blueprint (series B)

PLAYWRIGHT

I write mostly about women - betrayed, betraying, bowling, hustling breakfast, during pregnancy (as overheard and misunderstood by her developing babies), dreaming nightmare dreams, carrying extra sandwiches just in case, gifting newborns with questionable personality traits, drunk on life or just drunk. I imagine unimaginable worlds – in-utero tap-dancers, the afterlife of Shakespearean characters, triplets elbowing to be first-born. I look with compassion on my characters’ lives, their regretted might-have-beens, and their still unrealized dreams. Pain is confronted, truths are revealed and kindness sometimes, but not always, offers redemption.

I started playwriting after careers in dance and costume and clothing design/manufacture.

DIRECTOR

Rebekah Suellau (she/they) is a writer, director, and dramaturg focusing on new play development in Atlanta since 2013. Most recently, she directed the new French translation of Lauren Gunderson’s Emilie, La Marquise du Chatelet, Defends Her Life Tonight, for Theatre du Reve. She is the resident director of Flay’s Anatomy, a gargantuan comedy presented in episodic installments, returning to Atlanta Fringe Festival this spring.

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Conor Montague is from Galway. Ireland. He digs for gold in London Town, where he facilitates the Fail Better writing workshops for London Writers Eclective, and is resident playwright at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith. Whale Song was one of three plays chosen to be developed as part of the Scripts Ireland Playwrights Festival 2024.

Find out more about Conor and his work at conormontague.com

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Kenneth Trujillo is a director, actor, writer, and photographer whose work spans film, television, and documentary storytelling. His acting credits include Better Call Saul, The Great Lillian Hall, and the critically acclaimed I Will Never Leave You Alone, which premiered at FrightFest in London. He is the founder of Kojak Films, where he produces bold, character-driven narratives, including the absurdist series Other Things. As a director, Trujillo focuses on grounded storytelling with a sharp, uncompromising vision. He is grateful to bring his work to this year’s festival.

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Alex Goldberg is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and film director. 17 of his plays have been produced across the country and on three continents. His play IT IS DONE has been published and produced multiple times. His one-act plays ANNEXING THE PALISADES and THE SIX PIANOS OF MIRADERO were commissioned by Antaeus Theater Company and available as radio plays. He has written and/or directed multiple feature and short films, and his feature Closure which won seven festival awards including two Best Feature awards and two Audience Choice Awards. He is a two time O’Neill semifinalist and a one time finalist. Memberships include The Dramatists Guild, Inc, ASCAP, and Playwrights Union L.A.. He lives with his wife, actress Catia Ojeda, and their sons, in Los Angeles.

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Cailin Cassorla is a director and actor from Knoxville, TN. She graduated in 2019 from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Theatre. After relocating to Atlanta in 2021, she has worked with the Academy Theatre, Impact Theatre, ATL Original Works, and Act for a Change. She is thrilled with the opportunity to work with Windmill Arts! Big thanks to her friends and family for all they do.

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Keely L. Herrick is a writer based in Atlanta, Georgia. She studied playwriting at New York University and holds a BA and a JD from NYU. In addition to writing dark and twisty comedies, she is a trademark attorney with her own firm (www.kherricklaw.com), She has had short plays produced at several theaters around Atlanta. Her one-act play, “The Dollar Dictator,” was performed as part of The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s One-Act Playwriting festival in the summer of 2024, and her one-act play “Liz Frank” was performed as a staged reading at the Essential Theatre Festival in Atlanta in 2024. Back in the day, she wrote for Soap Opera Update, so she has very likely interviewed all of your grandmother’s favorite soap stars.

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Damian Lockhart; He/Him (Director) is an Atlanta based actor and director. Directing credits: Barbecue (Kennesaw State University) At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen (Out Front Theatre) Twas’ the Night Before Christmas (Stage Door Theatre), At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen (Urbanite Theatre), 45 Plays for 45 Presidents (Kennesaw State University), Twilight Los Angeles: 1992 (KSU). Acting credits: Blues for an Alabama Sky (Actor’s Express), BOOTYCANDY (Actor’s Express), The Legend of Georgia McBride (Warehouse Theatre) TV/Film: Atlanta (FX), Lodge 49 (AMC), Queer as Folk (Peacock), Stalked Within (BET +), and The Family Plan (Apple TV+).

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Trent Clifford is a playwright and dramaturg based out of Waco, TX. His plays have most recently been performed by Wild Imaginings, OutCry Theatre, Playwrights Round Table, Richmond Triangle Players, Broken Arts Entertainment, and Resolute Theatre Project.

He currently serves as the Playwright in Residence for Heart of Texas Children's Theatre and is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Epiphanies New Works Festival, where he works as a dramaturg with playwrights from across the country.

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Sydni Michelle Perry is an actress, director, and writer based in Atlanta, GA. She is a creative at heart and is fascinated by the beauty of universal experience and the power of imperfection. She loves nature and is the proud owner of a snowshoe cat named Rae Adele.