Hot weekend for new plays in Boston
It’s a hot weekend for new plays in Boston! Moonbox Productions’ Boston New Works Festival (thru June 23) features productions by playwright alums Rick Park (Knock Down, Drag Out) and Kira Rockwell (Holy Chicken Sandwich) on the mainstage, plus readings by third-year MFA playwrights Maggie Kearnan (How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos, […]
Rockwell’s ‘Oh, To Be Pure Again’ honored at Bass Awards
Congratulations to playwright alum Kira Rockwell, who won the Gene-Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award at the Atlanta theatre community’s annual Suzi Bass Awards, for the world premiere of her new play Oh, To Be Pure Again produced by Actor’s Express. Boston audiences will remember Kira’s thesis play The Tragic Ecstasy of Girlhood, produced by BPT in […]
Rockwell’s ‘Pure’ bows in ATL
The world premiere of playwright alum Kira Rockwell’s Oh, To Be Pure Again has its first performance tonight at Actor’s Express in Atlanta. The play runs through March 26. Congrats, Kira!
Rockwell and Violette headed to GPTC
Congratulations to Playwriting alums Kira Rockwell and Caity-Shea Violette, who both have plays invited to the upcoming GPTC New Play Conference!
Rockwell EST/Sloan Project commission recipient
Playwright alum Kira Rockwell is among Ensemble Studio Theatre’s 2021 Sloan Project Commission recipients, for her play Space Town. Congratulations, Kira!
Rockwell named MCC Fellow
Congratulations to playwright alum Kira Rockwell, chosen to receive a 2021 Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship for exceptional work in Dramatic Writing! Seventy-five Massachusetts artists were selected across the disciplines of Crafts, Dramatic Writing, Film & Video, Music Composition, Photography, and Sculpture/Installation/New Genres. Check out the full list of 2021 Artist Fellowships awardees here, […]
Rockwell wins ATHE Playwriting Award
Kira Rockwell is the 2019 recipient of The Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award for her play The Tragic Ecstasy of Girlhood. Congratulations!
News from KCACTF
Third-year MFA playwright Kira Rockwell was a second place recipient of the Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting for her play The Tragic Ecstasy of Girlhood (produced here last October). The award, presented by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, recognizes the outstanding student-written play that celebrates diversity and concerns issues of gender and sexuality. […]
Rockwell’s ‘Girlhood’ awarded top prize in Bechdel Test Fest 2.0
Third-year MFA playwright Kira Rockwell’s The Tragic Ecstasy of Girlhood has been awarded top prize in The Bridge Initiative: Women in Theatre’s second Bechdel Test Fest! The play was BPT’s season opener last fall. Congratulations!
Rockwell’s ‘Girlhood’ bows in LA
Our season opener, current MFA playwright Kira Rockwell’s The Tragic Ecstasy of Girlhood, has its West Coast premiere tonight produced by Los Angeles-based Third Culture Theatre with Palms Up Academy. The play runs through Dec 16. Congratulations!