Michele Lowe Awarded The Francesca Primus Prize for INANA

Contemporary American Theater Festival playwright, Michele Lowe was recently awarded The Francesca Primus Prize for "Inana". The play is part of the five show repertory of new plays featured during the Festival at Shepherd University.

This announcement was made by Christopher Rawson, president of the American Theatre Critics Association (ATC), which administers the prize through the generosity of the Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation. The Francesca Primus Prize, considered one of the highest honors for a woman in theatre, is an annual $10,000 award honoring outstanding contributions to the American theater by an emerging female theater artist who has not yet achieved national prominence.

Lowe is an accomplished playwright with a storied background in theater. A graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, she is now a member of The Dramatists Guild and ASCAP. Read more information on Lowe and her accolades at http://catf2.org/index.php/playwrights/michele-lowe.

Ed Herendeen, founder and producing director of CATF reflected, "I'm thrilled Michele gave us the opportunity to give life to this second production and we look forward to a long collaboration with this wonderful playwright. Congratulations to Michele-she deserves this great honor."
"We hope everyone will come to Shepherdstown, West Virginia through August 1 to see this amazing piece of work. We are an easy 90 minutes from Washington DC and Baltimore, MD," Herendeen noted.

The Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University prides itself on producing and developing new American theater. Since 1991, CATF has produced 85 new plays, including 32 world premieres. Five plays, five playwrights, five unique theatrical experiences at the Contemporary American Theater Festival. For more information, please visit www.catf.org or call 304-876-3473 or 800-999-CATF (2283) or follow CATF on facebook or twitter at www.twitter.com/thinktheater.

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