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Category: Alumni Achievements

Caitlin Kunkel

Caitlin Kunkel is a writer, teacher, and speaker. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, public radio, tech startups, and other places. She’s

Lily Mooney

Lily Mooney is a writer, performer and teacher in Chicago. Since 2012, she has been an ensemble member of The Neo-Futurists, where she makes short plays for the company’s flagship

Jenny Hagel

Jenny Hagel is an American comedian and comedy writer. She is currently a writer and performer for Late Night with Seth Meyers, where she is known for performing on the recurring segment

Kendall Sherwood

Kendall Sherwood is an LA-based playwright/screenwriter who is known for Major Crimes (2012), The Code (2019) and Hawaii Five-0 (2010). Kendall also participated in Denver’s inaugural festival for women’s voices, The Athena Project, with her play

Farhan Arshad

Farhan Arshad is a comedy writer who currently writes for CBS’ Man with a Plan starring Matt LeBlanc. He also has written for Dr. Ken and Kirby Buckets, and is a graduate from the prestigious Disney

B.J. Tindall

B.J. (Bato) Tindall won the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition for Goodnight, Tyler, which premiered at Alliance Theatre’s Hertz Stage under the direction of Kent Gash, 2019. B.J. Tindal is a

Meridith Friedman

She is the recipient of a Dramatist Guild Writers Alliance Grant and a former Dramatist Guild fellow. She is also a National New Play Network affiliated artist and has participated

Alvara Saar Rios

Alvara Saar Rios is an Associate Professor of Playwriting at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he mentors aspiring theatremakers who hope to make a space for themselves.  He recently created

Andy Miara

Andy Miara is a comedy writer, director and teacher. He is the former Head Writer for the Onion News Network (ONN), where he created multiple video series, including ONNCast, The Onion‘s first daily breaking

Taylor Rankin

Taylor Rankin was a Core Apprentice at the Playwrights’ Center. The Core Apprentice Program at the Playwrights’ Center pairs student playwrights or recent graduates with professional mentors and offers full play