Vera Starbard

Vera Starbard (born 1982) is an Alaska Native editor and playwright. She is a Tlingit/Denaʼaina woman born in Craig, Alaska, graduating from East Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska. In 2016, she was named Playwright-in-Residence at Perseverance Theatre in Douglas, Alaska.[1][2] Her residency was renewed for Cohort 3: 2019–2022.[3] She has written several episodes of the Molly of Denali animated children’s program airing on PBS KIDS.[4] She is the editor of the “First Alaskans” magazine. Vera is currently a staff writer for Alaska Daily.

Vera Starbard in 2018

Recognition
  • ʼʼRasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award in 2009 and Alaska Literary Awardʼʼ[5]
  • ʼʼShe received a New York Stage And Film NEXUS grant in 2021ʼʼ[6]

Plays
  • Native Pride (and Prejudice)
  • Fog Woman[7]
  • Our Voices Will Be Heard performed 2016; published 2017; radio adaptation broadcast 2018[8][9][10]
  • Devilfish (2019)[11]
  • A Tlingit Christmas Carol (2020)[12]

Episodes

“Molly of Denali” aired on PBS Kids:

  • ʼʼNew Nivagi, aired August 19, 2019ʼʼ
  • ʼʼTurn on the Northern Lights, aired October 7, 2019ʼʼ
  • ʼʼCanoe Journey, aired May 29, 2020ʼʼ
  • ʼʼEagle Tale, aired December 9, 2020ʼʼ

“Alaska Daily” aired on ABC:

  • “Most reckless thing I’ve ever done, aired March 30, 2023”

References
  1. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (5 April 2016). "The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and HowlRound Announce $5.58 Million in Grants through the National Playwright Residency Program". The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  2. "Alaska Native playwright Vera Starbard wins three-year writing residency". Juneau Empire. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  3. "National Playwright Residency Program". HowlRound Theatre Commons. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. Hohenstatt, Ben (9 August 2019). "'Molly of Denali' drums up fun, cultural pride". Peninsula Clarion. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. "Vera Starbard (Tlingit/Dena'ina)". HowlRound Theatre Commons.
  6. BWW News Desk. "New York Stage and Film Announces NEXUS Initiative Artist Grants". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. "Vera Starbard | New Play Exchange". newplayexchange.org. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  8. Kirsch, Geoff. "Raising Voices". The Anchorage Press. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  9. "Our Voices Will Be Heard". KBOO. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  10. Uno, Roberta, ed. (2018). Contemporary plays by women of color: an anthology (Second ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 9781138189461.
  11. Hohenstatt, Ben (26 September 2019). "Theater Review: 'Devilfish' is a hell of a play". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  12. Crouse, Tripp J.; Anchorage, KNBA- (8 December 2020). "Alaska Indigenous theater production transforms classic holiday tale in 'Tlingit Christmas Carol'". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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