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Pamela Turner

Playwright Pamela Turner is co-founder of multiShades•atlanta. Produced plays include Funny Valentine (2004 Spoleto Festival, Charleston; 7 Stages Theatre, Atlanta) The Lady and the Poet (2003 Spoleto Festival; 1994/2003, Theatre Gael, Atlanta); Valentines Day (2001, Pulse Theatre Ensemble, NYC; 1998 barking dog Theatre, Atlanta); Girlchild III (1998, multiShades•atlanta; 1999, Atlanta Fringe Festival); Voices(1996 Olympics, Atlanta; 1997 International Women Playwrights Festival, Galway, Ireland); Rebecca (1995, Academy Theatre, Atlanta). Staged readings include Magik! (2003 Brave New Works II Festival, Theatre Emory); Voices Deux (2002 Edward Albee Last Frontier Theatre Conference); Me Own Personal Hero (2001, Theatre in the Square). Male Man was a finalist for the 2005 Heideman Award.

Plays

Upcoming Productions 

  • Frijoles on the Side – commissioned by Fly By Theatre Company (Atlanta) – Spring 2007

Cosmeticos 

  • Center for Puppetry Arts (Atlanta), 2006 XPT – part of the Adult New Directions Series (selected by jury)

FUNNY VALENTINE (drama in five short acts)

  • 2004 Piccolo Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina - 2004
  • 7 Stages Back StageTheatre, Atlanta - 2004

THE LADY AND THE POET (full-length comic-drama)

  • 2003 Piccolo Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston - 2003
  • Theatre Gael, Atlanta, commissioned work, world premiere (1994) - 2003, 1994

MAGIK! (full-length fantastical drama)

  • Theatre Emory, Brave New Works II, by invitation, staged reading - 2003

VOICES DEUX (full-length drama)

  • Edward Albee Last Frontier Theatre Conference, by jury, staged reading - 2002
  • Caminito Stage, Los Angeles, workshop reading - 2004

ME OWN PERSONAL HERO (full-length drama)

  • Theatre in the Square, Atlanta, Equity showcase staged reading - 2001
  • Women Playwrights International Conference, Athens, by jury, staged reading - 2000
  • College of Charleston, “First Look Series”, by jury, staged reading - 1999

GIRLCHILD III (one-act drama with original film)

  • Angelworks sma, video production under title GirlChild Undone - 2003
  • 7-Stages Performing Arts Center, Atlanta Fringe Festival - 1999
  • 14th Street Playhouse, Atlanta - 1998

VALENTINES DAY (short one-act-drama)

  • Pulse Ensemble Theatre, New York City - 2001
  • Published in Bind Them Continually…, College of Charleston - 2000
  • 7-Stages Performing Arts Center, Atlanta Fringe Festival - 1999
  • ATHE New Play Development Project, San Antonio, by jury, staged reading - 1998
  • barking dog Theatre, Atlanta, “10x10” Play Festival - 1998

VOICES (one-act drama)

  • Women Playwrights International Conference, Galway, Ireland, showcase - 1997
  • GSU Concert Hall, Atlanta, 1996 Cultural Olympiad - 1996

REBECCA (short one-act-absurdist)

  • Academy Theatre, Atlanta, Play Shorts Touring Program - 1995-1996

Awards

  • 2006 Winner of Stage 3 Theatre Company’s Tenth Annual Festival of New Plays (Sonora, California) for Burning Man
  • 2004 Heideman Award finalist for Male Man
  • 2001 Porter Fleming Award (1st) for The Further Adventures of Louise Heavingbodice
  • 2001 Porter Fleming Award (2nd) for Valentines Day
  • 2001 Paul Green Playwrights Prize finalist for The Sound of Angel Wings
  • 2000 Porter Fleming Award (3rd) for The Sound of Angel Wings

Member/Associations

  • Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.
  • Working Title Playwrights
  • Atlanta Coalition of Performing Arts
  • Independent Media Artists of Georgia etc.
  • multiShades.atlanta

Contact

Contact Pamela - pamelanne@att.net