On March 11, 2013 what did an artists' community located on a 400 acre estate in Saratoga Springs become designated as, who had a guest that is a playwright born in Roanoke, Virginia who began writing in elementary school, and graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts Undergraduate Film Program and Graduate Dramatic Writing Program?
Jeffrey Stanley Jeffrey Stanley (born September 3, 1967) is a playwright born in Roanoke, Virginia. He began writing in elementary school, and graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts Undergraduate Film Program and Graduate Dramatic Writing Program. He was also a guest at Yaddo, a Copeland Fellow at Amherst College, and a 2014-15 Amtrak Residency for Writers recipient. He was a 2011-12 PDC playwright-in-residence at Philadelphia's Plays and Players Theatre.
Paola Lázaro Paola Lázaro was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The young artist left Puerto Rico to study at the State University of New York at Purchase where she earned her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing (2010). She went on to earn her Masters of Fine Arts from Columbia University (2013). At the end of her final year at Columbia, she was mentored by playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis over the course of the production of her thesis play . Over the years the two have become very close, and Guirgis finds her to be a “kindred spirit,” often referring to Lázaro as his best friend. His presence has heavily influenced both her writing and her career.