CAYENNE DOUGLASS’ (she/her) (select) credits and development opportunities include Ensemble Studio Theatre (One Act Marathon 2019, Sloan Project Commission 2023), Theatre Masters (Take Ten 2020, Visionary Playwright Award 2022) Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Fresh Ink, New Perspectives, Company One Theatre, Exquisite Corpse Company, Letter of Marque, Dixon Place, The Tank, Tofte Lake, The Kennedy Center and BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Cayenne has been published by Concord Theatricals and was recently awarded the NYC Women’s Fund/NYFA grant to produce her play, Maiden Voyage which will be mounted in NYC 2024. MFA in Playwriting, Boston University. Website: www.cayennedouglass.com IG: bruteful_theatre.

Reid Pope (they/them) is a comedian, playwright, and Jew who’s been featured in Vulture, PAPER, and Boys With Plants Magazine. They were a finalist for the 2023 Terrence McNally Incubator and have developed plays with Jewish Plays Project, Normal Ave, Primetime Theatre, The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, and Edinburgh Fringe. Their television pilot Old Queens won the 2023 ATX TV Festival Pitch Competition and they were named a 2022 New York Comedy Festival Content Creator To Watch. Reid is a New Georges Affiliated artist. B.A. Brown | M.F.A. NYU Tisch

Parity Productions' 2023 Awards Ceremony & Celebration is the must-attend event for those who seek to champion gender parity in theatre and the development of compelling new works by women, trans, and gender-expansive playwrights. The highlight of the evening will be the announcement of our Parity Development Award Winners: two women, trans, or gender-expansive playwrights who demonstrate a dedication to the craft of playwriting and a singular talent for storytelling. The selected playwrights receive $2,500 each and extensive development support for their play, with an option for Parity to produce their work.

The evening will also feature a pre-screening of the filmed stage production of Liz Kerin’s 2018 Parity Development Award winning play, Stop-Motion!

100% of funds raised will support Parity’s critical work to amplify women, trans, and gender-expansive voices in the theatre and create career opportunities for women, trans, and gender-expansive artists.