Press Releases

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​Press Release: Everyman Theatre Announces 2021-2022 Season; World Premiere of Behold, A Negress by Jacqueline E. Lawton

Tantrum Theater Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant to Support New Play by Jacqueline E. Lawton​

Jacqueline E. Lawton Premieres New Play as Part of Flash Acts Festival
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PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents the World Premiere of Edges of Time​

Artist Soapbox Interviews Jacqueline E. Lawton about Her Play, ARDEO and Narrative Medicine

​Artist Soapbox Interviews Jacqueline E. Lawton about Her New Play, XIX 

Jacqueline E. Lawton's Poem Featured in Virtual Event For Reproductive Justice

Jacqueline E. Lawton Included in List of 7 Talented Contemporary Playwrights

Jacqueline E. Lawton's Edges of Time to Receive World Premiere production at PlayMakers Repertory Company

Jacqueline E. Lawton's Noms de Guerre to be Featured as Part of PlayMakers Repertory Company's Making Tracks: A New Play Festival

​Jacqueline E. Lawton's Noms de Guerre to Be Featured as part of True Colors Theatre Company's Annual Spring Play Reading Series

Jacqueline E. Lawton Receives a Junior Faculty Award from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Arena Stage Announces Casting for Jacqueline E. Lawton's Intelligence

Intelligence by Jacqueline E. Lawton to Receive World Premiere at Arena Stage

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Takes Part in Climate Change Theatre Action

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Takes Part in The Every 28 Hours Plays

Jacqueline E. Lawton Selected for Center Stage's 2015-2016 Playwrights Collective

ARDEO, a New Play by Jacqueline E. Lawton Receives Kenan Creative Collaboratory Grant

Two Plays Jacqueline E. Lawton Featured as Part of American Theater Company's 10 x 10 Festival

Noms de Guerre by Jacqueline E. Lawton  Selected as Part of WAM Theatre's Fresh Takes

Jacqueline Lawton and Jules Odendahl-James Speak about Theatre for Social Justice as part of ARTerveners Social Justice Art Conference

Jacqueline E. Lawton Serves as Panelists on TYA/SA's Diversity and TYA: Action Steps for a Bright Future Professionl Development Webinar

Jacqueline E. Lawton to Join Faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill and serves as Dramaturg at PlayMakers Rep

Rep Stage presents a Reading of Noms de Guerre by Jacqueline E. Lawton

Florida International University Presents a Staged Reading of Jacqueline E. Lawton's The Hampton Years at GableStage 

Jacqueline Lawton to Co-produce Advocates for Youth's Out of Silence: Abortion Play from the 1 in 3 Campaign

The Wizard of Oz adapted by Jacqueline E. Lawton Receives World Premiere Production

Noms de Guerre by Jacqueline E. Lawton to be Featured as part of Pasadena Playhouse's 2014-2015 HOTHOUSE Reading Series

Jacqueline E. Lawton Facilitates "Stepping Toward Racial Equity" Workshop with Dance Exchange at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Jacqueline E. Lawton Joins Dance Exchange for 2014 Summer Institute

Jacqueline E. Lawton to Serve as Guest Dramaturg during Penumbra Theatre's 2014-2015 Season

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Serves as Consultant on the Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series Exhibit at The Phillips Collection

Jacqueline E. Lawton to Serve as Dramaturg at the 2014 Kennedy Center New Visions/New Voices Festival

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton To Takes Part in Dramatist Guild of America Workshop

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Takes Part in "Writing Our History" panel at The Shakespeare Theatre Company

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Discusses Race and Representation: The Impact of Stereotypes in the American Theatre

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Serves as Lead Artist at the National Civil War Project Conference co-hosted by Arena Stage and George Washington University

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton to Lead Post Show Discussion of Insurrection: Holding History at Georgetown University

James Madison University CVPA’s Diversity Council selects Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton to serve as the 2013/14 Cultural Connection Artist-in-Residence for the School of Theater and Dance

Jacqueline E. Lawton to serve as Dramaturg at the 2014 Humana Festival of New Plays

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Takes Part in The Summit, An In-Depth Exploration of D.C. Theater in Three Acts at Arena Stage, Moderated by Washington Post Theatre Critic Peter Marks

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton to Participate in Black Theatre Symposium at Georgetown University

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Discusses the Role and Impact of Women in Theatre

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Joins Dance Exchange in a Conversation around Racial Equity and the Power of the Arts

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Receives Commission for the National Symphony Orchestra's 2014 In Your Neighborhood Program

D.C. Playwrights Randy Baker and Jacqueline E. Lawton selected as Finalists for 2014 Source Festival Full-Length Plays

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Selected as Team Member for Theatre Communication Group/EMCArts Innovation Lab for Arts Development Agencies

Finals, Touchdowns, and Barrel Kicks by Jacqueline E. Lawton Published by Vintage Books

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Collaborates with Dance Exchange on the Rachel Carson Project

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Participates in Theatre Symposium at Howard University

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Pens Script for 2013 Mayor's Arts Awards

The Hampton Years by Jacqueline E. Lawton Featured at Hampton University Museum's Homecoming Celebration

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Facilitates Breakout Session at Forum Theatre's Town Hall on Diversity and Inclusion in Theatre

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton Facilitates Artist as Activist Discussion at Woolly Mammoth's Trayvon Martin Town Hall Event

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton joins the Advisory Board of African Continuum Theatre Company

Noms de Guerre by Jacqueline E. Lawton to be featured as part of Arena Stage's 2013/14 Kogod Cradle Series

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton returns as mentor for VSA's 2013 Playwrights Discovery Award Program

Jacqueline E. Lawton makes Guest Appearance on The No Rules Show

The Hampton Years featured as part of Operation Understanding DC's Benefit Fundraiser

Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton speaks with Footlights DC about The Hampton Years

Jacqueline Lawton discusses Gender Parity in American Theatre at the Hub Theatre's New Play Festival

Jacqueline E. Lawton Discusses Arts Education vs. Job Training at Public Universities on The Education Town Hall Radio Show

D.C. Playwrights DW Gregory and Jacqueline E. Lawton Attend Playwrights Weekend

Jacqueline E. Lawton selected as a TCG's 2013 Online Conference Curator

Love Brothers Serenade by Jacqueline E. Lawton selected as 2013 O'Neill Conference Semifinalist

Theater J presents a reading of The Hampton Years by Jacqueline E. Lawton at The Phillips Collection

Jacqueline E. Lawton discusses Race and Gender in the American Theatre at BCA's and Company One's XX PLAYLAB Festival 

Our Man Beverly Snow by Jacqueline E. Lawton selected as part of Gettysburg College's New Play Festival

The Hampton Years by Jacqueline E. Lawton to Receive Readings at Theatre Ariel and NMAJH

Jacqueline E. Lawton Selected for Inaugural Playwrights' Arena Program

Introducing the Cast of Theater J's World Premiere Production of The Hampton Years by Jacqueline E. Lawton

Our Man Beverly Snow by Jacqueline E. Lawton to Receive Reading at Active Cultures Diving Board Reading Series

Jacqueline E. Lawton Takes Part in an Australian-American Playwright Smackdown

Jacqueline E. Lawton Receives National New Play Network Commission for National Showcase

Jacqueline E. Lawton Appears at Narrator in Washington Savoyard's Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Hampton Years by Jacqueline E. Lawton to Receive Tea@Two Reading at Theater J

Jacqueline E. Lawton discusses Life of a Playwright at Round House Theatre

The Hampton Years by Jacqueline E. Lawton to Receive Reading at the Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage Festival

Jacqueline E. Lawton discusses Black-Jewish Relationships at ATHE's annual conference

Jacqueline E. Lawton honored with TCG 2012 Young Leader of Color Award

Jacqueline E. Lawton presents The Hampton Years at Howard University's James a Porter Colloquium

The Hampton Years by Jacqueline E. Lawton receives World Premiere

Jacqueline E. Lawton addresses the State of New Plays

Jacqueline E. Lawton discusses Gender Parity in Theatre

Jacqueline E. Lawton discusses the State of the DC Playwright