Cayenne Douglass

CAYENNE DOUGLASS has had work developed and/or produced at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Take Ten Theatre Masters, Fresh Ink Theatre, New Perspectives Theatre Company, Dixon Place, The Tank, Clutch Productions, City Theatre Miami, FEAST: A Performance Series, and Manhattan Repertory Theatre. She has participated in The First Stage Residency through The Drama League, The Barn Arts Residency, The Emerging Artists Residency at Tofte Lake. Over three years, The Kennedy Center has recognized four plays for The Gary Garrison National 10-Minute play Award and one play for The John Cauble One Act Award. Her full-length play, Maiden Voyage won three KCACTF national awards: The Lorraine Hansberry Award (2nd Place), The Rosa Parks Award (Distinguished Achievement) and The Paula Vogel Playwriting Award (Distinguished Achievement). Additionally, Maiden Voyage is on the Kilroy List 2020 and was a Bay Area Festival Finalist 2021. Cayenne has also been a Finalist for The Playwrights’ Center Core Apprenticeship two years in a row for her play Atlantic City Seagulls, 2020 and BEASTS, 2021. She has been published by Smith & Kraus and Concord Theatricals/Sam French. Cayenne is currently in The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and Company One Theatre’s Volt Lab 2022. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Boston University. For more information visit: www.cayennedouglass.com or follow Cayenne on IG: bruteful_theatre.