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Sheila Callaghan's
plays have been produced and developed with Soho Rep, Playwright's
Horizons, South Coast Repertory, Clubbed Thumb, The LARK, Actor's
Theatre of Louisville, New Georges, Woolly Mammoth, and Rattlestick
Playwright's Theatre, among others. Sheila is the recipient of the
Princess Grace Award for emerging artists, a Jerome Fellowship from the
Playwright's Center in Minneapolis, a MacDowell Residency, a Cherry Lane
Mentorship Fellowship, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, and the
prestigious Whiting Award. Her plays have been produced internationally
in New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Germany, Portugal, and the Czech Republic. These
include SCAB, CRAWL FADE TO WHITE, CRUMBLE (Lay Me Down, Justin
Timberlake), WE ARE NOT THESE HANDS, DEAD CITY, LASCIVIOUS SOMETHING,
KATE CRACKERNUTS, THAT PRETTY PRETTY; OR, THE RAPE PLAY, FEVER/DREAM,
EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH, ROADKILL CONFIDENTIAL, and WOMEN LAUGHING ALONE
WITH SALAD. She is published with Playscripts.com and Samuel French, and
several of her collected works are published with Counterpoint Press.
She has taught playwriting at Columbia University, The University of
Rochester, The College of New Jersey, Florida State University, and
Spalding University. Sheila is an affiliated artist with Clubbed Thumb
and a member of the Obie winning playwright's organization 13P. Sheila is also a
resident of New Dramatists. |