Month: October 2023

MacLean places in top 9% for Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2023 competition

October 28, 2023

Ali’s play FINAL RESTING PLACE has made it to the final round of the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2023. With a submission total of over a thousand scripts, MacLean is in the top 9% of the selected playwrights. The Women’s Prize is the first of its kind which celebrates and champions female and non-binary playwrights … More MacLean places in top 9% for Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2023 competition

MacLean published again by Smith and Kraus – Best Monologues of 2023!

October 12, 2023

Marking the 6th and 7th publication for Ali, Smith and Kraus‘s newest anthologies to hit the shelves The Best Men’s Stage Monologues 2023 and The Best Women’s Stage Monologues 2023 both feature two pieces each from Ali’s plays. Each book has a monologue from Ali’s acclaimed play This Will Be Our Year (Hugo and Shannon), … More MacLean published again by Smith and Kraus – Best Monologues of 2023!

MacLean workshops full length version of The Point with EST/LA.

October 4, 2023

Ali brought the newest version of her short play The Point, which was named one of the ‘Best Ten Minute Plays of 2022’ and published by Smith & Kraus, to the EST Playwrights Unit last week. Supported by a cast of talented actors from EST/LA, Antaeus, and other local LA theater companies, Ali joined the … More MacLean workshops full length version of The Point with EST/LA.