Johnna Adams

Playwriting

Johnna Adams

Princess Grace Award:
Playwriting Fellowship, 2011

Johnna is pursuing an MFA in Playwriting at Hunter College with Tina Howe and Mark Bly. 

Flux Theatre Ensemble produced Johnna’s trilogy of full length plays, The Angel Eaters Trilogy in November of 2008. The trilogy was nominated for seven 2009 New York Innovative Theater awards, including Best Original Full Length Play.

Her play Sans Merci received a reading at The New Group in March of 2009 (featuring Judith Ivey). Sans Merci was the 2008-2009 Reva Shiner Award winner, and was produced by the Bloomington Playwrights Project in October of 2008. Sans Merci was a finalist for the Princess Grace Award in 2006.

Johnna’s plays Angel Eaters, Rattlers, 8 Little Antichrists, Sans Merci, Cockfighters and The Sacred Geometry of S&M Porn are published by Original Works Publishing (www.originalworksonline.com)


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