In 1990, she came to Seattle for The Group Theatre's Multicultural Playwrights Festival, where she won the opportunity to workshop her play, Before It Hits Home. That play went on to be produced at Arena Stage. On June 12, 1991, her play Jar the Floor had its world premiere at Seattle's The Empty Space Theater.[1] In 1999, she relocated to Seattle.
She won a National Endowment for the Arts Playwrighting Award for 1995–96. Also making a successful foray into film, her play Before It Hits Home has been optioned by Spike Lee; and she has been asked to pen a film adaptation for Home Box Office and write an original screenplay for Paramount Studios. She had been commissioned to write a dramatic adaptation of Richard Wright's 1940 novel Native Son.
A film version of her play Holiday Heart premiered on Showtime in 2000, starring Ving Rhames and Alfre Woodard.
Before It Hits HomeSusan Smith Blackburn Prize Co-winner, 1990, AUDELCO Award for Outstanding Play, 1991, Helen Hayes Charles McArthur Award Winner, Outstanding New Play, 1992
Jar the Floor, Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Best Play, 1995
^Lawless, Katherine (March 24, 2022). "'Something Happened in Our Town' Wonders How to Talk to Kids About Racism". Minnesota Monthly. Greenspring Media. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
cheryl, west, also, outrageous, fortune, character, cheryl, west, born, october, 1965, chicago, american, playwright, contents, life, awards, works, plays, teleplays, references, external, linkslife, editwest, holds, degree, from, university, illinois, champai. See also Cheryl West Outrageous Fortune character Cheryl L West born October 23 1965 Chicago is an American playwright Contents 1 Life 2 Awards 3 Works 3 1 Plays 3 2 Teleplays 4 References 5 External linksLife EditWest holds a degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana She worked as a social worker and taught before turning to playwriting In 1990 she came to Seattle for The Group Theatre s Multicultural Playwrights Festival where she won the opportunity to workshop her play Before It Hits Home That play went on to be produced at Arena Stage On June 12 1991 her play Jar the Floor had its world premiere at Seattle s The Empty Space Theater 1 In 1999 she relocated to Seattle She won a National Endowment for the Arts Playwrighting Award for 1995 96 Also making a successful foray into film her play Before It Hits Home has been optioned by Spike Lee and she has been asked to pen a film adaptation for Home Box Office and write an original screenplay for Paramount Studios She had been commissioned to write a dramatic adaptation of Richard Wright s 1940 novel Native Son A film version of her play Holiday Heart premiered on Showtime in 2000 starring Ving Rhames and Alfre Woodard In 2012 the Seattle Repertory Theatre premiered her play Pullman Porter Blues In 2017 the Pasadena Playhouse premiered her play Shout Sister Shout Awards EditBefore It Hits Home Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Co winner 1990 AUDELCO Award for Outstanding Play 1991 Helen Hayes Charles McArthur Award Winner Outstanding New Play 1992 Jar the Floor Beverly Hills Hollywood NAACP Best Play 1995Works EditPlays Edit Before It Hits Home 1991 Before It Hits Home Dramatists Play Service Inc 1999 ISBN 978 0 8222 1322 2 Jar the Floor Dramatists Play Service Inc 2002 ISBN 978 0 8222 1809 8 Puddin n Pete 1993 Holiday Heart 1994 Play On 1997 Birdie Blue 2005 2 Rejoice Addy An American Girl Story Blues to the Bone Elocutia Does Pygmalion Pullman Porter Blues 2012 3 Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy Squeeze Hold Release Basketcases Mwindo Akeelah and the Bee Shout Sister Shout 2017 Lady Jazz Last Stop on Market Street The Watsons Go to Birmingham Fannie 2019 Something Happened in Our Town 2022 4 Teleplays Edit Diary of a Single Mom 1 episode 2009 Life Raft 2009 TV episode writer Glitter 2001 story Holiday Heart 2000 TV teleplay Play On 2000 TV writer References Edit Jar the Floor at Seattle Repertory Theatre Douglas Singleton THEATER REVIEWS Birdie Blue by Cheryl L West The L Magazine July 6 2005 Review Seattle Times Lawless Katherine March 24 2022 Something Happened in Our Town Wonders How to Talk to Kids About Racism Minnesota Monthly Greenspring Media Retrieved 2022 04 09 External links EditCheryl L West at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cheryl West amp oldid 1146015701, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
