NEWS

updated January 23, 2019
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American Theatre announces RAFETUS as a Finalist 
for the ​2019-2020 New Light New Voices Award
from New Light Theater Project in NYC!
​Only 2 Finalists were selected from over 300 submissions

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Public Announcement Forthcoming

RAFETUS has been named a Finalist for the
​2019 Blue Ink Playwriting Award
from American Blues Theater in Chicago!

30 Finalists were selected out of over 750 submissions nationwide.

Public Announcement Forthcoming

RAFETUS has been named a Semi-Finalist for the 
2019 Burman New Play Award from Barrington Stage Company!

Check out my latest blog post on CompassNeedle's website about the episodic documentary series we're developing!
by Ali Skye Bennet
​Directed by Jill DeArmon

RAFETUS was named a Finalist
for the 2018-19 Woodward/Newman Drama Award
from the Bloomington Playwrights Project.

RAFETUS is a 2018 Semi-Finalist
for the National Playwrights Conference
​at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.

This is the 2nd year in a row that RAFETUS has achieved finalist status for the NPC.

I was awarded Residency
to the 2018 National Winter Playwrights Retreat
from the HBMG Foundation.

I was one of nine playwrights-in-residence during the retreat in Creede, CO in January, 2018.

RAFETUS was a 2017 Finalist
for the National Playwrights Conference
​at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.

​​55 Finalists were selected out of over 1,300 submissions nationwide.
To learn more about RAFETUS, download an excerpt from the play, or read my Artistic Statement,
​visit my profile on the National New Play Network's New Play Exchange:

​I'm working with CompassNeedle,
an artist-commissioning organization ​with a focus on public service.

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