Stefanie Zadravec
Stefanie Claire Zadravec (born 1968) is an American playwright. Her full-length plays include Tiny Houses, Colony Collapse, The Electric Baby, Honey Brown Eyes, and Save Me. She has won numerous awards including the Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award,[1] Francesca Primus Prize,[2] and the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play.[3] She is a resident playwright at New Dramatists.[4]
Early life and education[]
Zadravec, of Slovenian descent, was born in Washington, D. C., and grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland.[5] As a child, Zadravec and her friends performed plays while playing at her house. She continued performing while attending school.[6] Zadravec attended Connecticut College where she received a B.A. in theater and English.[7][8]
Plays[]
- Honey Brown Eyes (2011)[9]
- The Electric Baby (2013)[10]
- Save Me (2013)[11]
- Colony Collapse (2016)[12]
- Tiny Houses (2018)[13]
Awards[]
- Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award.[1]
- Francesca Primus Prize[2]
- Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play[3]
- Sustainable Arts Foundation Award[14]
- Women in Arts & Media Collaboration Award[15]
Fellowships, grants, and residencies[]
- New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)[16]
- The Lark[17]
- Playwrights Realm[18]
- Dramatists Guild[19] in 2010–11.
- Sewanee Writers Conference
- New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)[20]
- The Edgerton Foundation
- The Ford Foundation
- SPACE at Ryder Farm[21]
- JAWfest[22]
- Theatreworks[23]
- The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- Mellon Foundation
- The Lilly Awards
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival[24]
- The Kennedy Center
- Play Penn[25]
- The Women's Project[26]
- Arts Emerson[27]
- Epic Theatre Ensemble
- The Barrow Group[28]
- New Dramatists[29]
Teaching[]
Zadravec teaches at Primary Stages' ESPA,[30] The Dramatists Guild Institute,[31] and Play Penn
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Winners Announced for Helen Merrill Playwright Awards | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Playwright Stefanie Zadravec Wins 2013 Francesca Primus Prize | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Helen Hayes Awards Nominees and Recipients | Washington Theatre Guide | TheatreWashington | Helen Hayes Awards". theatrewashington.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "Stefanie Zadravec". New Dramatists. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
- ^ Marks, Peter (October 19, 2008). "Witnessing War Through 'Brown Eyes'". Washington Post. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ^ "An interview with Stefanie Zadravec". Playwrights Center. 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ^ Shanfield, David (October 25, 2011). "Beginning with Beginnings". The College Voice. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ^ "Creative Disruption". Connecticut College Magazine. 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ^ Grode, Eric (January 20, 2011). "When War Begins, Nothing Is Normal". The New York Times.
- ^ Sommers, Michael (26 April 2013). "The Magic That Storytelling Can Do". The New York Times.
- ^ Wood, Mark Dundas (January 21, 2013). "'Save Me' Is a Rewarding Experience". Backstage. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ^ Miller, Daryl H. (February 25, 2016). "A family on the verge of 'Colony Collapse'". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Tiny Houses by Stefanie Zadravec". New Dramatists. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
- ^ "Individual Awardees : Sustainable Arts Foundation". www.sustainableartsfoundation.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "COLLABORATION AWARD HISTORY". Women in the Arts & Media Coalition. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "New York Foundation for the Arts". www.nyfa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ Lark, The. "Untitled by Stefanie Zadravec | The Lark". The Lark. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
- ^ "Writing Fellows". The Playwrights Realm. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "Course Faculty". The Dramatists Guild Institute. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "NYSCA : New York State Council on the Arts". www.nysca.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "2018 Residents". SPACE on Ryder Farm. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "JAW 2017 Playwrights Announced - Portland Center Stage at The Armory". Portland Center Stage at The Armory. Portland Center Stage at The Armory. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2018-06-08.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-06-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Meet the 2017-2020 Core Writers". Playwrights' Center. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "Stefanie Zadravec – Play Penn". www.playpenn.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "Stefanie Zadravec". Women's Project Theater. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "Boston.com". Boston.com. 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
- ^ "Alumna Stefanie Zadravec featured in MainStage Reading Series at TBG - The Barrow Group Theatre Company and School". www.barrowgroup.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "Stefanie Zadravec". New Dramatists. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "Stefanie Zadravec - Primary Stages". primarystages.org. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
- ^ "Course Faculty". The Dramatists Guild Institute. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
External links[]
- Connecticut College alumni
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- American women dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights
- American people of Slovenian descent
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Actresses from Washington, D.C.
- Actresses from New York City
- Writers from Brooklyn
- American stage actresses
- Writers from Washington, D.C.
- 21st-century American women writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- People from Chevy Chase, Maryland
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School alumni