Meet the three playwrights and three theater companies who won LA New Play Project’s first awards.
On November 15, 2021, Los Angeles New Play Project presented $20,000 to each of three local playwrights at a reception hosted by the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television in November. Three local theater companies, which have agreed to produce the plays, will receive an additional $20,000 each towards the cost of production. Congratulations to the winners!
Grantees of the program’s first year are:
Carla Ching for her play Revenge Porn, Ammunition Theatre (Camella Cooper & Oscar Avila, Co-Artistic Directors), producer.
Carolyn Ratteray for her play Both And…A Play About Laughing While Black, Boston Court Pasadena (Jessica Kubzansky, Artistic Director), producer. Director: Bernardo Cubría.
Josh Wilder for his play The Hands That Could, Watts Village Theater Company (Bruce Lemon & Donna Simone Johnson, Co-Artistic Directors, Nijeul X, Consulting Producer), producer.
On November 15, 2021, the Los Angeles New Play Project presented $20,000 to each playwright at a reception hosted by the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. The three local theater companies, which have agreed to produce the plays, will receive an additional $20,000 each towards the cost of production.
Congratulations to the winners!