WP Theater has announced the recipients of this years Julia Miles Playwriting Residency and Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award.

The Julia Miles Playwriting Residency was created in 2023 by WP Theater Founder Julia Miles' daughters Marya Cohn and Lisa Miles in honor of their mother's advocacy for female artists. The residency funds an annual commission and residency for a writer over 35 years old.

The Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award honors a gifted theatre artist by providing them with support to develop new work in an artistic residency within a theatre company. 

Playwright Rehana Lew Mirza (Hatef*ck, Bhangra Nation) has received the Miles Residency, and magician and comedian Rachel Wax has received the Roth Award.

Said WP Theater Producing Artistic Director Lisa McNulty, “We couldn’t be more grateful to Marya, Lisa, and Daryl for sponsoring these transformative residencies, which provide us with much-needed resource and time with these incredible artists. We can’t wait to spend the year to come with Rehana and Rachel, and look forward to all the brilliance they’ll share during their residency. It’s also so meaningful to me that these residencies each honor a game-changing woman in the field–we so love celebrating Julia and Daryl in this artist-forward way!”

For more information, visit WPTheater.org.