ALLAN STAPLES

ARTISTIC HISTORY (select)

Playwright:

· Brave People:
-Finalist, 49th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival
-Semifinalist, Jewish Plays Project 10-minute competition
-Winner, 2023 Short+Sweet Sydney Best Play Award
-Produced in Hudson Valley, Los Angeles, Dubai, and India

· Vigorish:
-Semifinalist, Jewish Plays Project (2023) 
-Developed at New Jersey Repertory Company
-Developed at The New Deal Center for the Arts
-Developed at The Actor’s Studio Playwright/Director Unit

· The Irish Goodbye:
-Semifinalist, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
-Developed at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity
-Developed at The Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis

· The Norse:
-Finalist, DVRF Emerging Playwrights Program
-Semifinalist, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
-Developed at The Actor’s Studio Playwright/Director Unit

· L-O-V-E (collection of 8 short plays):
-Produced by BearTiger Productions, Sydney

·No Direction Home:
-Produced by BearTiger Productions, Sydney
-Produced by The New School for Drama, New York City

Additional development: Jungle Theater, The Playwrights’ Center, The New School, The Actor’s Studio Playwright/Director Unit, Bloomington Playwrights Project, Sticky New York, The Brick, The Players Theatre, Planet Connections, Short+Sweet, Minnesota Fringe Festival, Thirst Theater, NyLon Fusion among others.

Screenwriter Accolades (select)
· Two-time Austin Film Festival Semifinalist (drama teleplay, web series)
· Winner –Filmmaker.comTV Sitcom Writing Competition
· Finalist – PAGE Fellowship at Stowe Story Labs (Alumni, 2020)
· Top 10% – Academy Nicholl Fellowship

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
· Contributor – Minnesota Public Radio (Muse for Music, In the Loop)
· Sportswriter – NFL coverage for a gambling website
· Co-teacher – Jewish film class (with wife, Cantor Melanie Cooperman)

EDUCATION

·MFA – Playwriting, The New School for Drama, New York, NY
·BA – Theater Arts/English, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN

PUBLICATIONS
· Heinemann Publishing
· Smith & Kraus

AFFILIATIONS
· Dramatists Guild
· The Playwrights’ Center
· The Actor’s Studio Playwright/Director Unit