ELANA GARTNER - PLAYWRIGHT
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ELANA GARTNER: Internationally produced and recognized playwright Elana Gartner has written Before Lesbians (2nd Place Recipient of the 2018 Henley Rose Playwriting Competition for Women; Reading: Oberlin College; Henley Rose (due 6/2019), Because of Beth (Productions: Howick Little Theatre; The Workshop Theater), Daughter (Reading: UpTheater Company; PlayLab Selection, 2013 Great Plains Theatre Conference), , Pilar’s Brother (Reading: Repertorio Español), Cortex Kin (Reading: Dixon Place), Spinning (Production: Fabrefaction Theater Company), and Ernie Evan (Productions: Genesis Repertory Theater; Heights Players, 6x10 Festival). Two monologues from Elana’s plays Daughter and Because of Beth were published in “Audition Monologues for Young Women #2: More Contemporary Auditions for Aspiring Actresses “(Meriwether Publishing, Ltd., 2013).
Elana founded the EMG Playwriting Workshop which has fostered a supportive community for playwrights since 2004 and is also a member of the Manhattan Oracles playwriting group. Elana founded the International Centre for Women Playwrights 50/50 Applause Awards and served on the ICWP board for five years. Elana is a graduate of Oberlin College, a member of the Dramatists Guild and writes freelance articles for HowlRound. She is currently an MFA candidate at Spalding University. AFFILIATIONS
Dramatists Guild of America The International Centre for Women Playwrights |