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The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Ashley Lauren Rogers 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. A Safe(r) Space tackles an utterly unique question: what if zombies could get better? Suddenly, the actions one takes to survive, and the memories attached to those actions, have long reaching scars that affect not only yourself but everyone around you. In that situation, who can you lean on? Our congratulations and thanks to Ashley.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize lily gonzales 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. lily’s intuitive approach to playwriting results in characters that are practically touchable and compelling, unique situations that audiences will never have seen onsage before. Their work is poetic, moving, and cries out for the stage. Our congratulations and thanks to lily.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Charles Gershman 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. Happy Birthday, Jacob… engages an audience on so many levels - the family’s ease with one another is disarming and delightful, the characters are so real you feel like you know them from the first moment onstage, and the play's questioning of what “deserving” means is compelling and urgent. Our congratulations and thanks to Charles.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Jessica Durdock Moreno as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2020 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Georgie D examines the disconnect between siblings, as illuminated by the untimely death of a parent. The play beautifully elicits humor, and even absurdity, as it delicately navigates the wounded relationship between siblings who are trying to find an understanding of their childhood and why it left them so at sea. Our congratulations and thanks to Jessica.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Diana Burbano as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2020 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Fabulous Monsters is a visceral exploration of the overlooked legacy of Latinas in punk rock; the play moves in bursts of energy as the scenes take on the form of punk music, while giving space to women who thrived in a male-dominated world and are now questioning their part in that movement. Our congratulations and thanks to Diana.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Isabella Waldron as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2020 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. We were consistently struck by Isabella's almost lyrical stagecraft choices in Jawbone. Her blending of ghost stories, old radio programs, dreamscapes and fantastical imagery create a fascinating, highly atmospheric piece. Our congratulations and thanks to Isabella.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Audrey Lang as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2020 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Birdie and Cait weaves together a story of four young women bound both by friendship and grief. Audrey impressively creates a distinct voice for each character and builds a word where they are able to explore their intimate identities as complex women amidst the backdrop of a chaotic and expansive London. Our congratulations and thanks to Audrey.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Ashley Lauren Rogers as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2020 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Ashley was clear, hard working and quick in revising her one-act, which denied audiences the easy, dumbed-down, neat version of life as a punk rock transwoman grips with loss and so many unanswered questions in favor of acceptance of the complex, bittersweet reality of parents that just didn't show up. Our congratulations and thanks to Ashley.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Liz Amberly as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2020 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Liz skillfully combined realism and poetry in Embers, creating a beautiful visual-symbolic world using gardening and sculpture to give reflections on the life and death of love in marriage. Her work is graceful and kept us right in her hands. Our congratulations and thanks to Liz.

The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Marissa Joyce Stamps as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2020 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Marissa possesses a unique skill for the Afro-surreal. Her bold, comedic exploration evokes the mystical, magical heart of Blackness. She was a joy to work with and a playwright to watch! Our congratulations and thanks to Marissa.