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History Matters awards North Central College student with Judith Barlow Prize Gelaine Vestal
Updated 4/29/2021 1:55 PM
History Matters: Celebrating Women s Plays of the Past, a New York City nonprofit, has announced the winner for this year s Judith Barlow Prize. The annual prize is awarded to a student playwright for an exceptional one-act play inspired by the work of an historic female playwright. The first-place winner of the prize receives a $2,500 award and a reading of their work along with a $500 award to the participating professor.
North Central College s Gelaine Vestal won for the student s play, The Shop, inspired by Sophie Treadwell s Machinal and sponsored by professor Laura Lodewyck. A reading will be scheduled and announced in the coming months.