Adriana Sevan Receives Inaugural Middle East America Distinguished Playwright Award

Adriana Sevan is the recipient of the first Middle East America Distinguished Playwright Award, while MEA has also awarded Leila Buck and Sinan Unel with the 2008 Middle East America Special Jury Prize.

Middle East America was formed by Golden Thread Productions in San Francisco, the Lark Play Development Center in New York, and Silk Road Theatre Project in Chicago. The Distinguished Playwright Award provides a $10,000 commission for Sevan to write a new play, intensive developmental support from the Lark, possible productions at Golden Thread and Silk Road, and travel funds to be present at all stages of the process. Buck and Unel will each receive $1,000 in recognition of their work.

Sevan is the writer/performer of the one-woman show Taking Flight. She is about to begin a nine month playwriting residency at The Mark Taper Forum.

For more information, visit www.middleeastamerica.org.