​Congratulations
to our
Drawing Board Writers! ​
All of the below scripts have participated in table readings and feedback discussions at The Drawing Board.  
BLADES by Margo Hammond
Read at TDB 2020:
  • Produced by Artistic New Directions (AND) and performed at Theatre 54 March 2020
  • To be published by Applause Books "Best New 10-Minute Plays 2021"
GHOSTED by Mike Bencivenga
Read at TDB 2020:
  • ​Runner Up (Third Place) in the Creative World Awards 2020
  • SemiFinalist, Filmatic Comedy Screenplay Competition (2020)
  • QuarterFinalist, Kay Snow Writing Competition (2020)
  • QuarterFinalist, Slamdance Screenplay Competition (2020)
  • Currently in Pre-Production with Mike set to direct
THE REQUEST by Matt Jordan
Read at TDB 2020:
  • Produced as part of Niagara University's upcoming Short Play Virtual Festival, February 2021
THE BUTTON MAN by Margo Hammond
Read at TDB 2018:
  • 1st Prize Jerry Kaufman Award for Excellence in Playwriting - produced at CAP21 by American Renaissance Theatre Company (ARTC)
CHASING THE DARK by Mike Bencivenga
​Read at TDB 2018:
  • Named a quarter finalist in the Screencraft Fellowship Competition. (That contest is ongoing so...fingers crossed, Mike!)​
  • Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival (2020)
  • QuarterFinalist, Creative World Awards (2020)
  • SemiFinalist, WeScreenplay TV Contest (2020)
  • SemiFinalist, Filmatic Drama Screenplay Awards (2020)
  • QuarterFinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (2019)
  • SemiFinalist, ScreenCraft TV Pilot Competition (2019)
THERE IS NO YOU AND ME by Linda Manning
Read at TDB 2015, 2017 and 2018 (staged reading):
  • Finalist - New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest, NYC
  • Staged Reading Produced by TDB at TheaterLAB NYC 2018
A BARN STORY by Elizabeth Donahue
Read at TDB 2018:
  • Scheduled for Production March 2020 at UP Theater Company - cxl'd due to COVID 19
WONDERFUL by Stephen Anderson
Read at TDB 2018:
RECONCILING JIMMY by Valerie Peterson
Read at TDB 2018:
  • Semi-finalist - WGAE Made in NY TV Writers Room Fellowship
  • Finalist - CBS TV Writers Mentoring Program
  • Second Rounder - Austin Film Festival
  • Quarterfinalist - Screencraft TV Pilot Competition
THE PICK UP by Philip Reissman
Read at TDB 2018:
  • Produced as a Short Film
  • Finalist, Changing Faces Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
  • Semi-Finalist, Los Angeles CineFest 
  • Semi-Finalist, Blastoff
UNTETHERED by Laura Sweeney
Read at TDB 2017:
  • ​Official Selection at Hollyshorts
  • Semifinalist at Vail Film Festival
ACROSS by Laura Sweeney
Read at TDB 2017:
  • Official Selection at Cascadia Women's International Film Festival Script Studio
  • Finalist at Tony Cox Screenplay Contest at Nantucket Film Festival
  • Quarterfinalist at Screencraft
MINUET ON THIRD by Mike Bencivenga
Read at TDB 2017: 
  • Winner Robert J. Pickering Award 2019 - Awarded for Playwriting Excellence​​
  • Finalist, The Players Take The Stage (2019)
  • QuarterFinalist, ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest (2019)
  • Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival (2017)
  • MINUET ON THIRD is currently on the Red List at Coverfly.com as the #7 Comedy Play
MUSCLE BEACH: NOT JAYNE MANSFIELD'S STORY by Drew Pisarra
Read at TDB 2017:
  • Staged Reading Produced by Dixon Place 2019
TRIP by David Baugnon
Read at TDB 2017: 
  • Top 50 finalist in the Nicholls Fellowship 2017
  • Top 6 finisher in the Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards 2018
  • Quarterfinalist in the 2018 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition  
  • One of the Top 50 Features for the 2018 Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
  • Selected for the 2020 New York Stage and Film Filmmakers Workshop​​
ON TRACK by Jodi Levitan
Read at TDB 2017:
  • Top 15% Nicholl Fellowship Competition
  • 2 time Second Rounder Austin Film Festival  Screenplay Competition
  • Semi Finalist - StoryPros Screenplay Competition
  • Official  Selection TTP Screenplay contest (London, England) 
THE LESSON PLAN by Jodi Levitan
Read at TDB 2016:
  • Production Pending
  • Top 20% Nicholl Fellowship Competition
  • Semi-Finalist Fresh Voices Screenplay competition
  • Official  Selection TTP Screenplay contest (London, England)
BAD HEARTS by Mike Bencivenga
Read at TDB 2016:
  • Won the 2016 Stanley Drama Award for best play awarded by Wagner College in NYC
  • Finalist, ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest (2018)
  • BAD HEARTS is currently on the Red List at Coverfly.com as the #4 Dramatic Play
MOMMY MAFIA by Laura Sweeney
Read at TDB 2016:
  • Winner Best Comedic Pilot at Manhattan Film Festival
  • Winner Award of Merit at INDIE Fest Film Awards
  • Finalist at Chicago Amarcord Arthouse TV Awards
  • Official Selection at Atlanta Comedy Film Festival, The Peoples Film Festival, Berkshire Short Film Festival, & Long Island International Film Expo
CHARLOTTE by Linda Manning
Read at TDB 2016:
  • Second Round of Competition for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab​
THE EVERYTHING by Matt Jordan
Read at TDB 2016:
  • Produced Reading by Core Artists Emsemble 2018
LEGACY by Jodi Levitan
Read at TDB 2015:
  • Production Pending
  • Finalist StoryPros Screenplay Competition 
  • 2 time top 15% Nicholl Fellowship Competition
  • 2 time Second Rounder Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
  • Semi Finalist - Zoetrope Screenplay Contest (Francis Ford Coppola - Judge)
  • Official  Selection  TTP Screenplay contest (London, England)  

SKYBURNER by David Baugnon

Read at TDB 2015: 
  • AWARDS: Finalist or better in eleven screenwriting competitions in 2015
  • Top 10 finish of the International Screenwriters Association Fast Track Fellowship program​
FALL DOWN SEVEN by Dean Poynor
Read at TDB 2015:
  • Presented as part of the Olmsted Salon "Cave Plays" reading series 2016
A MATCHED PAIR by Geoffrey Knox
Read at TDB 2014 and at Evening of One Acts 2015:  
  • Winner of the Asheville National Playwriting Festival 2016
GUY by Linda Manning
Read at TDB 2013 and 2015: 
  • Semi-Finalist - Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference 2007​​
THE MORE BEYOND by Dean Poynor
Read at TDB 2014:
  • ​Semi-Finalist for the Princess Grace Award
THE END OF THE WORLD WILL COME WHILE I'M IN LINE by Dean Poynor
Read at TDB 2014:
  • ​Produced Reading at Playhouse Nashville
INDEPENDENCE EVE by Daniel Neer
Read at TDB 2014:
  • The Premiere of Independence Eve was presented by UrbanArias at the Signature Theatre in Washington D.C. in June of 2017
  • The second production of Independence Eve was presented by Opera Birmingham at the Red Mountain Theatre Company in Birmingham, Alabama in January of 2020 -  http://danielneer.com/writing/

THE MESSIAH PROJECT by David Baugnon

Read at TDB 2012:  
  • Won the International Screenwriters' Association Fast Track Fellowship in 2015
  • Won the Silver at the 2013 Page International Screenwriting Awards
  • Won Showtime's Tony Cox Television Pilot Competition at the 2013 Nantucket Film Festival 
  • Top 10 finalist in the 2013 Final Draft Big Break Contest.

LEARNING TO DRIVE by Linda Manning

Read at TDB 2011:   
  • 2020 ARTemis Arts Wisdom Anthology Finalist
  • Grand Prize Winner - StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest 2013
  • The Black List Featured Script May 2015