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Audrey Cefaly

Audrey Cefaly is an American playwright.[1]

Career highlights

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Cefaly is the recipient of the 2023 National New Play Network's Goldman Prize (Alabaster), the 2017 Lambda Literary Award ("Lammy") in the category of LGBTQ Drama (The Gulf),[2] the 2016 Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award (The Gulf),[3] and the 2017 David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize (Alabaster).[4] In 2020 her play Alabaster was nominated for the Pulitzer by Florida Repertory Theatre.[5] She is the founder of Into the Woods, an annual artist's retreat in coastal Delaware, and the author of How to Playwright, a Substack newsletter.

Alabaster

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Cefaly's play Alabaster won the 2017 David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize from Marin Theatre Company.[4] In January 2020 the play embarked on a record-breaking 10-city National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere,[6] the largest in NNPN history, and was subsequently nominated for the Pulitzer by Florida Repertory Theatre.[5] The play is published by Concord Theatricals.[7]

The Gulf

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Cefaly's play The Gulf won the 40th Annual Samuel French OOB Festival.[8] Its full length adaptation received its world premiere at Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA, in September 2016 (directed by Joe Calarco).[9] In 2017, it was nominated for the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Original New Play or Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) and in 2018, the play won the Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBTQ Drama. The play is published by Concord Theatricals.[10]

Love is a Blue Tick Hound (Large-Cast Play)

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Cefaly's collection Love is a Blue Tick Hound is a collection of four one-acts (The Gulf, Fin & Euba, Clean and Stuck). It received its world premiere at Terrific New Theatre in Birmingham, AL, in of December 2016.[11] The play is published by Concord Theatricals.[12]

Tell Me Something Good (Large-Cast Play)

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In 2020, Cefaly collaborated with UAB Birmingham on the world premiere of her large-cast play Tell Me Something Good.[13] The play was further developed by The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts in 2022[14] The play is published by TRW Plays.[15]

Maytag Virgin

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In October 2015, Cefaly directed the world premiere of what would become her most popular play, Maytag Virgin, as part of the inaugural Women's Voices Theatre Festival.[16] The play has received dozens of productions across the U.S. and is published by Concord Theatricals.[17]

The Last Wide Open

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In February 2019, Cefaly's musical play The Last Wide Open (music by Matthew Nielson) received its world premiere at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.[18] In 2023, Cefaly collaborated with Adirondack Theatre Company on a Spanish language translation.[19] In 2024, Cefaly will collaborate with American Blues Theater on a Polish translation. The play is published by TRW Plays.[20]

Plays

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Full-Length

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Large Cast Plays / Collections

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Awards

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Publications

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Full-Length

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Large Cast Plays / Collections

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Shorts and One-Acts

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References

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  1. ^ "New Play Exchange: Audrey Cefaly". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  2. ^ a b "Lambda Literary awardees include Carmen Maria Machado, John Rechy, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor". Windy City Times, June 5, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "The Gulf". Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  4. ^ a b c "Marin Theatre Company Names Antoinette Nwandu and Audrey Cefaly 2017 Play Prize Winners". AMERICAN THEATRE. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  5. ^ a b c "Florida Rep Nominates ALABASTER For The 2020 Pulitzer Prize In Drama". www.broadwayworld.com/.
  6. ^ "NNPN's Rolling World Premiere Of ALABASTER By Audrey Cefaly Opens Its First Production At Florida Rep". Archived from the original on 2020-02-13.
  7. ^ "Alabaster". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  8. ^ "OFF OFF BROADWAY FESTIVAL PLAYS, 40TH SERIES".
  9. ^ "The Gulf — Signature Theatre". Signature Theatre. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  10. ^ "The Gulf (Full-Length)". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  11. ^ "Terrific New Theatre - LOVE IS A BLUE TICK HOUND". Terrific New Theatre - Birmingham, AL. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Love is a Blue Tick Hound". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  13. ^ ""Tell Me Something Good" by Alabama playwright Audrey Cefaly gets Theatre UAB world premiere March 9–13". UAB News. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  14. ^ "A Suggested Outline for a Course of Study in Dramatic Arts in the Secondary School". Educational Theatre Journal. 2 (1): 15–31. March 1950. doi:10.2307/3203772. ISSN 0013-1989. JSTOR 3203772.
  15. ^ "Tell Me Something Good". trwplays.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  16. ^ "Women's Voices Theater Festival - Play Detail". www.womensvoicestheaterfestival.org. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  17. ^ "Maytag Virgin". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  18. ^ "Playhouse in the Park review: 'Last Wide Open' is hard to describe but easy to experience". www.cincinnati.com/.
  19. ^ Kiessling, Katherine (2023-06-29). "Theater review: 'The Last Wide Open' rom-com in Glens Falls". Times Union. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  20. ^ a b "The Last Wide Open". trwplays.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
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