The Big "What Now?" Part 2

The first Reality Check Issue of The Dramatist (March/April 2016) includes Gary Garrison’s roundtable with playwriting students asking questions as they are about to face life after a BA or MFA program. In August 2018, we reunited Gary with five of the original seven panelists to check in and see what questions they have at this stage of their careers.

Sep 01, 2018

Craft

L to R: Victoria Z. Daly, Garrett Kim, Shamar White, Kyle Smith, Charles Gershman

Gary Garrison

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Gary Garrison

was the Executive Director of Creative Affairs at the Dramatists Guild from 2007-2016.

Charles Gershman

is a queer playwright and TV writer, 2019 Chesley/Bumbalo Playwriting Award winner, and 2019 Relentless Award Semifinalist. He earned his MFA at NYU-Tisch in 2018. His plays are published by Oberon Books. charlesgershman.com.

Victoria Z. Daly

’s plays have been developed/presented at the Actors Studio, Last Frontier, ATHE, 1:One (Dubai,) Edinburgh Festival, and elsewhere. Faculty Member, Dramatists Guild Institute. Founder/Director, NYC’s 9th Floor writers/actors collaborative. MFA, NYU/Tisch; A.B./M.B.A., Harvard; Certificat d’Etudes, L’Ecole Jacques Lecoq. www.victoriazdaly.com

Garrett David Kim

is a playwright based in New York City. His plays include Kim’s Fine Food (Finalist, 2017 Blue Ink Playwriting Award), No Man’s Land, and several short plays written for The 52nd Street Project, where he works as their Program Director. www.garrettdkim.com.

Kyle Smith

’s plays include Whiteout and The Part of Me, among many others. He was recently a finalist for the Princess Grace Award, The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Residency, and a semifinalist for Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries. His play Don will be published in the 2018 Act One: One Act Anthology. MFA: NYU. www.kyleanthonysmith.com

Shamar S. White

is a produced playwright and television writer. She most recently was staffed on the CW network’s military drama, Valor. Shamar is an Army Combat Veteran who earned her MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU/Tisch School of the Arts.

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NYU Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing,

Dramatists Guild Institute of Dramatic Writing