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Selina Fillinger is an American playwright, TV writer, and screenwriter.[1]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Fillinger was born in Berkeley, California .[2] She is Jewish .[3] When she was three her family moved to Eugene, Oregon , where she grew up. She went to South Eugene High School before attending Northwestern University , where she studied acting and playwriting.[4] [5] While at Northwestern she received the first Judith Barlow Prize, an annual student award given to work inspired by a historic female playwright.[6] She was one of three playwrights selected for Northwestern's Agnes Nixon Playwriting Festival, two years in a row.[7]
During her senior year at Northwestern, Fillinger was commissioned by two local theaters, Northlight Theatre and Sideshow Theatre.[8] [9] Her play Faceless was produced at Northlight in January 2017 and was Fillinger's first professional production, opening only six months after she graduated.[10] Her Sideshow commission, Something Clean , premiered at the Roundabout Underground in New York in 2019 and opened in Chicago a few months later.[11]
Her play POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive , premiered on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre in 2022, making Fillinger, at 28, one of the youngest playwrights to be produced on Broadway.[12] POTUS was originally in talks to be staged in the 2020 Broadway season, but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] Susan Stroman directed the production, which starred Julie White , Vanessa Williams , Rachel Dratch , Lilli Cooper , Lea Delaria , Suzy Nakamura , and Julianne Hough .[14] POTUS was the third most produced play of 2023, including productions at Berkeley Repertory Theatre , Steppenwolf Theatre , and Arena Stage .[15]
In 2022 Fillinger joined Apple TV+ ’s The Morning Show as a staff writer on the third season.[16]
Awards and honors [ edit ]
While still a student, Fillinger won the Agnes Nixon Festival and the Judith Barlow Prize. In 2019, her play Something Clean received the Laurents/Hatcher Award and her play Cinched/Strapped won the Williamstown Theatre Festival L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award.[17] [18] POTUS made the 2019 Kilroys' List and the Broadway production was nominated for three Tony Awards .[19] [20] Fillinger has been a Hawthornden Fellow and a resident of McCarter's Sallie B. Goodman Artist's Retreat.[21]
Theater [ edit ]
Television [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Newmark, Judith (18 January 2018). "Two Muslim women - and the third woman behind their story" . St. Louis Post Dispatch. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Keefer, Bob (14 April 2022). "Headed for the Great White Way" . Eugene Weekly. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Roundabout Theater (8 May 2019). "Something Clean: Interview with Selina Fillinger" . Roundabout Theater. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ "First Judith Barlow Prize Goes to Selina Fillinger for 'Machinal'-Inspired One-Act" . American Theatre. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Hopper, Darby (24 February 2016). "Northwestern student's original play on terrorism to premiere at Northlight Theatre" . The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Moore, Jillian (5 November 2023). "Playwright Selina Fillinger discusses creative journey as a writer for theatre, screen" . The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Musbach, Julie (16 May 2019). "Sideshow And Rivendell Theatre Present SOMETHING CLEAN" . Broadway World. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Greene, Morgan (25 January 2017). "Selina Fillinger goes from student to Northlight playwright inside a year" . The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ "The Creators of 'Something Clean' on Crafting a Play for the Chicago Audience" . Rebellious Magazine. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Ramirez, Alicia (6 May 2022). "Interview: Selina Fillinger and Susan Stroman Are Broadway's Not-So-Secret Comedy Weapon" . Theater Mania. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Gioia, Michael (25 July 2022). "At 28, Selina Fillinger Is Writing for Both Broadway and TV's 'The Morning Show' : 'It's Been Wild' " . People Magazine. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Lee Lenker, Maureen (2 May 2022). "POTUS on Broadway is a foulmouthed political funhouse farce" . Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ "Offscript: Heidi Schreck and Selina Fillinger, Women on Top" . American Theatre. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Gioia, Michael (25 July 2022). "At 28, Selina Fillinger Is Writing for Both Broadway and TV's 'The Morning Show' : 'It's Been Wild' " . People Magazine. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Wild, Stephi (7 February 2019). "SOMETHING CLEAN Receives 2019 Laurents / Hatcher Foundation Award" . Broadway World. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ "Williamstown Theatre Festival: Programs & Initiatives" . Williamstown Theatre Festival. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are 7 Women Trying to Keep Him Alive" . The Kilroys' List. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Stewart, Alison (10 June 2022). "Tony Awards Preview: 'POTUS' " . WNYC. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ " 'POTUS' launches 38th season for Mad Horse Theatre Company" . The Sun Journal. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Hess, Amanda (22 April 2022). "The playwright making a farce of the patriarchy" . The New York Times . Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Clement, Olivia (29 August 2018). "Roundabout to Present World Premiere of Selina Fillinger's Something Clean" . Playbill. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Webb, Stephi (28 May 2019). "THE ARMOR PLAYS: CINCHED AND STRAPPED Comes to Theatre Three" . Broadway World. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
^ Jones, Chris (6 February 2017). " 'Faceless': Much to like in this young writer's courtroom drama" . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 November 2023 .
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