Awards

Check out who’s been recognized for their outstanding work.
(for previous years' awards, click here.)

UNM’s Dramatic Writing Program National Award Winners

2009

National KCACTF Winners:

Kamarie Chapman- Deception Pass - David Mark Cohen, Paula Vogel (co-winner) - KCACTF

Regional KCACTF Finalists:

Simon Blair - A Stoic Boy - Ten-Minute
Patricia Crespin - Tres Pigletas Y El Diablo the Wolf - Short Play
Beth Iha - Tears of Men - Short Play
Barney Lopez - Sometimes it Snows - Short Play

Other:

Kristen Simpson - The I in team - Bonderman TYA

2008

National KCACTF Winners:

Leonard Madrid - Aurora - Latino

Regional KCACTF:

Kamarie Chapman - Unravel - Short Play
Leonard Madrid - Aurora - Full length

Feature Film Awards:

Aaron Frale & Jason Witter - Hamlet: The Vampire Slayer - Best Writer - B Movie Fest, Syracuse, New York

Other:

Leonard Madrid - Volver Volver Volver - ATHE Latinoworks winner

2007

National KCACTF Winners:

Don Garcia - A Kiss for Death - Latino
Leonard Madrid - Perla - Latino

Regional KCACTF Winners:

Leonard Madrid - Perla - Short Play

Regional KCACTF Finalists:

Jamie Armer - The Rumors they Never Forget - Short Play

Other:

Terry Gomez - American Indian College Fund Mellon Fellow
Leonard Madrid - Volver Volver Volver - New Rocky Mountain Voices Finalist
Kristen Simpson - Four Days in the Delta - University Playwrights Workshop
Leonard Madrid-Volver Volver Volver - University Playwrights Workshop
Beth Iha - Hopeless Spinning - KCACTF Musical Theatre
Don Garcia - Great Plains Theatre Conference Scholarship

2006

National KCACTF Winners:

Lou Clark - I, Sea - Theatre for Youth Playwriting Award
Terry Davis - The Family Frost - Jean Kennedy Smith

National KCACTF Finalists:

Rebecca Orchant - Secrets and Other Indulgences - John Cauble Short Play

2005

National KCACTF Winners:

Leonard Madrid - Tecolotito - Latino

2004

National KCACTF Winners

Dusty McGowan - Harry the Magnificent - Theatre for Youth Playwriting Award

2003

National KCACTF Winners:

Elizabeth Otero - Gas - Latino