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michael p adamsMichael P. Adams is a playwright, actor, and teacher. He has an MFA from San Jose State University. His plays have been produced or are forthcoming in Los Angeles, Memphis, Tucson, and Spokane.
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sharai bohannonSharai Bohannon has had work produced in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas, and London, England. Her script, The Great Steven Stravinsky, a ten-minute play about an 11 year-old wannabe magician who learns the magic behind the baffling first crush/kiss and the joys of being an older sibling was published by Applause Books in 10-minute Plays for Kids (2015 Edition). Her full-length play, Craigslisted, has had productions 3 collegiate productions, a community theatre production at The Lantern Theatre in Conway, Arkansas, received a concert reading at KCACTF Region 6 in 2016, and received staged readings at The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in 2016, the Women’s Theatre Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2018, The NOLA Project in 2019, and The Road Theatre in 2019. She currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.
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jared michael delaneyJared Michael Delaney is a stage/screenwriter and actor based in Philadelphia PA. Playwriting credits: Full productions: The Hand of Gaul, 2013 Inis Nua Theatre; Noli Timere (Don't Be Afraid) 2017 Theatre Conspiracy; Voyager One, New Jersey Repertory Company, 2019(named Top 10 Productions in New Jersey, Newark Star-Ledger); They’ve All Gone & We’ll Go Too, Jersey Fringe, 2019, Edinburgh Fringe, Aug 2020.; Short Plays (produced): Super Blood Wolf Moon, Athena Theatre, Fortune’s Fool, Aberrant Theatre, NJ Rep’s Theatre Brut (published, related anthology); Pontiff Blues; The Shoes; RGDG?, Philadelphia FringeArts. Readings: Paint It Black,You Devil, Strange Sun Theatre, Best Medicine Rep; Child of Lions, HRC Showcase Theatre, New Works of Merit; The Cannibal of Ajax, Best Medicine Rep., Vintage Theatre Comedy Festival; Voyager One, N.J. Rep., Khaos Theatre Co., 5th Wall Productions. Memberships: AEA; SAG/Aftra; Dramatists’ Guild, New Play Exchange, Playwrights’ Center, Athena Theatre’s Athena Writes 2019. The Foundry, PlayPenn.Training: M.A. Theatre, Villanova University; M.F.A. Stage/Screenwriting, Queens University of Charlotte.
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bethany dickensBethany Dickens’ first-ever play, "Five Word Recall" premiered at Roulette in 2018 - she caught the bug and has been writing furiously ever since! Her works have now been performed by organizations including Sundog Theatre in New York City, the Midwest Dramatists Conference, Emerald City Theatre, Funky Little Theatre Company, and as part of the Rockport New Year’s Eve Festival and the Parragon Play Festival in Chicago. FUSION Theater of Albuquerque selected her short play, “Inevitable” as the 2018 Andaluz Award Winner and also received the Audience Choice Award. Her short play “American Love” won Best Script/Best Overall Show at the “Native Voices” festival of central Florida. Her first full-length play, Exit Wound, was a finalist for the Actors Guild of Parkersburg’s “Giving Voice” Initiative. In 2019, her play The Consciousness premiered at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival and went on to win “Best Full-Length Play” at the Tampa Bay Theatre Festival. In 2019-2020, her full-length, Dark, Dark, Dark, will receive a staged reading from Playwrights’ Round Table and be workshopped at the Mid-America Theatre Conference in Chicago. Her most recent full-length, Phyllis/Philomena, will receive a staged reading at Flexible Grey Theatre in the spring of 2020.
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julia dirkes-jacksJulia is a senior at Beloit College preparing to graduate with majors in Creative Writing, Literary Studies, Theatre Production and Theatre Performance. She is passionate about comedy, soup, and telling people not to get bangs. One time she caught a goat in a rodeo at Bible camp. She was the High School Button Sewing State Champion of Illinois in 2016. She is really good at guessing the ending of crime procedural TV shows. She does not have a strong concept of what information should go in a bio.
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Alex DremannAlex Dremann is a Philadelphia based playwright who studied playwriting at the University of Southern California and has had over 400 productions of his short plays. Full lengths include: “Split Pea Pod” (The Brick Playhouse), “Postcoital Variations” (Philadelphia Theatre Workshop), “The :nv:s:ble Play” (PTW, Madlab Theatre, Theatre of NOTE & Cone Man Running) and “The Pear-Shaped Man Fights Crime” (PlayPenn workshop reading). Evenings of his collected short plays include: “Slap Happy” (Madlab Theatre), “B-Sides, Rarities and Unreleased Tracks” (Wilmington City Theatre), “Bipolar by Thursday” (Theatre Neo) and “13 Lemonade Ave.” (Secret Room Theatre). www.alexdremann.com
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jeff dunneJeff Dunne began writing plays actively in 2017, and has since created over fifty scripts, the majority of which are for stage, but a few for screen and radio. His works have won nearly three dozen awards and festivals, seen over forty productions across the country, and several have been adapted to film. You can learn more about Jeff’s works by visiting www.bearcreations.org.
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Liam flaniganLiam Flanigan is a writer and student who studies at the University of Chicago. He is originally from Bexley, Ohio.
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Emily hagemanEmily Hageman is a music and theater educator currently residing in Sioux City, Iowa. Her plays have seen production with Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, Heartland Theatre Company, A Light in Dark Places, the Red Eye 10s International Play Festival, Eden Prairie Players, Midwest Dramatists Conference, the Growing Stage Theatre, Theatre Evolve, Spokane Stage Left, Iowa State University, Memoriam Development Nightshade, Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, and Gi60s. Emily is published with YouthPLAYS (“Everafter.com” and “The Man Card”) and Stage Partners (“Back Cover” and “The Cages We Build”). Her plays are constantly workshopped by the magnificent high school and middle school actors at Siouxland Christian School.
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ava love hannaAva Love Hanna is professional writer, playwright, and performer in Austin, Texas. She spends her spare time trying out new jokes on her cats or working to support fellow comedy writers as the co-founder of Stories Found, a theatrical production company. She is continually amazed by how often she is mistaken for a real grown-up. https://avalovehanna.com
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marty matfessMr Matfess was an outsider to the theater community until, at age 50, he began doing improv at a small black box theater in Augusta Georgia (Le Chat Noir). His first short play was produced as part of that theaters "Quickies short play festival" in 2014, and he was hooked. He has since written dozens of short plays, and three full length plays. Mr. Matfess is proud to have been chosen by MadLab, and hopes you enjoy the show.
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sophia menconiSophia is thrilled to have her words included in this year's Theatre Roulette festival! She is a senior at Denison University, where she will graduate this May with a degree in Theatre and English: Creative Writing. While in Ohio for school, Sophia has worked as an Assistant Director at Short North Stage, Eclipse Theatre Company, and Weathervane Playhouse. She hopes to return to her beloved home of Washington, DC following her graduation, and continue her work in theatre directing and new play development.
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scott mullenScott Mullen is a playwright and screenwriter, whose thrillers THE SUMMONING and IN BROAD DAYLIGHT aired on TV One. His short plays have been produced hundreds of times around the world. Last year, he was very happy that Madlab Roulette included his short plays HOW BRENDA LANG INVENTED TIME TRAVEL WITH A MOLDY PIECE OF CHEESE and THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE TIME TRAVEL WAITING ROOM.
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rich orloffRich Orloff has written over 80 short plays, which have had over 1900 productions on six of the seven continents – and a staged reading in Antarctica. Seven have been included in the annual “Best American Short Plays” anthology, more than any other contemporary playwright. Rich has also written 18 full-length plays, mostly comedies and mostly award-winning. He likes the sound of laughter. richorloff.com
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amber palmerAmber Palmer is a playwright currently based out of Kalamazoo Michigan. Their work has been seen at Activate Midwest: New Play Festival, Flint Repertory Theatre New Works Festival, Pegasus PlayLab, Bristol Valley Theater, Tipping Point Theatre, The Q Collective, and Theatre Kalamazoo New Play Festival. A monologue from their play “It’s a Small World (or The Robot Play)” is published in Best Men’s Monologues of 2019 (Smith and Kraus). Their play “The Speedy Gonzales Memorial Turtle Sanctuary” is a finalist for City Theatre's National Award for Short Playwriting (2019), Second Place winner at Tipping Point Theatre’s Sandbox Play Festival (2019) and a regional finalist for the Gary Garrison 10 Minute Play Award (Region 3, 2018). They were Artist-in-Resident at The Mitten Lab in 2019, resident playwright at Queer Theatre Kalamazoo 2019-2020, and will graduate with their M.F.A. in Playwriting from Western Michigan University in Spring 2020. Their play “It’s a Small World (or The Robot Play)” will be receiving its world premiere production at Bristol Valley Theater this August.
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dallas rayDallas Ray is a local baker, actor, and YouTube host who can now add playwright to his list of titles! He’s been working in Columbus for about four years now and is thrilled to have the opportunity to bring his written work to the MadLab stage. You may recognize him from works at MadLab, Monday Night Live, Trapped Columbus, and with XX Sketch! Check out The Dallas Show at YouTube.com/TheDallasShow!
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dana schwartzDANA SCHWARTZ is a writer, director, actress working in her adopted home of Los Angeles for the past couple of decades. Her full length play "Early Birds" had its World Premiere at the Atwater Village Theater in August of 2019. Her play "@Playaz" was a 2019 O'Neill Finalist. Her newest full length play "Literally the Worst" is being produced in Los Angeles in May 2020. "The PTA" and "That Time She Proposed", now a short film making the festival rounds, were in several productions of the internationally renowned Car Plays, notably at REDcat LA, Disney Hall, Segerstrom Arts and Costa Mesa. As a director, Dana has worked with many theaters including Moving Arts, Sacred Fools, Offending Shadows, Actors Theater NoHo, Victory and Lyric. As an actor, she trained in New York at AADA and HB Studios, and has appeared in dozens of productions all over the world, most notably at The Actors Studio, Theater for the New City, The Cast Theater, Actors Gang, and Moving Arts. She is currently the Producer of the New Play Development Program at Moving Arts, where she is also a company member.
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v. Arden shepardV. Arden Shepard is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker living in Philly and Durham, North Carolina. Their plays have been workshopped at the WordBRIDGE Playwright’s Lab and the Last Frontier Theatre Conference as well as having been performed in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival by Tribe of Fools. Currently V is working on an exhibition of photos documenting the beauty of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
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