Experiments: Playwriting Fellowship Showcase – Apr 21
Playwriting Fellow – Daniel Duren, 6pm :
Playwriting Fellowship – Bianca Nkwonta, 8pm
Playwriting fellows:
Daniel Duren
&
Bianca Nkwonta
ABOUT
Playwriting Fellowship
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is thrilled to announce a new playwriting fellowship. This fellowship will offer two early career playwrights in the NYC area an artistic home at the legendary La MaMa for the course of one year. The fellowship seeks to encourage playwrights from underproduced communities with an emphasis on members of the LGBTQ+ community, people of color, and people with disabilities. Throughout the course of the fellowship, playwrights will work with playwright and fellowship mentor, Justin Elizabeth Sayre. Fellows will meet with Sayre on a monthly basis to discuss their work and the works of previous La MaMa playwrights such as Maria Irene Fornes, Jackie Curtis, Sam Shepard, Robert Patrick, Adrienne Kennedy, and many more.
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DANIEL DUREN is a playwright from St. Paul, Minnesota. His work has been
performed in New York City and Minneapolis. Most recently he was awarded “Best
Play” for Self Tape by The Downtown Urban Arts Festival following its performance at
Theatre Row. Somnium was first conceived at the Nationals: 24 Hour Play Festival, and
later developed at Yaddo and Hermitage. His audio thriller, Give Me A Wildfire, will
premiere across podcast platforms later this spring. He works under the mentorship of
Samuel D. Hunter and lives in New York.
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Bianca Nkwonta (she/her) is a healthcare consultant and writer from Eagan, Minnesota, now based in New York City. Her writing career began in graduate school at NYU, where she wrote stories about the Black and African diaspora, and its intersections with Midwestern-ness, womanhood, youth, health, wealth, and the pursuit of happiness. Currently, she is a staff writer for an up-and-coming web series.
experiments play reading series
The Experiments play reading series has provided a forum for talented playwrights and theatre makers to continue their creative process. The Monday night readings give emerging artists the opportunity to hear their developing works read by professional actors and receive valuable audience feedback. Experiments remains an artist driven service organized around shifting themes to allow a larger, under-served theater community to experience a greater diversity of programming.
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