Alexa Derman

Alexa Derman writes plays about young women.

Alexa Derman writes about young women. Development of ages past includes includes Cutting Ball Theatre, Fresh Ink, the Yale Playwrights Festival (2018, 2017), Runaways Lab Theatre, The Blank Theatre (3-time national winner), Young Playwrights Inc. (2-time national winner), Yale Dramatic Association, Yale Drama Coalition. Relentless Award Honorable Mention; Marina Keegan Award for Excellence; O'Neill NPC Semifinalist 2017, 2015; Jane Chambers Student Award for Feminist Playwriting Honorable Mention; Stage Left Downstage Left Residency Semifinalist; Echo Young Playwrights In Residence Finalist; Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semifinalist; Sanguine Project Playwrights Finalist; Kitchen Dog New Works Festival Finalist. BA in Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies from Yale.

Essay

Too Young to Take Over, Too Old to Ignore

28 February 2016

Playwright Alexa Derman writes about the dual pressures college-aged artists feel to both focus on their education and achieve professional success before they age out of the “emerging” classification.

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