PUBLICATIONS

One Bold Voice: Writing Compelling Monologues by Charlene A. Donaghy

• Craft Book – Hansen Publishing Group, NJ & NY 
  

Bones of Home and Other Plays by Charlene A. Donaghy

• Collection of Plays – Hansen Publishing Group, NJ & NY 

Clarice’s Destiny

• She Persisted, Applause Theatre & Theatre Books (2022)

Italian Now

• Best Ten-Minute Plays 2018, Smith & Krause (2019)

Sword Play

• Best American Short Plays 2014-2015 – Applause Books (2016)

White Bra with a Pink Bow

• 25 * 10-Minute Plays for Teens, Smith & Krause (2015)

Gift of an Orange

• Best American Short Plays 2011-2012 – Applause Books (2013)

Bones of Home

• Manhattan Theatre Source’s EstroGenius Festival, New York, NY (2012)

Who You Got to Believe

• Best American Short Plays, 2009-2010 – Applause Books (2011)
• Manhattan Theatre Source’s EstroGenius Festival, New York, NY (2011)

Other Publications

• Featured Publication – Fiction – In the Eye:  A Collection of Writings, Thunder-Rain Publishing, Alamogordo, NM, – Wearing Silk
• National First Runner-up – Poetry – Louisiana Literary Journal, Thibodaux, LA – Phoenix 
• National Publication – Poetry – Louisiana Literary Journal, Thibodaux, LA – Stillness:  8/29/05                          
• Regional Publication – Fiction – Mad River Literary Journal, Winsted, CT – Silent Morning

PRODUCTIONS, AWARDS, HONORS, AND OTHER SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

4 a.m. Friends

• Production – Endangered Species Theatre Project – Frederick, MD
• Production – Brownville Village Theatre – Brownville, NE
• Production – Cone Man Running Theatre – Houston, TX
• Workshop Production – Goshen Players – Goshen, CT
• Workshop Production – University of Nebraska Omaha New Ways, New Works Festival – Omaha, NE
• Staged Reading – League of Professional Theatre Women – Gracewell Productions – Waterbury, CT
• Staged Reading – Shelterbelt Theatre – Omaha, NE
• Staged Reading – Truro Playwright Collective – Truro, MA

The Quadroon and the Dove

• Broadway Option – Backers’ Audition Reading – Madison Square Productions, New York City, NY
• Dramatic Reading – Reston Players, Reston, VA (Washington, DC area)
• Dramatic Reading – Chart Production/9th Floor, New York, NY
• Developmental Production – University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
• National Partners of the American Theatre Playwriting Award – Kennedy Center ACTF Region 1 (New York City & state plus New England)
• National Finalist – Ashland, Oregon New Plays Festival; Phoenix, Arizona New Works Festival; and Houston’s Wordsmythe Play Development

Always A Line

• Production – Festival of Independent Theatre Cos – Jersey City, NJ
• Production – Tennessee Williams Theater Festival – Provincetown, MA
• Production – Warner International Playwrights Festival – Torrington, CT

Tomato

• Production – Going IT Alone – Invisible Theatre – Tucson, AZ
• Production – Five Minute Mile – Cone Man Running Productions – Houston, TX

Joanie & Freddie on Valentine’s Day

• Production – Playhouse 44 – 9 Tens on 44 – Avon, CT
• Production – Warner International Playwrights Festival – Torrington, CT

Freak Out

• Production – Staged InTent – Gracewell Productions – Ivoryton, CT
• Production – Towne Street Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
• Production – Warner International Playwrights Festival – Torrington, CT

Lifting as We Climb

• Production – League of Professional Theatre Women – NY and CT
• Production – Voices of African American Woman – Waterbury, CT

How to Fix a Broken Peacemaker

• Production – Vintage Soul Productions – New Haven, CT
• Production – Voices of African American Woman – Waterbury, CT

Italian Now

• Production – Boston Theatre Marathon, Boston Playwrights Theatre
• Production – Warner International Playwrights Festival, Torrington, CT

Sliding

• Production – Warner International Playwrights Festival, Torrington, CT
• Production – Ramapo College Festival of New Plays – Mahwah, NJ
• Production – Boston Theatre Marathon – Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston, MA
• Production – SWAN – Support Women Artists Now – New Urban Theatre Laboratory, Boston, MA
• Commissioned Piece and Production – “Will Work For…” BoCoCa Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

Sword Play

• Production – Warner International Playwrights Festival, Torrington, CT
• Production – Know Theatre Artists and Playwrights Festival, Binghamton, NY

Gift of an Orange

• Production – New Orleans Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, New Orleans, LA
• Season-opening Production – New Urban Theatre Laboratory, Boston, MA
• Winner – Nor’eastern Playwrights Showcase, Rutland, VT
• John Cauble Short Play Award National Semi-finalist  – Kennedy Center American College
• Theatre Festival, Region One, New York City & State plus New England states
• Award – One Act Play – Bottle Tree Productions, Ontario, Canada

Jingle of a Moment

• Production – Collage:  A Collection of Short Plays, Boston Playwrights Theatre
• Production – Ramapo College Festival of New Plays – Mahwah, NJ

Broken Wings on St. Maurice

• Production – Ramapo College Festival of New Plays – Mahwah, NJ
• Production – SWAN – Support Women Artists Now – New Urban Theatre Laboratory, Boston, MA
• Production – Know Theatre Artists and Playwrights Festival, Binghamton, NY

Bones of Home

• Production – Collage:  A Collection of Short Plays, Boston Playwrights Theatre
• Production, Encore – Manhattan Theatre Source’s EstroGenius Festival, New York, NY
• Production – West Coast Players, Clearwater, FL
• Production – Theatre One Play Fest, Middleboro, MA
• Staged Reading – “Sanctuary Plays”, Abingdon Theatre, New York, NY
• Regional Finalist – 10 Minute Play – Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region One, New York City & State plus New England states

White Bra with a Pink Bow

• Production – Five and Dime – New Urban Theatre Laboratory, Boston, MA
• Production – Warner International Playwrights Festival, Connecticut

Another August

• Production – Warner International Playwrights Festival – Know Theatre Producers – Torrington, CT
• Production – Know Theatre, Binghamton, NY
• National Semi-Finalist – John Cauble Short Play Award, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region One (New York City and state plus New England)
• Staged Reading – Actors Civic Theater Celebration of African-American Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
• Staged Reading – Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
• Reading with improvised music inspired by the play – Fifth Letter Productions – Studio 59, Torrington, CT

Proverbs

• Production – Five and Dime – New Urban Theatre Laboratory, Boston, MA
• Production – Puttin’ on Your Shorts 3 – Poor Mouth Theatre Company, Bronx, NY
• National Selection – New Play Development Workshop, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, IL

Who You Got to Believe

• Production – Bluegrass C&T College & Diane Evers Dancers, Lexington, KY
• Production – Kansas City Women’s Playwriting Festival, Kansas City, MO
• National Finalist – Heideman Award – Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY
• Production, Encore – Manhattan Theatre Source’s EstroGenius Festival, New York, NY
• Production – “Home is Where the Heart is” Panoply Arts Festival, Huntsville, AL
• Alternate Selection – New Play Development Workshop, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Los Angeles, CA
• Winner – 10 Minute Play and Nomination for Special Recognition – Kennedy Center American College
• Theatre Festival, Region One, New York City & State plus New England states
• Production – 10 Minute Play – West T. Hill Community Theatre, Danville, KY

Other Writings

• Production – Firehouse Theatre – Newburyport, MA – The Wrong Taxi?
• Production – Warner International Playwrights Festival – Torrington, CT – The Perfect Job
• Production – Cone Man Running Productions – Houston, TX – An Invitation to My Circus
• Production – Vintage Soul Productions – New Haven, CT – Grand Theatre Journey
• Production – Vintage Soul Productions – New Haven, CT – Under the Baby Clothes Quilt
• Production – Virtual One Act Festival – Worldwide – I Like
• Production – BostonSLAM! – Boston, MA – Everything Has a Season
• National Finalist – Full-length play – Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, LA – Trinity
• National Honorable Mention – Poetry – Asheville Writer’s Workshop, Asheville, NC – Drift