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The Ignite Project is an 8 week lab for artists to create brand new plays
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COHORT #8 FACILITATORS
Makeda Declet
Makeda Declet is a Guyanese-American playwright, TV/film writer, and performer. She was shaped by network television, bootleg CDs, and an unwavering love of the WB. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Makeda holds an MFA from Northwestern University in writing for the screen and stage and a BFA from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.
David Johann Kim
David's award-winning plays TWO STOP and PANG SPA had their Los Angeles premieres produced by EST/LA and CHALK REP respectively in Spring of 2024, to critical acclaim. Both plays were awarded the Los Angeles New Play Project Award, as well as Venturous Theatre Fund Grants.
As an actor on both coasts for over two decades, David was part of the development of many new plays. He recently taught playwriting at Loyola Marymount for 3 semesters. He holds an MFA from UC San Diego and is a member of The Dramatists Guild, The Playwrights Union, Circle X Theatre's 2024 Evolving Playwrights Group, Chalk Rep’s Writers group, Playwrights ThinkTank, EST/LA’s Playwrights Unit and is a co-founder of EST/ LA’s Ignite Project.
His latest play IMAGINED NOISE... is currently in development...
As an actor on both coasts for over two decades, David was part of the development of many new plays. He recently taught playwriting at Loyola Marymount for 3 semesters. He holds an MFA from UC San Diego and is a member of The Dramatists Guild, The Playwrights Union, Circle X Theatre's 2024 Evolving Playwrights Group, Chalk Rep’s Writers group, Playwrights ThinkTank, EST/LA’s Playwrights Unit and is a co-founder of EST/ LA’s Ignite Project.
His latest play IMAGINED NOISE... is currently in development...
Jennie Webb
Jennie Webb is a Los Angeles-based playwright and dramaturg with works produced locally by Inkwell Theater, Rogue Machine Theatre, EST/LA, Santa Monica Rep, Virginia Avenue Project, Theatre of NOTE and La Jolla Playhouse’s WOW Festival as well as in Canada, the UK, India, Iran, Iceland and at colleges/universities. Her plays have been presented by Great Plains Theatre Conferences, The Playwrights’ Center, Moving Arts MADlab, Blank Theatre, Playground-LA, Climate Change Theatre Action, Rogue Artist Ensemble’s Rogue Lab, Road Theatre Summer Playwrights Festivals & inaugural “Under Construction” Group, and published by Heinemann Press, Smith & Kraus, Next Stage Press and ICWP. National recognition includes Finalist (O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Gulfshore Playhouse, City Theatre) and Semi-Finalist (O’Neill, PlayPenn, Athena Project, Trustus) nods; she is the recipient of Max K. Lerner Playwriting Fellowships and a WIT Red Carpet Award. Member: the Playwrights Union, EST/LA, Honor Roll!, Dramatists Guild; co-founder: LA Female Playwrights Initiative (LAFPI). jenniewebbsite.com
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Angela Bullock
Angela Bullock is an Actor/Writer and Teaching Artist. Most recent appearance: "Young Sheldon" (CBS). Soon to appear in Jonah Hill’s film "Outcome." She has received both a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and Stage Raw nomination for "Watching OJ" at Ensemble Studio Theater Los Angeles, and an NAACP nomination for "Cassiopeia" at The Boston Court. Television guest and costars appearances include "Shameless", "Dexter", "Californication", "Oz" and "The Sopranos." Regional theater includes The Guthrie, Yale Repertory and Actors Theater of Louisville. Angela has published in "Arts & Letters and Lunch Ticket." She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University LA and is currently working on her first book.
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