JULIE MCKEE
PLAYWRIGHT
TEACHER / COACH
EDUCATION: 
- Graduated Yale School of Drama M.F.A. Playwriting Program (96) with a Certificate in Drama; Studied acting with Uta Hagen.
CURRENT WORK IN PROGRESS:
Will Sacrifice,
- HB Theatre's OTHERS & US: Staged Readings of Six New Plays, directed by Christine Farrell
- Southampton Writers Conference/Ensemble Studio Theatre, reading, directed by Jean Randich
PLAYS INCLUDE:
The Secret Life of Seaweed,
- HB Performance Lab/EST Satellite First Light, directed by Jean Randich
- HB Rehearsal Lab, directed by Jean Randich
Holiday on Ice in a Warm Climate, (Commissioned by CCTA, Climate Change Theater Action, 2019)
The Sleeper Awakens (nominated for Arnold L. Weissberger Award by Yale Rep)
- HB Playwrights Foundation, NYC, directed by Carol Rosenfeld
The Adventures of Amy Bock
- Yale Repertory Theatre, directed by Stan Wodjewodski
- Sundance Playwrights Lab, directed by Lisa Peterson
- Tribeca Performing Arts Center's Page to Stage, reading directed by Jessica Bauman
- Ensemble Studio Theatre, Octoberfest, reading directed by Jean Randich
- Yale School of Drama, directed by Andrew Utter
Play By Ear
- HB Playwrights Foundation, directed by Pamela Berlin Women’s Project, reading, directed by Pamela Berlin
- Passage Theatre, NJ, reading, directed by Julie Boyd
Free Ascent (nominated for a Susan Smith Blackburn Prize)
- HB Playwrights Foundation, staged reading, directed by Kathleen Dimmick
- Abingdon Theatre Company, reading, directed by Julie McKee
- Ensemble Studio Theatre, Octoberfest, reading directed by Alison Summers
- Yale School of Drama, directed by Preston Lane
Ron's Garden
- Synchronicity Space NYC, showcase production, directed by Rich Lichte
- Synchronicity Space, winner First Annual Director's Project Festival, NYC, workshop,
- Ensemble Studio Theatre, New Voices staged reading, directed by Paul Geier
Get It While You Can
- Yale Summer Cabaret, directed by Preston Lane
SHORT PLAYS INCLUDE:
Invitation To A Funeral
- Ensemble Studio Theatre, Marathon, directed by Deborah Hedwall
- HBPF Short Play Festival, “The Funeral Plays” directed by Deborah Hedwall
A Backward Glance
- Ensemble Studio Theatre, Marathon, NYC, directed by Julie Boyd
- Red Earth Ensemble NYC, directed by Paul Geier
- Ensemble Studio Theatre, Octoberfest NYC, reading, directed by Paul Geier
- Aroha Productions, "First Light", NYC
The 'Far-Flung'
- Ensemble Studio Theatre, Marathon, directed by Ethan Silverman
- Yale Cabaret, directed by Julie McKee
(All over the US and New Zealand)
A Farewell To Mum
- Ensemble Studio Theatre, OBIE Award winning Marathon, directed by Maggie Mancinelli
- Khandala Arts Theatre, New Zealand
Haere Mai Ki Aotearoa
- Play 2C Theatre Co., Berlin,
- HBPF Short Play Festival, “The Airport Plays”, directed by Jessica Bauman
- Ensemble Studio Theatre “Summer Shorts”, directed by Marya Cohn
Jill On A Recliner, Reading
- Ensemble Studio Theatre, “Outside the Radar”, directed by Julie Boyd
- HBPF Short Play Festival, “The 'Museum Plays”, directed by Julie Boyd
Dig ‘n Arch
- Yale Cabaret, directed by Preston Lane
Hope
- HBPF Short Play Festival, “The Wedding Plays”, directed by Marya Cohn
Millennium Madness
- HBPF Short Play Festival, “The Subway Plays”, directed by Julie Boyd
The Sleeper Awakens
- HBPF Short Play Festival, “The Beach Plays”, directed by Marya Cohn
Aftermath
- HBPF Short Play Festival, “The Hospital Plays”, directed by Jean Randich
The Daffodils
- HBPF Short Play Festival, “The Motel Plays”, directed by Julie McKee
COMMISSION:
Fringe Benefits,
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation of Science and Technology/EST Project, reading at "EST First Light Series", directed by Suzann Brinkley
PUBLICATIONS:
A Backward Glance
- Published by Smith and Kraus, Inc. in an anthology titled EST Marathon '97: The Complete Plays
- Published by Playscripts Inc.
- Published by Playscripts Inc. in an anthology “Great Short Plays”, Vol. 3.
- Published by Playscripts, Inc., “Actors Choice, Monologues for Women”
The 'Far-Flung'
- Published by Smith and Kraus, Inc., anthology titled EST Marathon '94: Complete One-Act Plays
- Published by Playscripts Inc.
Invitation to a Funeral
- Published by Smith & Kraus,
- Published by Playscripts Inc.
- Published by Playscripts Inc. in an anthology “Great Short Plays”, ed 5.
Haere Mai Ki Aotearoa,
Jill On A Recliner,
The Daffodils,
Aftermath,
The Sleeper Awakens, and
Millennium Madness also published by Smith and Kraus.
CHOLARSHIP/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/HONORS
- Fellowship from the MacDowell Colony, 2002, 2005
- Fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Performing Arts (VCCA), 2001, 2005
- International Exchange Fellowship from the St. James Center for Creativity, Malta, 2003
- Silver Medal Awarded by EST for contribution of theatrical excellence to EST Marathon, 2002
- Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, 2000
- Finalist in Chesterfield Screenwriting Fellowship, 1997, 1999
- Fellow of Sundance Playwrights Lab, 1996
- Grant from Theatre Emory, Emory University, 1996
- Recipient of the Truman Capote Fellowship for 1995-96, Yale School of Drama
- Eugene O'Neill Scholarship for 1994-95, Yale School of Drama
MEMBERSHIPS:
The Ensemble Studio Theatre and Playwright Unit
HBPF Playwright Unit
The Dramatists Guild of America
The Women’s Project (2002-03)
Former member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop (Librettists)
AEA/SAG/AFTRA
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