Val Dunn
Val Dunn is a writer/deviser who creates plays, zines, and radical queer joy. Her work possesses a strong sense of place and tackles issues of class, dykehood, depression, and community while pushing against the limitations of form. Plays: O, POSSUM!; DOWN IN THE HOLLER; CARROLL COUNTY FIX; NOW MORE THAN EVER; JOHNNY DEPP: A RETROSPECTIVE ON LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM. Val’s writing has been presented at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philly Theatre Week, Philly SoLow Fest, You Can’t Fail @ Tattooed Mom, The Museum of the American Revolution, and (upcoming) Trustus Theatre. She is a member playwright of InterAct Theatre Company's Core Playwrights and Azuka Theatre’s New Pages. Val’s work has been supported by Play Penn, the Orchard Project, Signal Fire, Centrum Arts, the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, SANDBOX, University of the Arts, and Washington College.
Awarded Grants
2021
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
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Overview
Val Dunn will create a free digital library of contemporary queer monologues, scenes, and full-length plays. The library will provide a free resource for young queer theatre artists and will also make queer scripts more visible to producing entities. 50 playwrights, both regionally and nationally, will be asked and paid to contribute their work to the library while other can self-select to have their work included.