festival Scripts Competition; the second round recognizes comprises the top 15% of scripts submitted to the competition.  Over the last decade, the NYTVF has distinguished itself as an industry leader in the cultivation and fostering of independent artists across episodic storytelling platforms while engaging a wide swath of decision-makers, buyers, agents, and managers as a trusted curator of new voices. With NYTVF SCRIPTS, that opportunity is extended to emerging writers by offering a Festival experience designed to provide maximum exposure, access, and opportunity.

NYC's Hunger and Thirst Theater Company features SLUT

My play, Slut, will be presented in Manhattan via Hunger and Thirst Theatre! Please come join us.  More information can be found at:  www.hungerandthirsttheatre.com

Like "BANDANA" with a "V" selected for New Normal Series!

In partnership with The Black List, the New Normal Series will feature "Like Bandana With A V", my half-hour comedic pilot, at their March 27th event (8 p.m., The Next Door Lounge, Los Angeles)!   Please join us!  Tickets can be purchased online!  

Play-Makers Theater Company Awards DHARMA Semi-Finalist Status

Dharma is a semi-finalist with Play-Makers Theater in Spokane, WA.  Ten semifinalists were selected from this year's submissions pool as part of their annual "Women Are Funny" initiative.  

Recipient of 2018 ATHE New Play Development Workshop opportunity!

My play has been selected from 130 submissions to be workshopped, developed, and presented at the 2018 Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) conference to be held in Boston, MA August 1-5.  Founded in 1986, ATHE serves the interests of its diverse individual and organizational members, including college and university theatre departments and administrators, educators, graduate students, and theatre practitioners. An advocate for the field of theatre and performance in higher education, ATHE serves as an intellectual and artistic center for producing new knowledge about theatre and performance-related disciplines, cultivating vital alliances with other scholarly and creative disciplines, linking with professional and community-based theatres, and promoting access and equity.

4950 featured in the line up for the 2018 California Women's Festival!

My film, which I wrote and co-produced, was accepted into the California Women's Festival!

"Like Bandana with A V" advances with the Fox Writers Lab!

I have advanced in the process of consideration of the Fox Writers Lab (FWL) for their 2018 program.  The program receives up to 750 applications and ultimately eight writers will be selected.  Participants are connected with showrunners, screenwriters, directors and creative executives across television, feature films and digital entertainment. The FWL offers trained writers an immersive four-month curriculum focused on developing original material, honing writing skills and exploring the business of media and entertainment. 

My Work to be Featured in The Car Plays at Segerstrom Center for the Arts

I was invited to submit a 10-minute play which was ultimately selected for THE CAR PLAYS, an immersive theatrical experience. Blurring the lines between theatre and real life, this unique, site-specific theatrical sensation returns to Segerstrom Center. 5 cars, 5 different 10-minute plays, and you’re right in the middle of each one. Conceived by Paul Stein and produced by Moving Arts, The Car Plays is "adventurous theatre packed into a Jeep or a Jetta or an Audi" (Huffington Post). Please join us and hop in for the ride of your life!  There are 22 performances in January 2018 and tickets can be purchased at: https://www.scfta.org/events

"Slut" Featured in NYC READING SERIES

The 2017 empowHER Reading Series of Clutch Productions is dedicated to exploring hidden gender bias and features: 

Slut 
by Nayna Agrawal
directed by Vanessa Morosco

Webster's Bitch
by Jacqueline Bircher
directed by Vanessa Morosco

Invisible
by Jane Jeffries
directed by Julia Sears

my favorite flower
by Arika Larson
directed by Raquel Almazan

The Takeover
by Barbara Lindsay
directed by Christianne Greiert

Ensemble Cast
Raji Ahsan*, Jeanette Bonner*, Rajesh Bose*, Christianne Greiert*, Rebecca Hirota*, Esther Mira, Pooya Mohesni*, Pilar Rehert*, Jennifer Dorr White*, Miranda Noelle Wilson*, and Clint Zugel*

*Actors appear courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

WHEN
Sunday, December 17th
2:30pm

WHERE
Primary Stages Studios
307 West 38th Street, Suite 1510
Seating is limited and by invitation only. Please email to RSVP!

Clutch Productions, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to creating opportunities for emerging female artists in theatre and film.