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Griswold, in full production at the Bridge Street Theatre in upstate New York (dir. Burke Walker), has been named one of the ten ten theatre events of 2024 by theatre critic Jeffrey Borak, a “mind blowing, laugh-out-loud, heartbreaking . . . essential entertainment that will stimulate you mentally, emotionally, civically” by critic Patrick White and “little short of thrilling” by critic J. Peter Bergman.
AGATHE, a multi-award winning play inspired by the heroism of Agathe Uwilingiyimana, world premiere at the Playground Theatre in London (Co-producers Sohaya Visions and Mukul and Ghetto Tigers; dir. Mukul Ahmed). The 2024 production coincides with the 30th anniversary of the title character’s holding the position of Rwanda’s head of state for just fourteen hours, on the eve of the Rwandan genocide.
Griswold showcased in NYC with Annette Bening in the title role and in London with Martha Plimpton.
Griswold is the First-Place Winner of the A is For Playwriting Prize (juried by Tony Award -winning director David Cromer, acclaimed writer Lindy West and others affiliated with Broadway Works for Women), Winner of the Playhouse Creatures (NYC) New Works Celebration, as well as an official selection for the FutureFest Festival of New American Plays, the American Dreaming New Works Festival, and the National Women’s Theatre Festival.
The Spanish Prayer Book (Angela’s award-winning drama inspired by the human impact of cultural treasures dispersed during wartime; world premiere at The Road Theatre Company, 2019-20; dir. Lee Sankowich and an L.A. Times Best Bet: “a literate mediation on the boundaries of art and social responsibility”; also praised by former L.A. Weekly Lead Theatre Critic Steven Leigh Morris as “a descendant of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia . . . a beautiful, intricate and important new play” ) part of the JTS Opening Season, the inaugural season (2022) of cultural offerings in the JTSA’s new, state-of-the-art performing arts space in Manhattan. Susan Einhorn directs a showcase of veteran actors (casting director Judy Henderson).
AGATHE staged at Pinter Studio in London in 2023 (Sohaya Visions, producer; Mukul Ahmed director). Previously, AGATHE was an official selection (and recipient of a Special Commendation) for the London-based 2022 Sohaya Visions Festival (director Mukul Ahmed); AGATHE is also the Winner of the Henley Rose Award, the Santa Barbara Playfest, RAFTA Festival (London) Official Selection and Audience Favorite, SETC Getchell Award, Landing Theatre New American Voices Award, Jane Chambers Award Top-four and 2021 Woodward/Newman Drama Award Finalist (top 12 from a field of over 1,000 new scripts and productions) among other honors.
Angela’s play, Clara and Serra and The Talking Bear, originally commissioned by the Antaeus Theatre Company, is now available as a radio play on all major podcast platforms as well as the Antaeus website.
Angela’s short play, Medusa Does a Re-Do is an official selection for both The Road Theatre Company 2021 Summer Playwrights Festival and the New York-based O.C. Arts International Ten-Minute PlayFest.
Angela has been awarded the 2022 Playhouse Creatures Dr. R.J. Rodriguez Award.
Playhouse on the Square has named AGATHE one of six official selections for its New Works at The Works series.
AGATHE is an official selection for the Landing Theatre’s 2020 New American Voices Award and The Road Theatre Company’s 2020 Summer Playwrights Festival.
An international jury has selected Hong Kong Date Night the winning best new comedy short for the Ojai Valley Theatre Artists Ensemble Short Play Awards.
Playfest Santa Barbara selected Angela its 2020 Honoree Playwright.
Mata H. has been named in the top five for the Segora International Playwriting Awards and one of three winning plays for the Frostburg Art Center New Play Series.
Read Stageraw Founder, and former Pulitzer Prize Jury Chair, Steven Leigh Morris’s review of The Spanish Prayer Book.
Angela’s play Hong Kong Date Night has been named an official selection for the Smith and Kraus Anthology of Best One-Act Plays. Available in late 2021.
is the author of the award-winning and critically praised AGATHE (2024 World Premiere at The Playground Theatre – London), Griswold (Bridge Street Theatre 2024-25 season, showcased in NYC with Annette Bening in the title role and in London with Martha Plimpton), The Spanish Prayer Book (World Premiere, The Road Theatre Company, 2019-20 season; L.A. Times Best Bet), and Clara and Serra and The Talking Bear (commissioned and produced for audio theatre by Antaeus Theatre Company) among other plays.
Recipient of the Marsha A. Croyle Award for Achievement in Playwriting, the Landing Theatre New American Voices Award, the SETC Getchell Award for Outstanding New Play, the Playhouse Creatures Emerging Playwright Celebration Award, the A is For Playwriting Award, and named the 2020 Honoree Playwright by the Santa Barbara-based Playfest of New American Plays, a four-time Eugene O’Neill semi-finalist (2017, 2018, 2020, 2024), 2021 Woodward/Newman Award Finalist, 2021 Jane Chambers Award Finalist and Honoree, and one of the top 21 (from a field of over twelve hundred) for the Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle Hart New Play Initiative, her work has been presented and/or is upcoming at The Playground Theatre (London), Playhouse Creatures (NYC), Antaeus (LA), Playhouse on the Square, Chameleon Theatre Circle, The Road Theatre Company, The Blank Theatre, and elsewhere.