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Lee Nowell is a professional playwright and director who focuses on new work.
Her plays have been presented at Actor's Express (ALBATROSS; PAPER HOUSE; OBSESSION), Georgia Public Broadcasting (BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT: THE TROY DAVIS PROJECT), Theatre in the Square (URBAN FAIRYTALE), Horizon Theatre (BLUE ANGELS WEEKEND), 7Stages (PREACHER FROM THE BLACK LAGOON; THE COMMISSION), Ex Somnium (HOW TO SURVIVE BEING HUMAN), Synchronicity Theatre (BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT: THE TROY DAVIS PROJECT), Play West (BLUE ANGELS WEEKEND; THE COMMISSION), and Found Stages (AND CAULDRON BUBBLE). She has adjudicated plays for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Council and has served as a judge for the Governor's Honors Program. Ms. Nowell is also in the vanguard of the Salon Theatre movement in Atlanta. The productions she has directed have garnered critical acclaim, including being named one of the Top Ten Productions of the Year by the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION. Ms. Nowell has directed for the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, 7Stages, Synchronicity Theatre, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Essential Theatre, and barking dog theatre. She is an Artistic Associate at Synchronicity Theatre. She is the recipient of two Inverness Playwriting Awards, three Turner New Voices in the Works Grants, two NEA Grants, and has been nominated for The List, a Jennie Award, two Suzi Bass Awards, Best Play of the Year by Atlanta Theatre Fans, and an NEA Distinguished New Play Development Award.

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LISTEN: Kristian Bush and Phillip DePoy Talk Alliance Theatre's DARLIN' CORY on THE BROADWAY GINGER PODCAST


The Alliance Theatre’s world premiere of DARLIN' CORY has brought Sugarland frontman Kristian Bush and prolific playwright/novelist Phillip DePoy together to write this Appalachian myth a la HADESTOWN.

Synchronicity Theatre Announces Schedule Changes to MIRANDY AND BROTHER WIND & BLUE ANGELS WEEKEND


Synchronicity Theatre's production of Mirandy and Brother Wind will now run from March 12 to April 4, 2021. The production will fill the spot once belonging to Lee Nowell's Blue Angels Weekend which will now be presented in an online workshop format with demonstrated scenes and interaction with the cast, director and playwright, in February 2021.

Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre Announces 23rd Season


Synchronicity Theatre's 2020-2021 Season, opening October 5, 2020, will feature hybrid 'In the Theatre' and 'On the Screen' formats to reach more audiences and provide socially-distanced opportunities to view smart, gutsy, bold theatre whenever possible.

Found Stages Hosts Reading of Lee Nowell Play at Dunwoody Nature Center


Found Stages and Dunwoody Nature Center are joining to present the forth play in the second annual 'Wine & Reading Series,'  Lee Nowell's And Cauldron Bubble on Sunday,  August 11th.  

The 8th Annual Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival


The 8th Annual Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) returns to for its 8th year, in partnership with Actor's Express. The 8th Annual Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival runs two performances only; July 28 & 29 at 8 PM. All performances are at Actor's Express (887 W Marietta St NW). Tickets, priced at $20, are available at actors-express.com

Found Stages Launches Second Wine & Reading Series At Dunwoody Nature Center


Found Stages and Dunwoody Nature Center are partnering to present a six-month 'Wine & Reading Series' of new plays by nationally known playwrights who call Atlanta home.

Celise Kalke Selected To Be Managing Director Of Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre


The members of the Board of Directors of Synchronicity Theatre are pleased to announce that Celise Kalke has been selected to be the Company's new Managing Director. Her official start date will be October 22, 2018.

Photo Flash: Inside Synchronicity Theatre's 18-19 Season Kick-Off Party


The lush, green gardens, and the beautiful Ansley Park home of Jane Harmon and Mikell Jones, served as the backdrop for Synchronicity Theatre's Season Kick-Off Party launching its 21st season of smart, gutsy, bold theatre on August 22.

Synchronicity Theatre's Lee Nowell To Step Down As Managing Director


On June 30, 2018, Lee Nowell will step down as Managing Director of Synchronicity Theatre. Ms. Nowell, an acclaimed and award-winning playwright, is leaving the position in order to fully-commit and focus on a variety of creative projects. Beginning July 1, 2018, Virginia (Gin) Nugent will serve as Interim Managing Director, and will temporarily assume Ms. Nowell's roles and responsibilities. She will not be a candidate for the permanent position. An official search for a full-time Managing Director will begin in mid-July 2018.

Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre To Produce Jennifer Barclay's RIPE FRENZY


Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre will produce the rolling premiere of Jennifer Barclay's new play, Ripe Frenzy. The winner of the 2016 NNPN Smith Prize for Political Theatre, Ripe Frenzy tells the story of a mass shooting in a small American town. Told from multiple points of view, and through the lens of Thornton Wilder's classic play, Our Town, Barclay examines all sides of a tragedy that has ruptured the spirit a once idyllic community. Performances run from April 13 to May 6, 2018.

Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre to present 2018 SHEWRITES New Play Festival


In association with the Playwrights' Center of Minneapolis and Atlanta's Working Title Playwrights, Synchronicity Theatre will present SheWrites, a national playwriting competition for women, February 12 23, 2018 at Synchronicity Theatre in Atlanta. The plays that will be workshopped this year are Medica by Daryl Lisa Fazio, Romeo & Naomi Ramirez by Kathryn Walat, and Hands of Color by Kimberly Monks. Tickets to public readings are free, but reservations are required. For more information, please visit synchrotheatre.com or call 404-484-8636.

Synchronicity Theatre to Produce Stage Adaptation of THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE


Synchronicity Theatre will present Dwayne Hartford's stage adaptation of Kate DiCamillo's The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, about a vain porcelain rabbit who learns how to love. Performances run from February 2 to February 25, 2018 and are suitable for children age three and up. For tickets or more information, please visit synchrotheatre.com or call 404-484-8636.

Synchronicity Theatre Announces Winners of 2017-18 'STRIPPED BARE' Project


Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre has announced the three works that will be produced as part of this season's Stripped Bare: Arts Incubator Project.

Kate Hamill's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, Jennifer Barclay's RIPE FRENZY and More Set for Synchronicity Theatre's 20th Season


True to its mission, Synchronicity Theatre's 20th Anniversary Season will feature the voices of women playwrights and provide new opportunities to uplift the voices of women and girls.

Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre Surpasses Three-Year $475,000 Capital Campaign Goal


???????June 30th, 2017 marked the end of Synchronicity Theatre's three-year-long Transition Campaign to provide for renovations, underwrite facility start-up costs, and sustain ongoing operations for its first-ever permanent performance space.

Kate Hamill's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, Jennifer Barclay's RIPE FRENZY and More Set for Synchronicity Theatre's 20th Season


True to its mission, Synchronicity Theatre's 20th Anniversary Season will feature the voices of women playwrights and provide new opportunities to uplift the voices of women and girls.

Synchronicity Theatre to Stage Regional Debut of Danai Gurira's ECLIPSED


Synchronicity Theatre will present the regional premiere of Danai Gurira's historic Eclipsed, which tracks the lives of five Liberian women and their tales of survival near the end of the Second Liberian Civil War.

Lauren Gunderson's Bluegrass Musical THE HEATH Gets Workshop at Synchronicity Theatre


Synchronicity Theatre will present a workshop production of Lauren Gunderson's bluegrass musical The Heath on May 4 and 5, 2017 at 8 pm.

Announcing the Winners of Synchronicity Theatre's New Arts Incubator Project, STRIPPED BARE


On January 30, 2017, Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre launched a test-run of Stripped Bare, a new arts incubator project that gives artists a space to create and produce new work. Designed for early-career artists, Stripped Bare focuses on projects that emphasize words and ideas, with minimal technical elements. For this first year, the program was available by invitation only. Invitations were sent to Atlanta-based artists who had at least one paid professional credit, but had not originated or created more than five professional projects. They were asked to submit proposals. Two winning projects were selected:

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