DonnaMarie Vaughan
*Screenwriter* *Playwright*
Contact: WrittenByDMV@aol.com
Professional Resume (as of Sept 2006)
CONTACT INFO: Manager: Kathy Muraviov, The Muraviov Agency 818-425-5165
CONTACT-CANADIAN: Darrin LaPointe, 289-260-7045
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AS SCREENWRITER
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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
PRACTICING MIRACLES (Family Film)
2005 – Semi-Finalist – John Templeton Christian Writing Competition
2003 - Finalist - Direct to the Agents Competition
2003 - Finalist- Christian Screenwriters Competition
2002 - Semi-Finalist - The Query Committee Competition
2001 - Finalist - American Accolades Competition
2001 – Semi-Finalist - Writer's Project (formally Chesterfield)
DATE FOR THE WEDDING (romantic-comedy)
Also known as: CALLING ALL USHERS!
2003 – GRAND PRIZE WINNER –Direct to The Agents Competition
2003 - Finalist - Direct to the Agents Competition
2002 - Semi-finalist Query Committee Competition
CHEATING DEATH (drama)
Also known as: HER SECOND LIFE
2006 - Gloria Film Festival, Salt Lake City Utah (Selected Screenplay)
GUARDIAN ANGEL (Murder/Mystery-Drama)
1997 - Honorable Mention, Telluride Screenwriters' Competition
1995 – Quarter-Finalist, Writers Network Screenplay Competition
HENRY’S FUTURE
2003 – Semi-Finalist, Direct to the Agents Writing Competition
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AS PLAYWRIGHT
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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
2003 Finalist, Ambition Theatre (England), FULL CIRCLE
2002 Public Reading, Buffalo Ensemble Theatre, VISITING HOURS
2000 Finalist, Pittsburgh New Play Festival, VISIITNG HOURS
1998 Finalist, TheatreFest, VISITING HOURS
1998 Finalist, Shenandoah Int'l Theatre Lab, VISITING HOURS
1995 *WINNER* National Comedy Compact Award for one-act comedy STUCK!
1995 Best New Short Play, Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo NY, for STUCK!
1988 Area Playwrights Performance Series (APPS Award) for SECOND TUESDAYS
PRODUCTIONS (alpha-order):
FULL CIRCLE (short)
2005 – Uptown Theater, Buffalo, NY (as part of “Relationships” show)
2004 -Actors Anonymous Theatre, Georgetown Theatre, Lockport, NY
1997 -Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo NY
HE LOVES ME NOT, HE LOVES ME (short)
2005 – Uptown Theater, Buffalo, NY (part of “Relationships” show)
ICE CREAM FOR DINNER (short)
2006 – Alleyway Theater, Buffalo, NY
2005 – Uptown Theater, Buffalo, NY (as part of “Relationships” show)
2005 – Women for Women/H.E.R.E. Theater, NYC, NY
IN SICKNESS & IN HEALTH (full length)
1995 - Great Falls Theatre, Great Falls, Montana
1994 - ACT! Theatre, Asheville, NC
1994 - City Lights Theatre, Savannah, Georgia
1993 - Lancaster Opera (& Performance) House, Lancaster NY
IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD (short)
1998 - Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo, NY
IN THE MIND OF THE BEHOLDER (short)
2005 – Uptown Theater, Buffalo, NY (as part of “Relationships” show)
2003 - Actors Anonymous Theatre, Georgetown Theatre, Lockport, NY
ME, II – (musical)
2006 – New Phoenix Theater, Buffalo, NY – (book-by credit, lyrics by Grant Golden)
MRS. DICKERSON'S DONATION (short)
2003 - Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo NY
A NOTEWORTHY LUNCH
2005 – Uptown Theater, Buffalo, NY (as part of “Relationships” show)
SECOND TUESDAYS (full length)
1988 - Buffalo Ensemble Theatre, Buffalo NY
STUCK! (short)
2005 – Uptown Theater, Buffalo, NY (as part of “Relationships” show)
1995 - Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo, NY
1995 - Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, VA
1995 - Festival Guild Players, Denver CO (as part of the 1995 Comedy Festival)
PUBLISHED WORKS:
SPOILED, Brooklyn Press, 2005
IN THE MIND OF THE BEHOLDER, Brooklyn Press, 2003
ICE CREAM FOR DINNER, Brooklyn Press, 2000
ECSTASY, Brooklyn Press, 1999
AMANDA, Brooklyn Press, 1999
FULL CIRCLE, Brooklyn Press, 1998