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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Playwright Talene Monahon
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nRegistration 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.\n\nTalene 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.
LOCATION:John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall\, The Community Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Conversations
CONTACT;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://thecommunitylibrary.libcal.com/event/17236911
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