Leah Ryan's FEWW
Prize for Emerging Women Playwrights 2012
On behalf of the Board for Leah Ryan's Fund for Emerging Women Writers, we take great pleasure in announcing the winner of the third annual prize awarded by LEAH'S FEWW and invite all who are able to do so, to join us for the presentation of the award and the reading of the winning script.
The 2012 winner is Rachel Teagle for her play TheEverAndAfter. The reading will be performed in New York City on June 11, 7:00 p.m. at the Atlantic Stage 2, 330 West 16th Street in Manhattan. We hope you will mark your calendars and plan on joining us for the reading.
Rachel Teagle is honored to represent Leah Ryan's FEWW this year. A playwright, director, and comedian, Rachel grew up in the Silicon Valley and graduated from Carleton College with a degree in theater. She has had the privilege of working with many distinguished and supportive theaters in Minneapolis and Atlanta including the Workhaus Collective, Bedlam Theatre, Synchronicity, the Horizon Theater Apprentice Company and Serenbe Playhouse. She also recently planned and executed the very first Atlanta Fringe Festival.
Previous works include: Orange: a farce (about terrorism), Merry Christmas Big Hungry Bear!, Covert Operations, Pain in the Neck (Essential Theater Playwriting Award Finalist), and adaptations of The Ugly Duckling and Alice in Wonderland.
Leah Ryan’s Fund for Emerging Women Writers (Leah Ryan’s FEWW) awards an annual prize to an emerging woman playwright in recognition of an outstanding work written for the English-speaking theater.
To Support Leah Ryan's FEWW:It is the intention of Leah Ryan's FEWW to grow our resources so that we may expand our support of emerging women writers. To that end, we welcome your generous support of a tax–deductible donation to the FEWW.
Donation by mail:
Please make checks payable to the Community Foundation of Dutchess County, and make sure to write "Leah Ryan's FEWW" in the memo line.
Please mail to:
Community Foundation of Dutchess County
80 Washington Street, Suite 201
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Donation by credit card:
Credit card donations can be made through the website for The Community Foundation of Dutchess County, which manages Leah Ryan's FEWW: www.communityfoundationdc.org/page30001.cfm
On this page, please fill out the information as requested, and make sure to type "Leah's FEWW" in the box titled "Fund Name."
We thank you in advance for your generosity in supporting Leah Ryan's Fund for Emerging Women Writers.
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