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Award-Winning Plays & Films

I’ve had the good fortune to be honored with a few awards for my plays.  One of my plays has also been published in a play collection.  Look for Double D  (The Best 10-Minute Plays for 2 Actors, Smith & Kraus, 2007) in bookstores.

Awards 

• The Playground - Finalist WaterWorks Theatre Festival, Live Arts Theater, Charlottesville, VA.

• The Babysitter (formerly Mr. Blandingsburg) - First Finalist Best Short Screenplay, 2023 Massachusetts Independent Film Festival.

• Teacher of the Year - Winner, Best Experimental Feature Film, 2023 Massachusetts Independent Film Festival.

• The Babysitter (formerly Mr. Blandingsburg) - First Runner Up Short Screenplay, Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival, 2022.

• The Playground - Runner Up, 2022 Kaplan Playwright Competition ($500).

• The Babysitter (formerly Mr. Blandingsburg) - Best Dramatic Short Screenplay, Woods Hole Film Festival, 2022.

• The Black Eye - Best Play (Finalist), International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, 2022.

• Teacher of the Year - Official Selection, International New York Film Festival, 2022
  Finalist:
  Best Web/TV Series

• Teacher of the Year - Official Selection, Hot Springs International Film Festival, 2022

• Teacher of the Year - Official Selection, Film Fest International London, 2021
  Finalist:
  Best Feature Film
  Best Actress (Miranda Jonté) WINNER!
  Bests Director (Jim Dalglish
  Best Set

• Teacher of the Year - 2021 Best Indie Narrative Feature, New York Neorealism Film Awards

• Lines in the Sand – 2017 International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, Nominee: Best New Play (Jim Dalglish), Best Aspect of Production (Jackie Reeves), Winner: Best Actor (Tony Travostino & Nick Bucchianeri)

• Lines in the Sand – 2017 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards, Winner: Best Original Concept of a Play

• Unsafe – Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) 2007 Award Finalists: Best New Play (Jim Dalglish), Best Actress (Anna Botsford), Promising Young Performer (Natalia & Alexandra Tsourides)

• Super-Lubricated – 2016 International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, Best Actress (Lynda Sturner)

• A Talented Woman – The Jeremiah Kaplan New Play Prize ($1,000) Eventide Arts, Dennis, MA

• A Talented Woman – (Collaboration with Lynda Sturner) Semifinalist, 2013 National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut

• Unsafe – Semifinalist, 2008 National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut

• Double D – Audience Choice Award, 2006 Turnip Play Festival, Globe Theater, New York

• Agnus Dei – Selection 2006 Boston Theater Marathon

• Super Lubricated – (Collaboration with Lynda Sturner) Selection 2006 Great Plains Theatre Conference, Omaha, Nebraska

• The Shaving Lesson – Best Play, Tidewater Play Contest 2003

• Daughter of the Regiment – Panelist’s Choice Award, 2002 Edward Albee Last Frontier Theater Festival

• The Black Eye – Best Short Play, 2001 Edward Albee Last Frontier Theater Festival

• Edge – Finalist, Tennessee Williams National One Act Play Contest

• The Brave – Selection 2000 Boston Theater Marathon
  

Publications 

• The Black Eye - The Amsterdam Review, Summer, 2014

• Double D - The Best 10-Minute Plays for 2 Actors, Smith & Kraus, 2007
  

Media Profile

A profile published in the Barnstable Patriot concerning me and my plays:

• Off Script: Talking with Jim Dalglish