GPTC

Edith Freni

playwright

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Edith Freni

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Production and development at theaters including Steppenwolf, Profile Theatre Company, EST, Labyrinth Theater Company, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Actor’s Express, and the Cape Cod Theatre Project. She was a member of Youngblood and is a member of Partial Comfort Productions, EST, and the Dramatists Guild. Edith is a 3x PONY nominee, a 2x finalist for the Jerome Fellowship, a 2x finalist for the Blue Ink Playwriting Award, a 2x Kilroy’s List Honorable Mention, and was a finalist for the 2019 O’Neill Playwrights Conference. Edith was the inaugural Emory University Playwriting Fellow and the Tennessee Williams Playwright-in-Residence at The University of the South. BFA/MFA: NYU, Tisch. www.edithfreni.com