Audrey Cefaly

Audrey Cefaly is an American playwright.[1]

Career highlights

Cefaly is a recipient of the 2017 Lambda Literary Award 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.[4] In January 2020 her play Alabaster was nominated for the Pulitzer by Florida Repertory Theatre.[5]

Alabaster

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 11-city National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere[6] and was subsequently nominated for the Pulitzer by Florida Repertory Theatre.[5]

The Gulf

Cefaly's play The Gulf won the 40th Annual Samuel French OOB Festival.[7] Its full length adaptation received its world premiere at Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA, in September 2016 (directed by Joe Calarco).[8] 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.

Love is a Blue Tick Hound

Cefaly's collection Love is a Blue Tick Hound is a collection of four one-acts (The Gulf, Fin & Euba, Clean and Stuck) and is published by Samuel French. It received its world premiere at Terrific New Theatre in Birmingham, AL, in of December 2016.[9]

Maytag Virgin

In October 2015, Cefaly directed the world premiere of her Southern drama Maytag Virgin as part of the inaugural Women's Voices Theatre Festival.[10]

The Last Wide Open

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.[11]

Plays
  • Alabaster[4]
  • The Gulf[12]
  • Maytag Virgin[13]
  • Love is a Blue Tick Hound[14]
  • The Last Wide Open[15]

Awards
  • Nomination: 2020 Pulitzer Prize[5]
  • Winner: 2018 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Drama (The Gulf)[2]
  • Winner: 2017 David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize (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 (The Gulf)[3]

Publications
  • Alabaster[16]
  • Maytag Virgin[13]
  • The Gulf[12]
  • Love is a Blue Tick Hound (includes one-acts):[14]
    • The Gulf
    • Fin & Euba
    • Clean
    • Stuck
  • Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 40th Series[17]
  • Best American Short Plays 2014-2015[18]
  • Best American Short Plays 2004-2005[19]

References
  1. "New Play Exchange: Audrey Cefaly". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  2. "Lambda Literary awardees include Carmen Maria Machado, John Rechy, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor". Windy City Times, June 5, 2018.
  3. "The Gulf". Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  4. "Marin Theatre Company Names Antoinette Nwandu and Audrey Cefaly 2017 Play Prize Winners". AMERICAN THEATRE. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  5. "Florida Rep Nominates ALABASTER For The 2020 Pulitzer Prize In Drama". www.broadwayworld.com/.
  6. "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.
  7. "OFF OFF BROADWAY FESTIVAL PLAYS, 40TH SERIES".
  8. "The Gulf — Signature Theatre". Signature Theatre. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  9. "Terrific New Theatre - LOVE IS A BLUE TICK HOUND". Terrific New Theatre - Birmingham, AL. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  10. "Women's Voices Theater Festival - Play Detail". www.womensvoicestheaterfestival.org. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  11. "Playhouse in the Park review: 'Last Wide Open' is hard to describe but easy to experience". www.cincinnati.com/.
  12. "Samuel French: The Gulf".
  13. "Concord Theatricals (Samuel French): Maytag Virgin".
  14. "Concord Theatricals (Samuel French): Love is a Blue Tick Hound". Archived from the original on 2021-12-28.
  15. "Cincinnati Playhouse World Premiere of The Last Wide Open".
  16. "Concord Theatricals (Samuel French - Alabaster". Archived from the original on 2020-11-25.
  17. "Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 40th Series".
  18. "Hal Leonard: The Best American Short Plays 2014-2015".
  19. Parisi, Barbara (August 2008). Amazon: The Best American Short Plays 2004-2005. ISBN 978-1557837127.
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