MICHELLE KHOLOS BROOKS (Playwright) Michelle Kholos Brooks is an award-winning playwright with productions staged internationally. Awards and distinctions include the Susan Glaspell Award for Hitler’s Tasters, the Riva Shiner Comedy Award for Kalamazoo, co-written by Kelly Younger. Hitler’s Tasters was also named Best of Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Stage Magazine, and the filmed stage version of Hitler’s Tasters was named as a Must-Watch by the L.A. Times. Hostage was a finalist for the Woodward/Newman Drama Award, The Fratti-Newman Political Play Contest and a Showcase finalist for the National New Play Network. Chair received second place in the Firehouse Theatre Festival of New American Plays.

Plays have been produced and/or developed at the Skylight Theatre (World Premier, Hostage) Centenary Stage (World Premier, Hitler’s Tasters), Pacific Resident Theatre, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Bloomington Playwright’s Project (Rolling World Premier, Kalamazoo), The Colony Theatre (World Premier, Family Planning) Florida Repertory Theatre, Boston Court Theatre, The Road Theatre Company, Wordsmyth Theatre, The Barrow Group, Bay Street Theatre, Venue 9 Theatre, Wings Theatre, Laurel Grove Theatre Company, Drama West, Vox Humana Theatre Ensemble, iTheatre Collaborative, New Light Theatre Project, 59E59th St. Theatre, Olive Theatre; Greenside at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Adobe Rose Theatre and the Electric Lodge.

Publications include Dramatists Play Service, Room literary magazine and The Daily Beast.

Brooks earned a B.A. from Emerson College and an M.F.A. in Fiction from Otis College of Art and Design. She is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America, The Playwright’s Center and Pacific Resident Theatre. In addition, she is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. www.MichelleKholosBrooks.com

WHATS UP FORT WORTH, 11/12/21 

INCLUSION IN EVENTS ROUND-UP: “Stage West Theatre celebrates Veterans with War Words” 

BEAT, 11/11/21 

REVIEW BY ROBERT MASSIMI: “WAR WORDS” 

THE PHILADELPHIA CITIZEN, 11/11/21 

FEATURE: “War Words - This Veterans Day, Philly’s InterAct Theatre is among seven U.S. venues to stage a play culled from real vets’ stories about life in, and after, service to our country” 

TIMES SQUARE CHRONICLES, 11/11/21 

EVENT COVERAGE: “War Words…Shit Happens, And Then You Drive On” 

CALENDAR.TIME.LY, 11/10/21 

FEATURED CALNDAR LISTING: “War Words” 

NBC MIAMI, 11/10/21 

TV FEATURE: “‘War Words' in Miami Brings Experiences of Veterans to the Stage. Playwright Michelle Kholos Brooks based the play on her conversations with veterans” 

SYRACUSE.EDU, 11/9/21 

FEATURED CAENDAR LISTING: “Events for November 9, 2021” 

LAIST, 11/8/21 

INCLUSION IN EVENTS ROUND-UP: “The Best Things To Do In LA And SoCal This Week: Nov. 8 - 11”

WAER NEWS, 11/8/21 

NEWS FEATURE: “The Words of Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans Make-up Moving Stage Play Presented in Syracuse Tuesday Night” 

BROADWAY TO VEGAS, 11/7/21 

INCLSUON IN EVENTS ROUND-UP: “War Words is a fully produced Staged Reading In honor of Veterans' Day taking place…” 

CULTURE SHOCK MIAMI 11/7/21 

NEWS FEATURE: “War Words by Michelle Kholos Brooks Presented by the Arsht Center and City Theatre” 

BERKSHIRE FINE ARTS, 11/6/21 

NEWS FEATURE: “War Words - What Does 'Thank You for Your Service' Really Mean” 

ISLANDER MEDIA GROUP, 11/6/21 

NEWS FEATURE: “One Night Show ’War Words' Playing this Wednesday” 

BROADWAY RADIO, 11/5/221 

STREAMING RADIO INTERVIEW: “Special Episode: Michelle Kholos Brooks on Seeking Out Service Members with ‘War Words’” 

NNY 360, 11/5/21 

NEWS FEATURE: “Syracuse Stage to present reading of play based on experiences of Iraq, Afghanistan veterans” 

AARP, 11/1/21 

EVENT LISTING: “War Worlds, Knight Concert Hall” 

ALL EVENTS, 10/29/21 

EVENT LISTING: “War Words: A Veterans Day Celebration” 

CULTURE MAP, 10/30/21 

EVENT LISTING: “Stage West Theatre presents War Words” 

BROADWAYWORLD, 10/29/21 

NEWS ANNOUNCMENTL: “Syracuse Stage Honors Veterans With A Reading Of Pulitzer Prize Nominated Play 'War Words,' based on the real life experiences of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.” 

DATES CLOUD, 10/29/21 

EVENT LISTING: “War Words” 

NEAR SOUTHSIDE CALENDAR, 10/29/21 

CALENDAR LISTING: “War Words” 

WHAT’S UP FORT WORTH, 10/29/21 

EVENT LISTING: “War Words” 

THEATER PIZZAZZ, 10/28/21 

NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT: “War Words to Honor Veteran’s Day” 

NBD MEDIA, 10/27/21 

MICHELLE KHOLOS BROOKS RADIO PODCAST: “War Words Pulitzer Nominee” 

MIAMI AND BEACHES, 10/27/21 

EVENT LISTING: “War Words” 

WWNY TV, 10/27/21 

NEWS ANNOUNCMENT: “Award Winning Play - About the Veteran’s Experience” 

ART & SEEK, 10/26/21 

FEATURED EVENT LISTING: “War Words - Stage West” 

BROADWAYWORLD, 10/25/21 

NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT: “Special Event WAR WORDS Announced At Stage West. The play is a work of docu-theatre, which chronicles the funny, strange, heroic, and heartbreaking stories of military service people.” 

BROADWAY BRIEFING, 10/20/21 

INCLUSION IN DAILY E-NEWSLETTER: “First In The Briefing: The Atlantic Council, NewYorkRep, and The United States Veterans’ Artists Alliance will present War Words, a docu-play by Michelle Kholos Brooks, in honor of Veteran's Day. Presentations will be held November 9 at 7:30 p.m. at The Intrepid in New York and November 11 at 7:30 p.m. at The Actors’ Gang Theater in Los Angeles. Both presentations are free and open to the public.” 

BROADWAYWORLD, 9/20/21 

NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT: “Veteran's Day Week Presentations of Pulitzer-Nominated Play, WAR WORDS to Be Presented In NYC, L.A. & More - In addition to the New York and Los Angeles presentations, War Words will also be presented in Forth Worth, TX, Miami, FL, Philadelphia, PA, and Syracuse, NY.” 

PLAYBILL, 10/20/21 

INCLUSION IN REGIONAL THEATER NEWS ROUND-UP: “In the News: Get a Sneak Peek at Shakespearean Rock Concert Macbeth in Stride, War Words Will Play NYC and L.A.” 

TIMES SQUARE CHRONICLES, 10/20/21 

NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT: “The Pulitzer Prize Nominated Play War Words Live On Both Coasts”