Debra Neff Nathans
NAUGHTY: A CELEBRATION OF IMPURE THOUGHTS related short comedies
Madison Theatre Guild, Madison Wisconsin, (Workshop production February, 2005, directed by Tracy Grzybowski)
THE WHOLE BAGEL IS THE BEST PART monologue
Produced as part of "Smash The Beautocracy" at Madison Area Technical College, University of Wisconsin, and a benefit for the National Organization for Women. All in Madison Wisconsin, (Directed by Tara Ayres (benefit, UW), and Mary Elizabeth Pasquesi (MATC))
I'M NOT GAY one-act comedy
Madison Theatre Guild, Madison Wisconsin, (Workshop production June, 2003, directed by Bonnie Balke)
SEBASTIAN AND THE TATTOOED LOVE LIBRARIAN full-length comic drama
Secret Rose Theatre, North Hollywood, California (May, 2003, directed by Jhennifer Webberley)
Madison Theatre Guild, Madison Wisconsin, (workshop production, directed by Debra Nathans) June, 2002
FORGET ABOUT ME one-act comic drama
Growling Pup Theater Festival, Burlington, Vermont, (workshop production, directed by Debra Nathans) June, 1997
GIRL PINOCCHIO full-length comic drama
Steppin' Out Productions, New York City, (workshop production, directed by William J. Ingersoll) January, 1995
Circle Rep Theater, (NYU graduate thesis staged reading, directed by Andrew Barrett) May, 1993
KILLING TIME 10 minute play
Vanguard Theater Ensemble, Fullerton, CA, (staged reading) May, 2000
New York University Dramatic Writing Program, (staged reading) December, 1992
MEAN SHOES full-length comic drama
Musical Theater Works, New York City, (staged reading, directed by Andrew Barrett) December, 1992
TWICE SHY one-act comic drama
Young Playwrights Festival at Playwrights Horizons, (equity production, directed by Mark Brokaw) September, 1989
Published in "Hey Little Walter and Other Prize Winning Plays" by Dell
Published in "Ten out of Ten: Ten Winning Plays" by Dell
CHILDREN one-act comic drama
Young Playwrights Festival at Playwrights Horizons (staged reading, directed by Charles Karchmer) September, 1987
Published in "Sparks in the Park and Other Prize Winning Plays" by Dell
Awards
West Coast Ten-Minute Play Festival, 4th Place Winner, 2000
Actors Theatre of Louisville National Ten-Minute Play Contest, Finalist, 1993
Young Playwrights Festival, Winner, 1989
National Foundation For Advancement in the Arts, Second-level ARTS grant awardee, 1988
Young Playwrights Festival, Staged Reading in the Chapman Reading Series, 1987
Other Experience
Theater reviewer, The Capital Times, Madison Wisconsin. 1998 - 2002
Taught a screenwriting class, University of Vermont Church Street Center, 1995.
Education
MFA in Playwriting, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts May, 1993
BA in English, Tufts University May, 1991
