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Overview

Del Shores Foundation Writers Search

Overview: A playwriting competition established by the Del Shores Foundation to discover and support new theatrical voices.

Focus Areas:

  • Playwriting

  • Theatre

    • Key Information:

  • Inaugural Year: 2022

  • Notable Winner: Jiggs Burgess won the inaugural 2022 Del Shores Foundation Writers Search Best Play Award for his play The Red Suitcase

  • The Red Suitcase was subsequently produced by P3 Theatre with direction by Del Shores and garnered 21 award nominations in the Los Angeles region

  • The award-winning play received a world premiere production at the Broadwater Mainstage in Los Angeles in 2023

    • Geographic Scope: United States (appears to focus on playwrights working in American theatre)

    Background:

  • Established by the Del Shores Foundation

  • Part of Del Shores' commitment to developing new theatrical talent and LGBTQ+ arts advocacy

  • Del Shores is an accomplished writer, director, and producer known for groundbreaking work in theatre, film, and television

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    theaterperforming-artscreative-writinglgbtq

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