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JORDAN STOVALL/WANDA WHATEVER (they/them) is a playwright, arts administrator, queer events producer, and drag artist. They presently serve as the Director of Outreach & Institutional Partnerships for the Dramatists Guild, where they have worked since 2016.
Their plays have been shortlisted and selected as Finalists for the Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Festival and Relentless Award, among others. They have studied playwriting with the likes of Tina Howe, Tanika Gupta, Ola Animashawun, Deborah Zoe Laufer, Michele Lowe, Stefanie Zadravec, and Gary Garrison. Most recently, their play Bat Queen! received a reading from The 24 Hour Plays, and Stun premiered at The Cockpit Theatre (London, UK) after developmental workshops in New York, Maine (as part of the Hamilton Project Residency at Barn Arts Collective), and Florida.
As a drag artist, they are the founder of Time Out London Award-Nominated “Boulangerie: A Queer Variety Show,” and "Fussy," a bi-monthly ongoing series of queer community gatherings at Dalston Superstore (formerly in residence at The Yard Theater, Hackney Wick).
MFA Writing in the Stage and Broadcast Media, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2019; London, UK), BA Theatre/Performing Arts, University of Tampa (2011; Tampa, FL).
Program Manager for the New Visions Fellowship. Founding Co-Administrator for End of Play, National Playwriting Month. Founding Executive Administrator, Dramatists Guild Institute.
Dramatists Guild Committees: Regional Affairs, Best Practices, Festival and Contest Submissions Guidelines, DEIA, PEI, Devised Theatre
Their plays have been shortlisted and selected as Finalists for the Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Festival and Relentless Award, among others. They have studied playwriting with the likes of Tina Howe, Tanika Gupta, Ola Animashawun, Deborah Zoe Laufer, Michele Lowe, Stefanie Zadravec, and Gary Garrison. Most recently, their play Bat Queen! received a reading from The 24 Hour Plays, and Stun premiered at The Cockpit Theatre (London, UK) after developmental workshops in New York, Maine (as part of the Hamilton Project Residency at Barn Arts Collective), and Florida.
As a drag artist, they are the founder of Time Out London Award-Nominated “Boulangerie: A Queer Variety Show,” and "Fussy," a bi-monthly ongoing series of queer community gatherings at Dalston Superstore (formerly in residence at The Yard Theater, Hackney Wick).
MFA Writing in the Stage and Broadcast Media, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2019; London, UK), BA Theatre/Performing Arts, University of Tampa (2011; Tampa, FL).
Program Manager for the New Visions Fellowship. Founding Co-Administrator for End of Play, National Playwriting Month. Founding Executive Administrator, Dramatists Guild Institute.
Dramatists Guild Committees: Regional Affairs, Best Practices, Festival and Contest Submissions Guidelines, DEIA, PEI, Devised Theatre
