Congratulations to the winners of our 2017 Annual Parity Commission
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Mêlisa Annis

Mêlisa Annis (she/her) As a playwright, her plays have been developed at The Lark and Dorset Theater Festival at the Theresa Rebeck Writers Colony, The New School, Primary Stages' ESPA*Drills, The National Arts Club NYC, The Playground Experiment, and RAL. Melisa was a finalist for the High Tide New Playwriting Prize (2015), the Lark's Playwrights Week (2015) and she was the recipient of the Fordham Summer Fellowship while studying for her MFA in playwriting at Fordham/Primary Stages.

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Else C. Went

Else C. Went (they/them, she/her), is a co-founder of The Renovationists and current member of Trans Theatre Lab. Corbin's work has been produced and developed by Trans Lab @ The Public and WP, Parity Productions, The Tank, The Brick, The Flea, Barn Arts Collective, and regionally. Recipient of 2017 Parity Productions' commission for women and transgender playwrights. Finalist for The Public's Emerging Writers Group, Ingram Works New Play Lab @ Nashville Rep, Scratchpad Series @ Playwright's Realm; semi-finalist for the Ars Nova Play Group. Corbin's full length plays include Old Names for Wildflowers, Courage! To the Field!, Three Seconds, Saving Throw, Boxcar, The Great American Folksong, and The Tarantists. Short works include Mongrel (pub. Dionysian #3) and Fireflies. BA Sarah Lawrence College.

2017 Host Committee
Pat Addiss • Henry Buhl • Ashley Garrett • Mary Francina Golden & Sean Hudock • Julie Sargent • Jo-Ann Sickinger • Ludovica Villar-Hauser

 

Honorable Mention

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Jordan Ramirez Puckett

Jordan Ramirez Puckett (she/her) is a Chicana playwright. She participated in the 2018-2019 Playwrights Realm Scratchpad Series. Her work has also been produced and/or developed by Abingdon Theatre Company (New York, NY), Goodman Theatre (Chicago, IL), Harold Clurman Laboratory Theatre Company (New York, NY), Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, San Diego Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, among others. Her plays include En las sombras, To Saints and Stars, Las Pajaritas, Restore, and Inevitable.

Moments from the Gala

Photography by Carlotta Brentan, Demetra Demetriades, and Lizzy Bryce.

 
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