Audrey Cefaly is an American playwright. [1]
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
- Love is a Blue Tick Hound (a collection of one-acts, cast size up to 8)
- Tell Me Something Good (large cast play, cast size 8-24)
- Winner: 2023 National New Play Network's Goldman Prize ( Alabaster)
- Nomination: 2020 Pulitzer Prize ( Alabaster) [5]
- Winner: 2018 Lammy Award: Best LGBTQ Drama ( Lambda Literary Foundation) ( The Gulf) [2]
- Winner: 2017 David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize ( Marin Theatre Company) ( Alabaster) [4]
- Nominee: 2017 Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Original New Play or Musical ( Helen Hayes Awards) ( The Gulf)
- Recipient: 2015 Edgerton New American Play Award ( Theater Communications Group) ( The Gulf) [3]
- Alabaster (Concord Theatricals / Samuel French)
- Maytag Virgin (Concord Theatricals / Samuel French)
- The Gulf (Concord Theatricals / Samuel French)
- The Last Wide Open [20] (TRW Plays)
- Love is a Blue Tick Hound (a collection of one-acts, cast size up to 8) (Concord Theatricals / Samuel French) includes: The Gulf, Fin & Euba, Clean, and Stuck
- Tell Me Something Good (large cast play, cast size 8-24) (TRW Plays)
- Stage It and Stream It: Plays for Virtual Theater (Applause Books)
- Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 40th Series (Concord Theatricals / Samuel French)
- Best American Short Plays 2014-2015 (Applause Books)
- Best American Short Plays 2004-2005 (Applause Books)
- ^ "New Play Exchange: Audrey Cefaly". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
- ^ a b "Lambda Literary awardees include Carmen Maria Machado, John Rechy, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor". Windy City Times, June 5, 2018.
- ^ a b "The Gulf". Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Florida Rep Nominates ALABASTER For The 2020 Pulitzer Prize In Drama". www.broadwayworld.com/.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Alabaster". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "OFF OFF BROADWAY FESTIVAL PLAYS, 40TH SERIES".
- ^ "The Gulf — Signature Theatre". Signature Theatre. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "The Gulf (Full-Length)". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "Terrific New Theatre - LOVE IS A BLUE TICK HOUND". Terrific New Theatre - Birmingham, AL. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Love is a Blue Tick Hound". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ ""Tell Me Something Good" by Alabama playwright Audrey Cefaly gets Theatre UAB world premiere March 9–13". UAB News. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tell Me Something Good". trwplays.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "Women's Voices Theater Festival - Play Detail". www.womensvoicestheaterfestival.org. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
- ^ "Maytag Virgin". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "Playhouse in the Park review: 'Last Wide Open' is hard to describe but easy to experience". www.cincinnati.com/.
- ^ Kiessling, Katherine (2023-06-29). "Theater review: 'The Last Wide Open' rom-com in Glens Falls". Times Union. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ a b "The Last Wide Open". trwplays.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
Audrey Cefaly is an American playwright. [1]
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
- Love is a Blue Tick Hound (a collection of one-acts, cast size up to 8)
- Tell Me Something Good (large cast play, cast size 8-24)
- Winner: 2023 National New Play Network's Goldman Prize ( Alabaster)
- Nomination: 2020 Pulitzer Prize ( Alabaster) [5]
- Winner: 2018 Lammy Award: Best LGBTQ Drama ( Lambda Literary Foundation) ( The Gulf) [2]
- Winner: 2017 David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize ( Marin Theatre Company) ( Alabaster) [4]
- Nominee: 2017 Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Original New Play or Musical ( Helen Hayes Awards) ( The Gulf)
- Recipient: 2015 Edgerton New American Play Award ( Theater Communications Group) ( The Gulf) [3]
- Alabaster (Concord Theatricals / Samuel French)
- Maytag Virgin (Concord Theatricals / Samuel French)
- The Gulf (Concord Theatricals / Samuel French)
- The Last Wide Open [20] (TRW Plays)
- Love is a Blue Tick Hound (a collection of one-acts, cast size up to 8) (Concord Theatricals / Samuel French) includes: The Gulf, Fin & Euba, Clean, and Stuck
- Tell Me Something Good (large cast play, cast size 8-24) (TRW Plays)
- Stage It and Stream It: Plays for Virtual Theater (Applause Books)
- Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 40th Series (Concord Theatricals / Samuel French)
- Best American Short Plays 2014-2015 (Applause Books)
- Best American Short Plays 2004-2005 (Applause Books)
- ^ "New Play Exchange: Audrey Cefaly". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
- ^ a b "Lambda Literary awardees include Carmen Maria Machado, John Rechy, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor". Windy City Times, June 5, 2018.
- ^ a b "The Gulf". Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Florida Rep Nominates ALABASTER For The 2020 Pulitzer Prize In Drama". www.broadwayworld.com/.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Alabaster". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "OFF OFF BROADWAY FESTIVAL PLAYS, 40TH SERIES".
- ^ "The Gulf — Signature Theatre". Signature Theatre. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "The Gulf (Full-Length)". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "Terrific New Theatre - LOVE IS A BLUE TICK HOUND". Terrific New Theatre - Birmingham, AL. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Love is a Blue Tick Hound". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ ""Tell Me Something Good" by Alabama playwright Audrey Cefaly gets Theatre UAB world premiere March 9–13". UAB News. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tell Me Something Good". trwplays.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "Women's Voices Theater Festival - Play Detail". www.womensvoicestheaterfestival.org. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
- ^ "Maytag Virgin". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "Playhouse in the Park review: 'Last Wide Open' is hard to describe but easy to experience". www.cincinnati.com/.
- ^ Kiessling, Katherine (2023-06-29). "Theater review: 'The Last Wide Open' rom-com in Glens Falls". Times Union. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ a b "The Last Wide Open". trwplays.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.