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The critically acclaimed solo play had a sold-out run with extended performances at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Playwright and performer Priyanka Shetty has been awarded the prestigious Scotsman Fringe First Award for outstanding new writing for her solo play #CHARLOTTESVILLE at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The award, presented by actress Miriam Margolyes, is the longest-running and most coveted theatre honor at the Fringe. Past winners include Billy Connolly,

Priyanka Shetty's solo play # CHARLOTTESVILLE will premiere at Washington,   D.C.’s Keegan Theatre  from March 22-April 13, 2025. The production will be directed by Yury Urnov, a 2024 Tony Award winner as co-artistic director of the Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater (Best Regional Theater). Urnov’s prodigious directing credits include My Mama and The Full-Scale Invasion , winner of the 2024 Helen Hayes Award for the best theater production in Washington DC.   Written and performed

Priyanka performs #CHARLOTTESVILLE alongside Roger Guenveur Smith’s Otto Frank at a special Performance Symposium at DePaul University....

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