Toni Press-Coffman
Toni Press-Coffman is an American
Tucson, Arizona. She was born and raised in New York City
.
Career overview
Toni Press-Coffman is the recipient of several national playwriting awards. In 2000, Press-Coffman was awarded an NEA/TCG Playwright Residency Award. Additionally, she was one of 12 playwrights selected to participate in the 1995 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference.
Toni Press-Coffman has received fellowships and awards from the California Arts Council, the Arizona State Playwriting Contest, the Negro Ensemble Theatre Company, the Invisible Theatre, Wisconsin Women in the Arts, the
UCLA and an MA in Theatre and Film from the University of Connecticut
, and has taught Playwriting at several major universities.
Toni Press-Coffman is Literary Coordinator of Borderlands Theatre in Tucson, where she lives, writes, teaches and acts. She is also a member of the
Dramatists Guild and, as Literary Committee Chair, serves on the Executive Committee of the National New Play Network. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut in 1976.[7]
References
- ^ "Toni Press-Coffman Wins ATC's Arizona Playwriting Award". 18 January 2010.
- ^ "Theater". The New York Times.
- ^ "Looking at the Stars: Fools and Touch Span the Ridiculous and the Sublime | Baltimore City Paper". Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- ^ "Touch, a CurtainUp review".
- ^ "Time Out Chicago | Chicago Events, Activities & Things to do".
- ^ "Tucson Weekly". Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- ^ "Notable Alumni". UConn Foundation. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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