The Community Library hosts a conversation with Sun Valley Playwright's Residency (SVPR) 2026-2027 Resident Playwright Talene Monahon, moderated by Aly Wepplo, The Community Library’s Collection Manager.

The conversation will center on Monahon’s acclaimed play Meet the Cartozians, which was a 2026 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama and won the 2026 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Off-Broadway Play. Monahon and Wepplo will discuss the process of creating the play, bringing it to Second Stage in New York, and the experience of seeing a new work move from development into the national spotlight. The conversation will also offer audiences a glimpse into the new play Monahon will be developing during her residency in Sun Valley.

Registration requested to join us in person. To watch live online (no registration needed) visit: https://vimeo.com/event/6160125. A recording will be available to watch on The Community Library's Event Archive.

Talene Monahon is a playwright, performer and docu-theater maker based in Brooklyn. Her play Meet the Cartozians was a 2026 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama as well as receiving the Outer Critic’s Circle Award for Best New Off Broadway Play and a Drama Desk Award nomination. Other plays include The Good John Proctor (Bedlam, The New Yorker’s “Top 10 Best Plays of 2023”), Eat Me (Southcoast Rep), Jane Anger (The New Ohio, 2022 Off-Broadway Alliance Best New Play Nominee), and the docu-theater piece How to Load a Musket (59E59, TheaterMania's "Best Theater of 2020.") Upcoming productions include Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret, premiering at Classic Stage Company in May 2027, and Meet the Cartozians at the Huntington Theater and Berkeley Rep. Talene is currently commissioned with Second Stage, Manhattan Theater Club, and Studio Theater. She teaches Playwriting at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. B.A. Dartmouth College.