writing resume
susan ferrara
Represented By:
SUSAN
GURMAN AGENCY LLC.
14 Penn Plaza
Suite 1407
New York, NY 10122
Tel: 212 749 4618
susan@gurmanagency.com
SCREENPLAYS
THE FALL
IN development
TV PILOTS
MEAN SECRETARY
development readings and workshops
Orchard project episodic lab (advanced to second round)
HALF LIGHT
development readings and workshops
Orchard project episodic lab (advanced to second round)
playwriting
BUZZ (FULL LENGTH PLAY) (3W-6M) Carrie Preston, director
productions
alabama shakespeare festival, september 2019 (world premiere)
development readings and workshops
new york theatre workshop mondays @ 3 development reading, new york, new york
atlantic theater company, internal reading, new york, new york
awards & nominations
susan smith blackburn prize (nomination)
Hidden River Playwrighting Award winner
reverie productions, next generation playwrighting winner
baltic writing residency (brora, scotland), finalist
jane chambers playwriting contact, honorable mention
THE WONDER (Solo Show) (1W or 1M) Julie Ann Emery & Kevin Earley, Directors
PRODUCTIONS
International United Solo Theatre Festival (Festival Best-Seller), New York, New York
DEVELOPMENT READINGS & WORKSHOPS
terraNova Groundworks New Play Series Workshop, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York, New York
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
BEST PRODUCTION/BEST OF THE FESTIVAL, United Solo Theatre Festival Winner
Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award, New York, New York (Nominated)
William Saroyan Human Rights/Social Justice Award (Nominated)
THE Fall (full length play) (3w-2m) Julie Ann Emery, director
DEVELOPMENT READINGS & WORKSHOPS
Pioneer Theatre Company, Play by Play SERIES
THE blank theatre’s living room series, staged reading
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Seven Devils Playwrights Conference Finalist
THE MACHINE (Full Length Play(3W-4m)
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Global Age Project Finalist
Leah Ryan Emerging Writers Fund Finalist
GERTRUDE 1920, 1955, 2016 (Full Length Play) (4W-3M)
DEVELOPMENT READINGS & WORKSHOPS
DecadesOut Reading and Workshop
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Sundance Theatre Lab in MENA (Advanced to Round 2)
THE CHOSEN (Full Length Play) (4W-4M)
DEVELOPMENT READINGS & WORKSHOPS
terraNova Collective Groundbreakers Member, New York, New York
THE SILVER KITCHEN (Full Length Play) (2W–1M) Carrie Preston, Director
DEVELOPMENT READINGS & WORKSHOPS
Actors theatre of louisville, aritst-in-residence (virtual, New york City, Louisville, KY)
Naked Angels Theater Company Development Tuesdays@9, New York, New York
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Leah Ryan Emerging Writers Fund Finalist
Red Theatre Chicago Playwriting Competition, Runner Up (The first play in THE SILVER KITCHEN trilogy)
PEASANT ~ Solo Show ~ 1W Dale Heinen, director
DEVELOPMENT READINGS & WORKSHOPS
The Zipper Theatre, New York, New York, KEF Productions, Theatre Row, New York, New York
Education
Rattlestick theatre’s actors who write
Kennedy Center Playwright Intensive
Royal National Theatre, London (Scholarship)
Mac Wellman, Pataphysics
B.A., Millikin University; terraNova alumna