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Vineyard Theatre Names Clare Barron Recipient of 2014 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award

Barron’s plays include ”You Got Older” and ”Baby Screams Miracle”.

Clare Barron has been selected to receive the 2014 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award.
Clare Barron has been selected to receive the 2014 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award.
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The Vineyard Theatre has announced that Clare Barron has been has been selected to receive the 2014 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, which is presented annually to an emerging playwright of exceptional promise.

The Paula Vogel Playwriting Award allows the selected early-career playwright to write and develop new work while in residence at The Vineyard. The award includes a stipend, work space, dramaturgical support, and collaborative resources over the course the season. Previous recipients of the award include Tarell Alvin McCraney and Rajiv Joseph.

Barron's You Got Older is currently receiving its world premiere at HERE in a Page 73 production. Her other plays include Baby Screams Miracle, Solar Plexus, Dirty Crusty, and a boy put this girl in a cage with a dog and the dog killed the girl. She is Page 73's 2014 Playwriting Fellow, an alum of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, a member of Youngblood, and the recipient of a Sloan grant to develop a play about a prehistoric fish.

For tickets to You Got Older, click here.