Bio.
Amy Dellagiarino is a playwright and screenwriter whose work has been produced across the country. Her play From the Perspective of a Canoe won the 2021 Stage Play Script Competition at the Austin Film Festival. Her play The Value of Moscow was nominated for a 2019 Stage Raw Award for Best Playwriting and was published through Stage Rights. Her comedy feature film Freelancers Anonymous won the 2018 NCGLFF Audience Award for Best Women’s Feature, was a recipient of the Frameline Completion Fund Award, and earned the Reframe Stamp for gender balanced media along with such films as The Favourite, Can You Ever Forgive Me, and Crazy Rich Asians. Her short plays have garnered the Best Comedy award in various festivals. She has participated in developmental readings of several of her plays with noted LA theatre companies such as Sacred Fools, Theatre of Note, Rogue Machine, and The Blank Theatre Company, and was a 2020 participant of Moving Arts Theatre's MADLab Play Development Series. She was a participant of the 2021 Kennedy Center Summer Playwrights Intensive as well as the resident playwright with Dark Horse Theatre Company in Virginia and a founding member of Walking Shadow Readers Theatre which focuses on new playwrights and new play development. She earned her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Education.
New York University's Tisch School of the Arts BFA 2006
The Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive 2021
The Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive 2021
Awards/Honors.
Top 10%: The Farewell Tour Slamdance Screenplay Competition 2022
Second Rounder: The Farewell Tour Austin Film Festival 2022
Honorable Mention: The Farewell Tour Finish Line Script Competition 2022
Quarter-Finalist: The Farewell Tour ScreenCraft Feature Competition 2022
Semi-Finalist: The Taste of Emeralds Gary Marshall Thtr New Works Fest. 2022
Playwriting Script Competition Winner: From the Perspective of a Canoe Austin Film Festival 2021
Best Comedy Winner: In Search of Plan A WSRT One Acts 2021
Semi-Finalist: From the Perspective of a Canoe Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2021
Best Playwriting Nominee: The Value of Moscow Stage Raw Awards 2019
Best Comedy Winner: The Misfit Mantra 2Cents Theatre INKFest 2018
Jury Award Winner: Best Women’s Feature Film: Freelancers Anonymous NCGL Film Festival 2018
ReFrame Stamp Winner: Freelancers Anonymous ReFrame 2018
Completion Fund Award Winner: Freelancers Anonymous Frameline 2017
Spirit of the Fringe Award Finalist: Break In Hollywood Fringe Festival 2016
1/2 Hour Comedy Pilot Writing Semi-Finalist: Just Be: An Emo Bromance SeriesFest 2015
(co-written with Leigh Poulos)
Second Rounder: The Farewell Tour Austin Film Festival 2022
Honorable Mention: The Farewell Tour Finish Line Script Competition 2022
Quarter-Finalist: The Farewell Tour ScreenCraft Feature Competition 2022
Semi-Finalist: The Taste of Emeralds Gary Marshall Thtr New Works Fest. 2022
Playwriting Script Competition Winner: From the Perspective of a Canoe Austin Film Festival 2021
Best Comedy Winner: In Search of Plan A WSRT One Acts 2021
Semi-Finalist: From the Perspective of a Canoe Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2021
Best Playwriting Nominee: The Value of Moscow Stage Raw Awards 2019
Best Comedy Winner: The Misfit Mantra 2Cents Theatre INKFest 2018
Jury Award Winner: Best Women’s Feature Film: Freelancers Anonymous NCGL Film Festival 2018
ReFrame Stamp Winner: Freelancers Anonymous ReFrame 2018
Completion Fund Award Winner: Freelancers Anonymous Frameline 2017
Spirit of the Fringe Award Finalist: Break In Hollywood Fringe Festival 2016
1/2 Hour Comedy Pilot Writing Semi-Finalist: Just Be: An Emo Bromance SeriesFest 2015
(co-written with Leigh Poulos)
Plays. Full Lengths.
The Taste of Emeralds Workshop - The Inkwell Theatre 2023
Reading - Walking Shadow Readers Theatre 2022
Workshop - Garage Theatre Ensemble 2021
Spirit Seekers Zoom Production - We All Shine Productions 2022
Zoom Production - Dark Horse Theatre 2020
Clownfish Production - Theatre of Note 2022
Reading - Brimmer Street Theatre 2019
From the Perspective of a Canoe Reading - Austin Film Festival 2021
Reading - Tuesdays@9 Los Angeles 2020
Hello, My Name Is… Reading - Best Medicine Rep 2021
Workshop - Moving Arts Theatre 2020
A Conversation Through the Bathroom Door Zoom Production - Bloomsburg University 2021
Zoom Production - Dark Horse Theatre 2020
Dorm #5 Reading - Walking Shadow Readers Theatre 2020
Reading - The Blank Theatre 2018
Reading - Grey Theatre Ensemble 2016
The Value of Moscow Production - Dark Horse Theatre 2019
Production - Sacred Fools Theatre 2018
Reading - Sacred Fools Theatre 2017
Reading - Rogue Machine Theatre 2016
No Loitering Reading - Theatre of Note 2019
Break In Production - Hollywood Fringe Festival 2016
The Hostage Situation Reading - Tuesdays@9 Los Angeles 2016
Limbo (co-written with Leigh Poulos) Production - Monkey See Monkey Do Productions 2007
Reading - Walking Shadow Readers Theatre 2022
Workshop - Garage Theatre Ensemble 2021
Spirit Seekers Zoom Production - We All Shine Productions 2022
Zoom Production - Dark Horse Theatre 2020
Clownfish Production - Theatre of Note 2022
Reading - Brimmer Street Theatre 2019
From the Perspective of a Canoe Reading - Austin Film Festival 2021
Reading - Tuesdays@9 Los Angeles 2020
Hello, My Name Is… Reading - Best Medicine Rep 2021
Workshop - Moving Arts Theatre 2020
A Conversation Through the Bathroom Door Zoom Production - Bloomsburg University 2021
Zoom Production - Dark Horse Theatre 2020
Dorm #5 Reading - Walking Shadow Readers Theatre 2020
Reading - The Blank Theatre 2018
Reading - Grey Theatre Ensemble 2016
The Value of Moscow Production - Dark Horse Theatre 2019
Production - Sacred Fools Theatre 2018
Reading - Sacred Fools Theatre 2017
Reading - Rogue Machine Theatre 2016
No Loitering Reading - Theatre of Note 2019
Break In Production - Hollywood Fringe Festival 2016
The Hostage Situation Reading - Tuesdays@9 Los Angeles 2016
Limbo (co-written with Leigh Poulos) Production - Monkey See Monkey Do Productions 2007
Plays. Shorts/One Acts.
The Most Precious Thing Production - The Actors Studio of Santa Cruz County 2023
Production - The Actors Studio of Newburyport 2022
Production - Winding Road Theatre Ensemble 2022
Production - Anacostia Playhouse 2022
Production - Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre 2022
Cinnamon Raisin Production - Blank Page Theatre Company 2022
The Misfit Mantra Zoom Production - Walking Shadow Readers Theatre 2022
Production - 2Cents Theatre 2018
In Search of Plan A Zoom Production - Walking Shadow Readers Theatre 2021
Production - Arc Theatre 2015
Inhale and Exhale Production - 2Cents Theatre 2019
Production - Something Marvelous Theatre 2015
Production - The Actors Studio of Newburyport 2022
Production - Winding Road Theatre Ensemble 2022
Production - Anacostia Playhouse 2022
Production - Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre 2022
Cinnamon Raisin Production - Blank Page Theatre Company 2022
The Misfit Mantra Zoom Production - Walking Shadow Readers Theatre 2022
Production - 2Cents Theatre 2018
In Search of Plan A Zoom Production - Walking Shadow Readers Theatre 2021
Production - Arc Theatre 2015
Inhale and Exhale Production - 2Cents Theatre 2019
Production - Something Marvelous Theatre 2015
Films and Scripted Series.
In Search of Plan A Dramedy Short 2022 TBA
Employee of the Month Comedy Short 2020
The Convergence Sci-Fi Series 2018
Freelancers Anonymous Comedy Feature 2018
Employee of the Month Comedy Short 2020
The Convergence Sci-Fi Series 2018
Freelancers Anonymous Comedy Feature 2018
Publications.
The Most Precious Thing Canyon Voices Literary Magazine 2022
The Value of Moscow Stage Rights 2019
13 Things I Wish I Could Tell My 21-Year-Old Self Collegehumor.com 2015
Jenny Morgan: Certified Genius Amazon.com 2015
The Value of Moscow Stage Rights 2019
13 Things I Wish I Could Tell My 21-Year-Old Self Collegehumor.com 2015
Jenny Morgan: Certified Genius Amazon.com 2015
amy dellagiarino
playwright. artist. screenwriter.
playwright. artist. screenwriter.
