Kendeda Competition News
General Kendeda Competition News
American Theatre, April 2010
"Cultivating Writers Fresh Off the Vine" by Wendell Brock
"The process of getting a new title production is fraught with stress . . . but Kendeda aims to take the onus of gaining exposure off the playwright's shoulders and focus instead on celebrating the work itself. And by investing in writers, the Alliance builds relationships that may bear fruit down the road."
2010 Competition
National New Play Network, April 14, 2010
National New Play Network Announces 2010 Smith Prize-Winning Plays
Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, March 26, 2010
Kendeda Finalist The River Was Whiskey, by Will Fancher, wins the Rosa Parks Playwriting Award
Minneapolis Fringe Fest, August 5 - 15, 2010
Joe Luis Cedillo (GPC '10) will have his 10 Minute Play The Last Time We All Got Together performed as part of "EWOC's Do It in 10 Minutes."
Texas State's Black and Latino Playwright's Conference, September 13 - 19, 2010, in San Marcos, Texas
Joe Luis Cedillo (GPC '10) will serve as a dramaturg
2009 Competition
New York Times ArtsBeat, February 23, 2010
"Yale Drama Series Prize Awarded" by Patricia Cohen A reading of
blu by Virginia Grise (Kendeda Finalist) as part of the
2010 Yale Drama Series, Monday, September 20, 2010
2008 Competition
Monsters & Critics, October 30, 2009
"Jessica Biel wants to be 'Engaged'" by Adnan TezerNew York Times, September 2, 2009
"A Playwright’s Glimmers of a Fugitive Childhood" by Patrick Healy 2007 Competition
Chicago Tribune Theater Loop, January 27, 2010
"'Brother/Sister' writer Tarell Alvin McCraney is hot, young and more than partly Chicagoan" by Chris Jones Best Plays Theater Yearbook Best Plays of 2009-2010
The Brother/Sister Plays by Tarell McCraney is on the list!
2006 Competition
Darren Cannady (2006 GPC Winner) will be an Assistant Professor of Playwriting in the University of Kansas English Department beginning in the fall of 2010.
2005 Competition
BroadwayWorld.com, March 26, 2010
"New Musicals Selected For ASCAP's Musical Theatre Workshop With Stephen Schwartz 4/14-27"
2004 Competition
The Playwrights' Center, June 7, 2010
"2010-11 McKnight Fellows Announced"
Photos: Day of the Kings, 2004-2005 Season
Photos by Greg Mooney