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Paula Cizmar's plays have been produced Off-Broadway, in London, and in regional theatres from Maine to California—including Portland Stage, the Women’s Project at the American Place Theatre (New York), San Diego Rep, the Jungle Theater, and Playwrights Arena. She has been selected for the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and the Sundance Theatre Lab, and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Endowment for the Arts playwriting grant, a residency at the Rockefeller Foundation’s study center in Bellagio, Italy, and the TCG/Mellon Foundation On the Road grant. She is one of the authors of the acclaimed documentary play SEVEN. Often taking on political and social issues, her plays include STREET STORIES, THE DEATH OF A MINOR, CANDY & SHELLEY GO TO THE DESERT, BONE DRY, and STILL LIFE WITH PARROT & MONKEY. Two of her plays were nominated for the first Kilroy List. Paula is also a screenwriter, and was a staff writer for two seasons on the PBS series “American Family.” She teaches playwriting at the University of Southern California. More info at www.paulacizmar.net.
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