Arthur M. Jolly
Los Angeles, CA
Plays by Arthur M. Jolly
About Arthur M. Jolly
2020 Region IV David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award (KCACTF)
2019 Alley at Ucross Residency
2018 Todd McNerney National Playwriting Award
2017 Hammond House International Literary Prize for a Screenplay
2017-18 Joining Sword and Pen Winner The Lady Demands Satisfaction
2013 Semifinalist for the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Centre's Playwrights Conference
2012 Semifinalist for the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Centre's Playwrights Conference
2011 Kay Snow Award in Screenwriting
2011-12 Joining Sword and Pen WInner Trash
2010 Finalist for the Woodward/Newman Drama Award for A Gulag Mouse
2010 Off-Broadway Playwrights Competition winner for A Gulag Mouse
Screenwriter: The Free Republic of Bobistan, Where We Disappear (based on his play A Gulag Mouse), Under the Same Sky (commissioned by Kamrany Productions), The Cage (optioned by ColorCast Productions), Eight Ball (Hammond House International literary Prize for a Screenplay), The Hero (winner 2011 Kay Snow Award)
Playwright:
Jolly has penned over 75 produced plays, with productions across the US and in Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America. Published plays include A Gulag Mouse, Trash, Past Curfew, Long Joan Silver, The Christmas Princess, The Four Senses of Love, How Blue is My Crocodile, Snakes in a Lunchbox, What the Well Dressed Girl is Wearing, Bully Issues, Ashes, and two short play collections, Thin Lines and Guilty Moments.
Jolly is a member of the WGA, The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, and The Dramatists Guild.
2009-10 Joining Sword and Pen winner A Gulag Mouse
2008 AOPW Fellowship Award for a full length play Past Curfew
2006 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
2008 AOPW Fellowship Award for a full length play Past Curfew
2006 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Screenwriter: The Free Republic of Bobistan, Where We Disappear (based on his play A Gulag Mouse), Under the Same Sky (commissioned by Kamrany Productions), The Cage (optioned by ColorCast Productions), Eight Ball (Hammond House International literary Prize for a Screenplay), The Hero (winner 2011 Kay Snow Award)
Playwright:
Jolly is a member of the WGA, The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, and The Dramatists Guild.
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