Maddie Dennis-Yates
mdennisyates@gmail.com / 973-261-3803 / New Play Exchange
Education
Hunter College, M.F.A. Playwriting, 2025
National Theater Institute, Advanced Playwriting Diploma, 2019
George Washington University, B.A. Art History, 2015
Writers Groups/Ensembles/Residencies
First Kiss Theater Residency, 2023
Fresh Ground Pepper BRB Residency, 2021
INKubator New Play Program, Art House Productions, 2020-2021
Workshop Theater Writer’s Intensive, Winter 2021
Additional: EST/Youngblood Finalist, 2023-2024
Selected Plays: Full-Length
Swimmer
Reading (dir. Taylor Reynolds), Hunter College M.F.A. First Year Roundtable Series, 2024
Vanessa the Miracle Girl
Semifinalist, Fault Line Theater, Irons in the Fire, 2024
Reading (dir. Tara Ahmadinejad), First Kiss Theater, 2023
We’re Just Redoing the Kitchen
Semifinalist, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, National Playwrights Conference, 2023
Semifinalist, Bay Area Playwrights’ Festival, 2023
Reading (dir. Kat Yen), INKubator New Play Program, Art House Productions, 2021
Second Round Selection, Austin Film Festival Playwriting Competition, 2021
this is not the reunion
Production, North Central College, 2024
Reading (dir. Caitlin Durkin), Historically Close Friends, 2023
Workshop reading (dir. Emily Newmark), Milwaukee Repertory Theater, 2023
Writers group workshop, Workshop Theater Writer’s Intensive, 2021
Commission*, Stagefemmes, Kenyon College, 2020
*Production canceled due to COVID-19. Workshop took place.
Untitled Mary Rogers Play
Commission, reading (dir. Seonjae Kim), Art House Productions, 2022
An Absolutely Gorgeous Room
Residency workshop, Fresh Ground Pepper BRB Residency, 2021
Other Related Experience
Academic Advisor, Department of Music & Performing Arts Professions, Steinhardt School at NYU, 2024-present
Selection Committee Member, INKubator New Play Program, 2022
Mentor & Committee Member, Creative Careers Accelerator (Dramatic Writing Cohort), New York University, 2022
Reader and Dramaturg, Young Playwrights Festival, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, 2022
Reader, Athena Project Plays in Progress, 2021
Reader, National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, 2020
Mentor, NOMADS New Play Festival, Columbia University, 2020
Literary Intern & Script Assistant, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, 2019
Literary Intern, Abingdon Theatre Company, 2015