Natalie Gaupp (born January 8, 1967) is an American

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. Gaupp's professional production credits include theatres primarily in the

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as well as off-off-Broadway. Her plays have also been workshopped in

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, and

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by the

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. Among her playwriting honors, Gaupp has received the Southwest Theatre and Film Association's "Best New Play" award for ''Powerful People'' and for ''Some of These Days'' (--as well as SWTFA's Oscar G. Brockett Theatre History Award). Gaupp's plays have been published by SWTFA and by the

's New Play Development Workshop.

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