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The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Megan Tabaque as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Winter 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Marry Me, Bruno Mars is an achingly relevant story that examines the intertwined relationship between the rise of anti-Asian hate and far-right conspiracy-mongering. Megan’s astute observations of both massive systems like algorithmic social media and deeply intimate character moments between her female leads are something special. Our congratulations and thanks to Megan.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Charles Gershman as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Spring 2022 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Decency is a wonderfully subtle family drama that asks its audience to question just what we owe to those closest to us. Its thoughtful look at the foster care system, class difference, and aging are balanced by a delightfully wry sense of humor. Our congratulations and thanks to Charles.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Allyson Dwyer as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Spring 2022 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Nothing Remained But Voice and Bones is a sharply-observed longitudinal study on the effects that internalized fatphobia and conventional beauty standards have on the life of a young woman. The piece is fantastically theatrical and refreshingly frank in its depiction of body image struggles. Our congratulations and thanks to Allyson.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Dan Caffrey as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Winter 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Untitled Vampire Play is a heartfelt yet humorous exploration of the virulence of mental depression and the toll it takes on a family. With its liberal use of 1950s movie monster imagery interspersed with quiet, aching conversations between teenage siblings, UTV is an ambitious, visual, thoughtful piece of writing. Our congratulations and thanks to Dan.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Rose T.M. as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. In a play reminiscent of The Royale or Chad Deity, Rose poses urgent questions about coming out to one's community, and what one is supposed to do with the very real life consequences of transphobia. Their writing is smart, rhythmic, and a joy to hear out loud. Our congratulations and thanks to Rose.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize May Shealy as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Exceptional is not afraid to look pain in the face, whether that be the pain of pageantry, the pain of losing a friend and love, or the pain of being a teen. May handles this dark queer epic with grace and a deft hand. Our congratulations and thanks to Mak.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize jk jk as playwrights selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. always boy draws the audience in with compelling, complex characters, gentle playfulness, and heartbreaking honesty. It highlights all the wonderful things about life (and especially life in the theater) while simultaneously showcasing how alienating life can be. Our congratulations and thanks to Jenny and Khattie.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Malaika Fernandes as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Banjaara is a poignant, deeply engrossing play that probes deep into the limits of the bonds of family. Fernandes does a fantastic job of mixing the surreal and the heartbreaking present to create characters that you care deeply about throughout their journey. She was a delight to have in the room. Our congratulations and thanks to Malaika.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Catherine Weingarten as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. In I Met You on TV, Doesn’t That Mean Something?, Catherine explores the parasocial nature of reality television with remarkable humor and tenderness. Her singular gift for characterization and dialogue turns rom-com bromides into a postmodern poetry that illuminates our highly mediated present. Our congratulations and thanks to Catherine.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize j. sebastián alberdi as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. In The Family Saves a Life, j. sebastián offers a tragically human portrait of a pro-life family at the end of the world. This haunting meditation on religious extremism and ever-increasing climate disaster beguiles and frightens in equal measure, portending a future we may already recognize and an outcome we’re too late to prevent.