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Alex Lewin

Alex Lewin is a 2012–2013 Jerome fellow and is currently in residence at The Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis. His plays have been presented and developed at the O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Geva Theatre Center, MCC, The New Group, Ensemble Studio Theatre, the Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, the New Harmony Project, the Absolut Gay Theatre Festival (Dublin), and New York Theatre Workshop, where he is an Artistic Associate. Commissions: La Jolla Playhouse, Ensemble Studio Theatre/Sloan Foundation, and KBEM/Jazz 88 (St. Paul, MN). Finalist: the L. Arnold Weissberger Award, the Heideman Award, and the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, among others. Alex holds an MFA in Playwriting from the University of California at San Diego. He was 2009–2010 Playwrights Realm writing fellow and a member of the 09–10 P73 writers group, “Interstate 73.” He co-authors the movie-review blog “They’ll Love It In Pomona.”

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Surviving Rejection Season
Essay

Surviving Rejection Season

29 May 2013

Alex Lewin reflects on grappling with rejection as an artist.