Winter, who is directing the play, believes it stands out among the productions for the 2017-2018 theatre season at the university. That sort of fused with I had been wanting to write a play about some of the injustices that go on in the military tribunal system.” I wanted to try to see if I could write a character who is a human with a disability and has their own feelings and desires and personality traits. “There’s also a tendency to kind of go the opposite direction and make the person with the disability into inspiration porn, and essentially, they only exist to uplift the other characters. “I had been wanting for a while to try to write a story about a character with disability without making the disability either demonized,” said Tatelman. “Life on the Moon” is a play about a family with an autistic daughter who will be played by Emery Foster. “Chad and James kept me supported throughout the process as I was selected for semifinalist and finalist and eventually won. “I’m honored and very happy and flattered,” said Tatelman. Playwright Anna Tatelman is a graduate student at the University of New Orleans from Washington who learned of the competition through a Facebook organization for playwrights she is a part of. I think this play is the fourth winner, so I guess we’re in our fifth year now.”
“Several years ago, I received an endowed professorship, and I used that endowment to create this contest. “Inkslinger is an international playwriting contest and is sponsored by our university, specifically the theatre program,” said Associate Professor of Acting and Directing James Winter.
The 2017 Inkslinger Playwriting Competition winner “Life on the Moon” will be presented as part of the 2017-2018 theatre season. Emery Foster practices in her role as an autistic daughter in rehearsal for the 2017 Inkslinger Playwriting Competition winner “Life on the Moon.” Annie Goodman/The Lion's Roar
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