BROOKLYN:<\/strong> The Farm Theater<\/a> has awarded their 2023-24 College Collaboration Project fee to Dipti Bramhandkar. Bramhandkar will probably be in residence at a number of universities all through 2023-24 to develop a brand new play in collaboration with totally different faculty theatre applications.<\/p>\n Next month, Bramhandkar will probably be in residence at Centre College<\/a> in Danville, Ky., because the Farm Theater\u2019s 2023-24 playwriting fellow. Centre College will produce the world premiere of her play Soft Launch<\/em>, which follows a gaggle of pals navigating their desires and anxieties after faculty commencement.<\/p>\n To develop her new play for the College Collaboration Project, Bramhandkar will probably be residence at Shenandoah University<\/a> in Winchester, Va., in November 2023, at Austin Peay State University<\/a> in Clarksville, Tenn., in February 2024, and at Middle Tennessee State University<\/a> in Murfreesboro in April 2024.<\/p>\n The College Collaboration Project has a number of colleges fee an early-career playwright to jot down a play that every college will independently produce all through the tutorial yr. The full-length play will function a minimal of 5 characters, nearly all of which will probably be underneath 30 years of age in order that undergraduate actors can efficiently play them. The play will replicate the scholars\u2019 ideas on a theme that the playwright suggests.<\/p>\n The 2023-24 College Collaboration Project would be the eleventh installment from the Farm Theater.<\/p>\n Bramhandkar is a Mumbai-born, New York-based playwright and filmmaker. Her latest play Is There Even Porn in India? <\/em>was workshopped in London and introduced on the LAByrinth Theater Company\u2019s<\/a> Barn Series. Her play Islands of Contentment <\/em>was produced by Hypokrit Productions<\/a> and the Tank,<\/a> and her solo present American Rookie <\/em>had a sold-out run at Luna Stage<\/a> and is at the moment on tour. Her pandemic-inspired audio story assortment was featured by WNYC.<\/a> Bramhandkar holds a B.A. from Cornell University<\/a> and an M.A. from the University of Cambridge<\/a> and is a member of LAByrinth Theater Company.<\/p>\n The Farm Theater develops early-career artists that won’t have had the help system afforded to others via workshops, productions, and mentoring. The centerpiece of Farm Theater\u2019s programming is the College Collaboration Project, which has commissioned 11 playwrights and labored with 20 universities to this point.<\/p>\n
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