making it happen through hard work and sheer dream power!
<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt; margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Futura Condensed"">Lori Fischer is the “2008 New York University Harry Kondoleon Graduate Award in Playwriting” recipient and a 2008-09 Dramatists Guild Fellow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She is also the author of the critically acclaimed musical <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Barbara’s Blue Kitchen</i>, which played Off-Broadway at The Lamb’s Theatre in 2006 and was published by Samuel French in 2007.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Her work has been seen at the 2007 and 2008 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, the 2007 Stonestreet Film Festival, the 2005 RipFest Film Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse and The Adirondack Theatre Festival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Lori received her M.F.A. from N.Y.U.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Her short film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Dottie’s Thanksgiving Pickle</i> starring Olympia Dukakis, Nancy Opel and Joey Collins was released last spring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Currently, Lori teaches “Writing Great Characters” and “Writing the One Person Show” through NYU SCPS for more info go to:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>www.lorifischer.net <o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->