Selina Fillinger Explained

Selina Fillinger is an American playwright, TV writer, and screenwriter.[1]

Early life and education

Fillinger was born in Berkeley, California.[2] She is Jewish.[3] When she was three her family moved to Eugene, Oregon, where she grew up. She went to South Eugene High School before attending Northwestern University, where she studied acting and playwriting.[4] [5] While at Northwestern she received the first Judith Barlow Prize, an annual student award given to work inspired by a historic female playwright.[6] She was one of three playwrights selected for Northwestern's Agnes Nixon Playwriting Festival, two years in a row.[7]

Career

During her senior year at Northwestern, Fillinger was commissioned by two local theaters, Northlight Theatre and Sideshow Theatre.[8] [9] Her play Faceless was produced at Northlight in January 2017 and was Fillinger's first professional production, opening only six months after she graduated.[10] Her Sideshow commission, Something Clean, premiered at the Roundabout Underground in New York in 2019 and opened in Chicago a few months later.[11]

Her play, premiered on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre in 2022, making Fillinger, at 28, one of the youngest playwrights to be produced on Broadway.[12] POTUS was originally in talks to be staged in the 2020 Broadway season, but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] Susan Stroman directed the production, which starred Julie White, Vanessa Williams, Rachel Dratch, Lilli Cooper, Lea Delaria, Suzy Nakamura, and Julianne Hough.[14] POTUS was the third most produced play of 2023, including productions at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, and Arena Stage.[15]

In 2022 Fillinger joined Apple TV+’s The Morning Show as a staff writer on the third season.[16]

Awards and honors

While still a student, Fillinger won the Agnes Nixon Festival and the Judith Barlow Prize. In 2019, her play Something Clean received the Laurents/Hatcher Award and her play Cinched/Strapped won the Williamstown Theatre Festival L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award.[17] [18] POTUS made the 2019 Kilroys' List and the Broadway production was nominated for three Tony Awards.[19] [20] Fillinger has been a Hawthornden Fellow and a resident of McCarter's Sallie B. Goodman Artist's Retreat.[21]

Works

Theater

Television

Notes and References

  1. News: Ramirez . Alicia . Interview: Selina Fillinger and Susan Stroman Are Broadway's Not-So-Secret Comedy Weapon . 17 November 2023 . Theater Mania . 6 May 2022.
  2. News: Hurwitt . Sam . Impulsive president in 'POTUS' is purely fictional — honest . 17 November 2023 . The Mercury News . 21 September 2023.
  3. News: Newmark . Judith . Two Muslim women - and the third woman behind their story . 17 November 2023 . St. Louis Post Dispatch . 18 January 2018.
  4. News: Keefer . Bob . Headed for the Great White Way . 17 November 2023 . Eugene Weekly . 14 April 2022.
  5. News: Roundabout Theater . Something Clean: Interview with Selina Fillinger . 17 November 2023 . Roundabout Theater . 8 May 2019.
  6. News: First Judith Barlow Prize Goes to Selina Fillinger for 'Machinal'-Inspired One-Act . 17 November 2023 . American Theatre . 14 April 2015.
  7. News: Hopper . Darby . Northwestern student's original play on terrorism to premiere at Northlight Theatre . 17 November 2023 . The Daily Northwestern . 24 February 2016.
  8. News: Moore . Jillian . Playwright Selina Fillinger discusses creative journey as a writer for theatre, screen . 17 November 2023 . The Daily Northwestern . 5 November 2023.
  9. News: Musbach . Julie . Sideshow And Rivendell Theatre Present SOMETHING CLEAN . 17 November 2023 . Broadway World . 16 May 2019.
  10. News: Greene . Morgan . Selina Fillinger goes from student to Northlight playwright inside a year . 17 November 2023 . The Chicago Tribune . 25 January 2017.
  11. News: The Creators of 'Something Clean' on Crafting a Play for the Chicago Audience . 17 November 2023 . Rebellious Magazine . 11 June 2019.
  12. News: Ramirez . Alicia . Interview: Selina Fillinger and Susan Stroman Are Broadway's Not-So-Secret Comedy Weapon . 17 November 2023 . Theater Mania . 6 May 2022.
  13. News: Gioia . Michael . At 28, Selina Fillinger Is Writing for Both Broadway and TV's 'The Morning Show' : 'It's Been Wild' . 17 November 2023 . People Magazine . 25 July 2022.
  14. News: Lee Lenker . Maureen . POTUS on Broadway is a foulmouthed political funhouse farce . 17 November 2023 . Entertainment Weekly . 2 May 2022.
  15. News: Offscript: Heidi Schreck and Selina Fillinger, Women on Top . 17 November 2023 . American Theatre . 20 October 2023.
  16. News: Gioia . Michael . At 28, Selina Fillinger Is Writing for Both Broadway and TV's 'The Morning Show' : 'It's Been Wild' . 17 November 2023 . People Magazine . 25 July 2022.
  17. News: Wild . Stephi . SOMETHING CLEAN Receives 2019 Laurents / Hatcher Foundation Award . 17 November 2023 . Broadway World . 7 February 2019.
  18. News: Williamstown Theatre Festival: Programs & Initiatives . 17 November 2023 . Williamstown Theatre Festival.
  19. News: POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are 7 Women Trying to Keep Him Alive . 17 November 2023 . The Kilroys' List.
  20. News: Stewart . Alison . Tony Awards Preview: 'POTUS' . 17 November 2023 . WNYC . 10 June 2022.
  21. News: 'POTUS' launches 38th season for Mad Horse Theatre Company . 17 November 2023 . The Sun Journal . 22 September 2023.
  22. News: Hess . Amanda . The playwright making a farce of the patriarchy . 17 November 2023 . The New York Times . 22 April 2022.
  23. News: Clement . Olivia . Roundabout to Present World Premiere of Selina Fillinger's Something Clean . 17 November 2023 . Playbill . 29 August 2018.
  24. News: Webb . Stephi . THE ARMOR PLAYS: CINCHED AND STRAPPED Comes to Theatre Three . 17 November 2023 . Broadway World . 28 May 2019.
  25. News: Jones . Chris . 'Faceless': Much to like in this young writer's courtroom drama . 17 November 2023 . Chicago Tribune . 6 February 2017.

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