Jeanette D. Farr

Social Justice in the American Theatre

Jeanette Farr's plays have been produced around the world including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. Her work has been recognized by the Nevada Arts Council, The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Plays have received accolades through the Bay Area Playwright's Festival, Playwright's Foundation; Florida Repertory Theatre, and produced at regional, community and Educational Theatres. Her plays and monologues are published through Original works publishing (IceSPEAK), Smith & Kraus, Dramatic Publishing, and 10-minute-plays.com. Her play, My Life As a Circus Baby is a 2014 Heideman Award Finalist (Actor's Theatre of Louisville) and her play Gray Matter has receive over 500 productions to date. An alumnus of the Kennedy Center Summer Playwriting Intensive, Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writer's Conference, and past National Playwriting Program Chair for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival receiving the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for Educational Excellence, Jeanette is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Antaeus Playwright's Lab, and The Playwright's Union, Los Angeles.