Stefanie Zadravec
American playwright (born 1968)
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Stefanie Claire Zadravec (born 1968) is an American playwright. Her full-length plays include Tiny Houses, Colony Collapse, The Electric Baby, Honey Brown Eyes, and Save Me. She has won numerous awards including the Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award,[1] Francesca Primus Prize,[2] and the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play.[3] She is a resident playwright at New Dramatists.[4]
Early life and education
Zadravec, of Slovenian descent, was born in Washington, D. C., and grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland.[5] As a child, Zadravec and her friends performed plays while playing at her house. She continued performing while attending school.[6] Zadravec attended Connecticut College where she received a B.A. in theater and English.[7][8]
Plays
Awards
Fellowships, grants, and residencies
- New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)[16]
- The Lark[17]
- Playwrights Realm[18]
- Dramatists Guild[19] in 2010–11.
- Sewanee Writers Conference
- New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)[20]
- The Edgerton Foundation
- The Ford Foundation
- SPACE at Ryder Farm[21]
- JAWfest[22]
- Theatreworks[23]
- The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- Mellon Foundation
- The Lilly Awards
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival[24]
- The Kennedy Center
- PlayPenn[25]
- The Women's Project[26]
- Arts Emerson[27]
- Epic Theatre Ensemble
- The Barrow Group[28]
- New Dramatists[29]