DonnaMarie Vaughan

Professional Resume (as of June 2003)

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AS A SCREENWRITER
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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:

PRACTICING MIRACLES (Family Film)
2003 - Finalist - Direct to the Agents Competition
2003 - Finalist- Christian Screenwriters Competition
2002 - Semi-Finalist - The Query Committee Competition
2001 - Finalist - American Accolades Competition
2001 – Semi-Finalist - Writer's Project (formally Chesterfield)

A DATE FOR THE WEDDING (romantic-comedy)
2003 – GRAND PRIZE WINNER –Direct to The Agents Competition
2003 - Finalist - Direct to the Agents Competition
2002 - Semi-finalist Query Committee Competition

GUARDIAN ANGEL (Murder/Mystery-Drama)
1997 - Honorable Mention, Telluride Screenwriters' Competition
1995 – Quarter-Finalist, Writers Network Screenplay Competition

OPTIONS & PRODUCTIONS: Over the course of the last five years I have had both my work(s) for the stage as well as the screen optioned, from independents to larger interests such as Fox Family, Saban Entertainment, Trajan Films, and Valarian (Germany). As this is constantly changing, please contact me for further information.


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AS PLAYWRIGHT:
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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:

2003 Finalist, Ambition Theatre (England), FULL CIRCLE
2002 Public Reading, Buffalo Ensemble Theatre, VISITING HOURS
2000 Finalist, Pittsburgh New Play Festival, VISIITNG HOURS
1998 Finalist, TheatreFest, VISITING HOURS
1998 Finalist, Shenandoah Int'l Theatre Lab, VISITING HOURS
1995 National Comedy Compact Award for one-act comedy STUCK!
1995 Best New Short Play, Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo NY, for STUCK!
1988 Area Playwrights Performance Series –(A.P.P.S. Award) for SECOND TUESDAYS


PRODUCTIONS:

IN THE MIND OF THE BEHOLDER
2003 - Actors Anonymous Theatre
Georgetown Theatre, Lockport, NY

MRS. DICKERSON'S DONATION
2003 - Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo NY

IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD
1998 - Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo, NY

FULL CIRCLE
1997 -Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo NY

STUCK!
1995 - Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo, NY
1995 - Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, VA
1995 - Festival Guild Players, Denver CO (as part of the 1995 Comedy Festival)

IN SICKNESS & IN HEALTH
1995 - Great Falls Theatre, Great Falls, Montana
1994 - ACT! Theatre, Asheville, NC
1994 - City Lights Theatre, Savannah, Georgia 1993 - Lancaster Opera (& Performance) House, Lancaster NY


SECOND TUESDAYS
1988 - Buffalo Ensemble Theatre, Buffalo NY


PUBLICATIONS:

ICE CREAM FOR DINNER, Brooklyn Press, 2000 ECSTASY, Brooklyn Press, 1999
AMANDA, Brooklyn Press, 1999
FULL CIRCLE, Brooklyn Press, 1998

OTHER INFO:

2003 - Reader, Carl Sautter Writing Compeition, Semi- and Finalist Rounds
2002 - Reader, Carl Sautter Writing Competition, Semi- and Finalist Rounds

ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE DRAMATISTS GUILD

REPRESENTATION:

United States & Canada:
Entertainment Attorney:
Richard Genow, Esquire
Stone, Meyer & Genow
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Europe/Great Britain:
Management:
Andreas Gruenberg, Manager, Gruenberg Films, Germany

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