MacLean nominated for 3 Broadway World Awards!

The Broadway World Awards voting has begun and there are three chances to support Ali MacLean’s work. She is nominated for She’s Not There for Best Ensemble, She’s Not There for Best Performance/Play, and This Will Be Our Year for Top Virtual Performance. She’s Not There, winner of the John Gassner Award, was performed at … More MacLean nominated for 3 Broadway World Awards!

New writing class taught by Ali MacLean at The Yard Theater

Offered by the award winning playwright and 2020 David Sedaris Humor Writing prize winner. Get one-on-one feedback from on your play or script. Ali Maclean’s very 1st Zoom playwriting course begins this October! Have you always wanted to write a play? Maybe you want to create a vehicle for yourself to star in? Or polish … More New writing class taught by Ali MacLean at The Yard Theater

MacLean’s Wolves At The Door wins the Julie Harris Playwright Award

Ali MacLean’s provocative play Wolves At The Door has taken the first prize, the Julie Harris Playwright Award, given by the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild. The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild annually sponsors the Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition to discover new theatrical works and to encourage established or emerging writers to create quality works for … More MacLean’s Wolves At The Door wins the Julie Harris Playwright Award

She’s Not There advances in The Script Lab screenplay competition

The screenplay adaptation of Ali MacLean’s award-winning play She’s Not There has advanced in the TSL Screenplay competition. The script has made it to the quarter-finals, placing it in the top 1,000 out of 13,000 entries. Funny, poignant, experimental, and shocking, She’s Not There explores how mental illness can hijack a relationship. The personification of depression … More She’s Not There advances in The Script Lab screenplay competition

She’s Not There Wins BEST PLAY At SHE LA ARTS Theater Festival

The Los Angeles premiere of Ali MacLean’s award-winning play SHE’S NOT THERE performed to packed houses at the Zephyr Theatre this past week as part of SHE NYC Arts / SHE LA Arts Summer Theatre Festival. SHE’S NOT THERE was selected by She LA Arts, which supports the creation and production of powerful, and commercially … More She’s Not There Wins BEST PLAY At SHE LA ARTS Theater Festival

Wolves At The Door Finalist for O’Neill National Playwrights Conference

I’m happy to announce that my play Wolves At The Door is a finalist in the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference. It is tough competition – over 1400 entries – so I am super honored. Thanks to Wendy and everyone on the committee. #femaleplaywrights #theatre #lathtr#writersofinstagram #writers The Dramatists Guild of America

Ali MacLean awarded the 2018 Gassner playwriting prize at the NETC Theatre Awards

Gassner Award Honoree 2018 First Prize:  Ali MacLean  She’s Not There   The John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award Competition fosters new playwrights and scripts through this important competition established by Molly Gassner, wife of theatre historian John Gassner. The Award was created in 1967 to honor the late John Gassner (1903-1967) for his lifetime dedication to all … More Ali MacLean awarded the 2018 Gassner playwriting prize at the NETC Theatre Awards