FRANCINE VOLPE

is a New York City based playwright, screenwriter, and dramaturg. Her play The Given opened at Studio Dante in October 2006 and was directed by the award-winning actor Michael Imperioli. The play was subsequently named a finalist for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Other plays include Late Fragment (Studio Dante, The New Company, London) and Giftbox (the stageFARM Theater, New York City). Giftbox was published in The Best Short as well as The Best Monologues for Women 2008. Francine’s other plays have received readings and workshops at A.C.T., Arena Stage, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, SoHo Rep, and The Juilliard School. Francine was Director of Play Development at Studio Dante Theater in New York, where she helped to develop the world premiere plays of some of our city’s most talented playwrights. Francine’s screenwriting credits include Queenie and I’ll Be Your Mirror, based on the life of Nan Goldin. Francine has worked extensively as a script consultant for award-winning playwrights and screenwriters alike. Francine Volpe teaches screenwriting and playwriting classes at Sarah Lawrence College, Primary Stages, Stella Adler Academy in Los Angeles, and privately in New York City. She also sits on the artistic advisory board of the stageFARM Theater. Francine received her B.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School of The Arts in Dramatic Writing and was later the recipient of a two-year Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwriting Fellowship at The Juilliard School, where she completed her graduate study. She has twice received grants from the Lecomte du Nouy Foundation. Francine was nominated in 2008 for The Kesselring Award, The Wasserstein Prize, and The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She is a member of New Dramatists.

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