149. Audrey Cefaly | The Last Wide Open, language as conflict, and a play with music

Arts Calling

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Hi there,

Today I am so excited to be once again arts calling playwright Audrey Cefaly! audreycefaly.com

About our Guest: Cefaly is an alumna of the Playwrights' Arena cohort at Arena Stage, a recipient of the Walter E. Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers Conference, and a Dramatist Guild Foundation Traveling Master. She is published by Concord Theatricals, Smith & Kraus, and Applause Books. Cefaly's plays have been produced by Cincinnati Playhouse, Florida Studio, Florida Rep, City Theatre, Penobscot Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, Merrimack Rep, Signature Theatre, Barter Theatre, Vermont Stage, Oregon Contemporary Theatre, 16th Street Theater, Capital Stage, About Face, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Circle Theatre, Theatre Three, Aurora Theatre, Quotidian Theatre Company and University of Alabama at Birmingham. ​Her play Alabaster received an 11-city Rolling World Premiere, the largest in National New Play Network history.

Instagram: @alcefaly

Twitter: @alcefaly

Her play, The Last Wide Open, is currently running at American Blues Theater through August 18th!

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Thanks for this wonderful conversation, Audrey! All the best!

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