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Kate Tarker to Receive Vineyard Theatre's 2017 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award

The award is made possible through the generosity of the Tournesol Project.

Kate Tarker is the recipient of the 2017 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award.
Kate Tarker is the recipient of the 2017 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award.
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Dramatist Kate Tarker has been named the ninth recipient of Vineyard Theatre's Paula Vogel Playwriting Award.

The residency-based award is given each year to an emerging writer of exceptional promise and comes with a cash prize and artistic development support. Previous recipients of the award include Boo Killebrew, Clare Barron, Christopher Chen, Erika Sheffer, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Kara Lee Corthron, Rajiv Joseph, and Tarell Alvin McCraney. The award will be presented in June 2017 at the Vineyard's annual Emerging Artists Luncheon.

Tarker's play Laura and the Sea was presented this past fall as part of the Vineyard's members-only reading series. She is the recipient of a Jerome Fellowship and National Science Playwriting Award, and residencies at MacDowell Colony, Tofte Lake Center, and SPACE at Ryder Farm. Tarker is currently a part of Ars Nova Play Group, a New Georges Affiliated Artist, and a Playwrights' Center Core Writer.

The Vineyard's Paula Vogel Playwriting Award is made possible through the generosity of the Tournesol Project.