Kelly Stuart is an American

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

Life

She lived in

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. She has been a New Dramatists writer in residence at The

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’s Studio in London. She lives in New York, and teaches in the Theatre Department at

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Awards

* 2000

Whiting Award The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Mrs. (American English) or Mrs (British English; standard E ...

* Guthrie New Play grant * NYFA Fellowship * Lark Artists Delegation to Romania

Works

* ''Ball and Chain'', produced at the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival (1990) * ''The Interpreter of Horror'', produced at the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival (1991) * ''Demonology'', produced at the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival (1995) and at

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(1996) * ''The Square Root of Terrible'', produced at The Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles (1998) (theater for young audiences) * ''Furious Blood'', produced at Sledgehammer Theatre, San Diego (2001) * ''The New New'',

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(2002) (one-act play) * ''Mayhem'', produced at The Evidence Room, Los Angeles (2003) * ''The Life of Spiders'', produced by Holderness Theatre Company, New York City (2004) * ''Homewrecker'', produced at The Evidence Room, Los Angeles (2004) * ''Bill of (W)Rights'',

Mixed Blood Theatre The Mixed Blood Theatre Company is a professional multiracial theatre company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was founded in 1976 by artistic director Jack Reuler, to explore race via the use of theater. History Jack Reuler founded Mixed Blood in 19 ...

, Minneapolis (2004) (one-act as part of evening of short plays) * ''Shadow Language'', produced at

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, London (2008) * ''A Shoe Is Not a Question'', presented by the A.S.K. Theater Projects, Los Angeles

References

External links

"Kelly Stuart", ''doollee''Profile at The Whiting Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, Kelly American dramatists and playwrights Writers from Los Angeles Columbia University faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people)