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Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Announces Winners of 2013 LGBT Play Competition
Brooklyn, NY, November 14, 2013 – The board of the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation is pleased to announce the results of its 2013 playwriting competition. Congratulations go out to the following winners:
First Prize ($3,000):
Donald Jolly, for "bonded"
Second Prize ($1,500):
Christina Hulen, for "Sweetwater"
Honorable Mentions ($500 each):
Eric Anderson, for "Back Porch"
Philip Gerson, for "Jumping Blind"
Dipika Guha, for "Herculine and Lola"
Chris Payne, for "Somebody’s Son"
Topher Payne, for "Perfect Arrangement"
The foundation’s 2013 awards were given for full-length plays and screenplays that have LGBT (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender) themes and that are based on, or inspired by, a historical person, culture, event, or work of art. The 2013 competition drew more than 130 submissions; the field was narrowed down to 18 finalists from which the winners were chosen.
“I am absolutely thrilled that the foundation selected ‘bonded’ for the 2013 playwriting award,” said the first-prize winner, Los Angeles–based writer Donald Jolly. “I am grateful that there is a foundation whose primary mission is to support and honor stories about LGBT people that present us in a positive manner. With ‘bonded’ I am attempting to historicize the queer and to queer the historic. This is a project grown out of my desire for historical affirmation as a gay person of color. I hope that ‘bonded’ will stand as a worthy tribute to those who have been too often pushed to the margins of—and sometimes completely erased from—the historical record.”
Established in 1994 by gay filmmaker, photographer, playwright, and director Arch Brown (pseudonym of Arnold Krueger, 1936–2012), the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation sponsors an annual literary competition and operates a year-round program providing funding for LGBT-themed productions in the performing arts. For more information on the work of the foundation, visit aabbfoundation.org. Guidelines for the 2014 playwriting competition will be posted on the website in January.
For more information, contact: Julia Willis, jwaabb26124@gmail.com
First Prize ($3,000):
Donald Jolly, for "bonded"
Second Prize ($1,500):
Christina Hulen, for "Sweetwater"
Honorable Mentions ($500 each):
Eric Anderson, for "Back Porch"
Philip Gerson, for "Jumping Blind"
Dipika Guha, for "Herculine and Lola"
Chris Payne, for "Somebody’s Son"
Topher Payne, for "Perfect Arrangement"
The foundation’s 2013 awards were given for full-length plays and screenplays that have LGBT (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender) themes and that are based on, or inspired by, a historical person, culture, event, or work of art. The 2013 competition drew more than 130 submissions; the field was narrowed down to 18 finalists from which the winners were chosen.
“I am absolutely thrilled that the foundation selected ‘bonded’ for the 2013 playwriting award,” said the first-prize winner, Los Angeles–based writer Donald Jolly. “I am grateful that there is a foundation whose primary mission is to support and honor stories about LGBT people that present us in a positive manner. With ‘bonded’ I am attempting to historicize the queer and to queer the historic. This is a project grown out of my desire for historical affirmation as a gay person of color. I hope that ‘bonded’ will stand as a worthy tribute to those who have been too often pushed to the margins of—and sometimes completely erased from—the historical record.”
Established in 1994 by gay filmmaker, photographer, playwright, and director Arch Brown (pseudonym of Arnold Krueger, 1936–2012), the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation sponsors an annual literary competition and operates a year-round program providing funding for LGBT-themed productions in the performing arts. For more information on the work of the foundation, visit aabbfoundation.org. Guidelines for the 2014 playwriting competition will be posted on the website in January.
For more information, contact: Julia Willis, jwaabb26124@gmail.com