AWARDS, PRODUCTIONS, and READINGS of PLAYS
THE MOOR LARK by Jan Henson Dow and Shannon Michal Dow
Workshop, Staged Readings, and Readings/Awards and Honors:
2006 Week long development followed by 3 staged readings, Utah Shakespeare Festival New American Playwrights Program, Utah
2003, Chosen for the Playwrights Collective New Play Series, Brookfield Theatre for the Arts, CT
2007 Semi-Finalist, Orlando Shakespeare New Plays Festival, FL.
2006 Chosen for Utah Shakespeare Festival Plays in Progress
2005 Honorable Mention, Writer’s Digest Competition
THE DARK BACKWARD by Shannon Michal Dow
Readings:
2002 Abingdon Theatre Company, New Play Series, Off-Broadway, NYC
2002 New England Academy of Theatre, New Play Series, New Haven
2002 The Playwrights Collective New Play Series, Country Players of Brookfield, CT
2000 The Schoolhouse Theatre Playwrights’ Workshop, Croton Falls, NY
KILLING DANTE by Shannon Michal Dow and Jan Henson Dow
Productions, staged readings, and reading/Awards and Honors:
2009 Sun City Theatre, Bluffton, SC
2006 Petaluma, CA
2003 Black Bart Players, Hathaway Pines, CA
2003 Prince William Little Theatre, VA
2002 Westside Players, Pocatello, ID
2001 Pioneer Playhouse, Danville, KY
2001New England Academy of Theatre, Special Edition Program, New Haven
2001 The Attic Ensemble, Summer Series, Original Play Search Reading Series Jersey City, NJ
2001 New England Academy of Theatre, Hamden, CT, Special Edition
2000, 1999 The Schoolhouse Theatre Playwrights’ Workshop, Croton Falls, NY
2000 McLaren Comedy Festival, Midland, TX:
2001 finalist, YES Festival of New Plays, Northern Kentucky University
2000 finalist, McLaren Memorial Comedy, finalist
Competition, Midland, TX
2000 Semi-Finalist, Julie Harris Playwright Competition – Beverly Hills Theatre Guild, L.A., CA
2000 Semi-Finalist, Ukiah Players New American Comedy Festival, CA
1999 Finalist, Writer’s Digest Competition.
DARK PASSAGES by Shannon Michal Dow and Jan Henson Dow and Robert Schroeder
Productions and readings/Awards and Honors:
2003 Clarkston Village Players, MI
2001 Sheboygan Theatre Company, WI
2000 Merrimack Community Theatre, NH
1999 Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg, PA
1998 New England Actors’ Theatre, New Haven
1998 Clockwork Repertory Theatre, Oakville, CT
1995 Theatre Americana, Altadena, CA
1995 winner, Theatre Americana National Competition, Altadena, CA
1994 finalist, Playwrights First Playwriting Award for Ourstanding Merit,The Players Club, NY, NY
PUBLICATIONS
Killing Dante (full-length comedy), co-authored with Jan Henson Dow, ©2008, Samuel French, Inc.
Writing the Award-Winning Play, co-authored with Jan Henson Dow, ©2003, New York: iUniverse
Free-lance writer: Prestwick House, Inc., DE (2010-present); Connecticut Magazine (1990); The Litchfield County Times (New Milford, CT) 1983-1990
Staff feature and news writer and film and theatre critic: Bee Publishing (Newtown, CT), and Voices (Woodbury, CT), 1985-1990
Freelance illustrator: The Litchfield County Times (New Milford, CT) 1983-1990