Zina Camblin

Zina Camblin

Guest Keynote Speaker

Thursday, June 14 at 7:30pm 

 Zina Camblin, completed the playwrighting program at The Juilliard School under Marsha Norman and Christopher Durang, as a part of the Juilliard Playwrighting Fellowship. While at Juilliard, she received the Lecomte du Nouy Prize for playwrighting. Her play, “ And Her Hair Went With Her,” was selected as part of Lincoln Centers Directors Lab play reading series. The play was optioned for a New York production when it caught the attention of actress Whoopi Goldberg. In addition, “ And Her Hair Went With Her,” had successful readings at The Culture Project, and the Tribeca Theater Festival, and has been produced by theaters around the country including, The Phoenix Theater in Indianapolis, New Jersey Repertory Theater, Horizon Theater in Atlanta, The Fountain Theater in Los Angeles, and the Unicorn Theater in Kansas City. Her television credits include development projects with both Meryl Poster at NBC and Sheen/Estevez Productions at Warner Bros, and being on the writing staff of the BET show, “Let’s Stay Together,” produced by Queen Latifah. She is currently on the faculty at Northwestern Universty in the RTVF department where she had developed several courses incuding writing stand-up and comedic storytelling, and LGBTQIA characters in television and theater. She is a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists and has performed in several live comedy and storytelling events including Tru Theater, The Kates, and You’re Being Ridiculous. Her newest play, “The Guest” has had workshops at Rogue Machine Theater in LA, Chicago Dramatists, and Ensemble Theater in Cincinnati. She is currently in development discussions on adapting the play for television. She is represented by Creative Artist Agency and was recenty featured in Variety Magazine as one of the top ten entertainment educators in the country.