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"Take Ten is a genius equation: young American theater artists + an inspiring setting + experienced mentors + community involvement = thrilling new work.”
– David Auburn, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright

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Announcing Our 2020 Visionary Playwrights!

AVA GEYER received her BA from Princeton University in 2015 and MFA in playwriting from UC San Diego in 2019. Geyer is currently the Shank Resident Playwright at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, a member of EST/Youngblood, and under commission by La Jolla Playhouse. Her play Monster was a finalist for the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition. She was a finalist for the 2019/2020 Jerome Fellowship and semi-finalist for the Ingram New Works Lab. Her play Fruit Snacks appeared in Williamsburg, Brooklyn as part of the Hopeful Decade event celebrating new work by female playwrights. Past plays include SERE (Wagner New Play Festival 2018) and Baby Teeth (WNPF '17).

PHILLIP HOWZE is a theater maker whose work includes Self Portraits (BRIC-Arts Media) and Frontieres Sans Frontieres (Bushwick Starr). He is currently a Lucas Artist Fellow at Montalvo Arts Center and a Resident Writer at Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3. He was recently named the Lecturer in Playwriting at Harvard University’s new Theater, Dance & Media program.

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