BIOGRAPHY
Bertrand Priest, world premiere, Arkansas Rep, April 2007. First prize winner, 2006 Kaufman & Hart Award for New American Comedy, Arkansas Rep. Lenny & Lou, world premiere, September 2004, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, D.C. Nominated, Charles MacArthur Award for Best Play and Best Resident Play as part of the Helen Hayes Awards. Also nominated, American Theatre Critic's Association's Annual Steinberg New Play Award. New York premiere, February 2006 at 29th St. Rep. Workshop, Lark Play Development Center, 2001. Vattago, finalist, PlayLabs, The Playwrights Center, 2005, in development, Lark Play Development Center. God's Creatures, workshop, Lark Play Development Center, 1999. Semi-finalist, Stageplays' International Playwrights Competition, 2000. Going, (a one-act), workshop, The Workshop. Semi-finalist, Chutzpah Festival. Published, 2006, Playscripts, Inc. Fantasy, workshop, August 2000, The Workshop. Film, co-directed by the author for Blatantly Subtle Productions. New full-lengths developed at the Lark include Little Universe, The Playwright and His Wife, and the upcoming, Jefferson Street. Ian was an Artist-In-Residence, New York Stage and Film/The Lark, Vassar College, Summer 2007 and was nominated for a 2006 Lucille Lortel Foundation Fellowship. He is a member of the Lark Playwrights Group.