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Ms. Kelley’s productions span New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and Los Angeles.
Commissioned work includes projects at The Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, The Arts Club of
Chicago, Health Works Theatre (Chicago), and Unibooks Publishing Company (South Korea). Professional Writing
Affiliations include: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, New Plays Lab Playwright-In-Residence, Goodman Theatre/Ellen Stone Belic
Institute/ Fellowship Recipient, Goodman Theatre Lila Wallace Fellowship, LaMaMa Playwrights Symposium Playwright-In-Residence,
Spoleto, Italy, Ragdale Foundation Residency Selection Committee, Ragdale Foundation Artist in Residence,
HealthWorks Theatre Colonel Stanley McNeil Playwright-In-Residence, Chicago Dramatists Playwright-In-Residence,
Danny Glover’s Robey Theatre Co. Playwriting Lab (Formerly The Blacksmyths At The Mark Taper Forum), and MPAACT Playwright-In-Residence,
Chicago. Special Writing Awards/Nominations include: Black Ensemble Theatre Playwriting Award
for the Black Playwrights Initiative 2009, 3 Arts Fellowship 2009, TCG Playwrights Residency Nomination at Goodman
Theatre, Ignition New Plays Festival by Artists of Color, Victory Gardens Theatre, Finalist;
Chesterfield Writing Project Fellowship at Paramount Pictures, Finalist; O’Neill Playwrights Conference Nomination;
Act Theatre/Seattle Repertory Nomination For Women’s Playwright Festival; Williams College Stalwart Originality Playwright-In-Residence;
2 Prop Thtr New Plays Festival Awards, and Peace Maker Of The Year Award, The Peace Museum And Ben & Jerry’s Ice
Cream. Publications include: The Blaq Market: Monologues and Scenes. Ed. Shepsu
Aakhu. Chicago: A Sakhu Publication, 2008. The Blaq Market: Essays and Plays from Afrikan Centered Theatre. Ed. Shepsu
Aakhu. Chicago: A Sakhu Publication, 2006. Alibi Transcripts: Monologues of the Dark Indicted. Ed. Shepsu Aakhu. Chicago:
A Sakhu Publication, 2001. Ms. Kelley is a guest lecturer at Lake Forest College, has a BFA from The Theatre School
at DePaul University, formerly known as The Goodman School of Drama, and just received her masters degree in Interdisciplinary
Arts from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont.
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