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Wallace American Playwrights Program and an MFA from Columbia University where he was the Dean ’ s Fellow . He is a twotime Lecomte du Nouy Prize winner , a member of the Dramatists Guild , Writer ’ s Guild of America , and was a member of Primary Stages ’ Dorothy Strelsin New American Writer ’ s Group , the MCC Playwright ’ s Coalition and of the first Ars Nova Play Group . His plays have been published by Dramatists Play Service , Samuel French , Playscripts , Original Works Publishing , and Indie Theater Now . He has been featured in the New York Theatre Review , NYTE ’ s Cino Nights , Geek Theater , and numerous Smith and Kraus book .

Aspiring playwrights can learn a lot from Szymkowicz ’ s blog . Not only will they see where his plays are being produced , but they can follow his path of readings , productions , and his annual reviews of his progress as a playwright . In 2017 , he wrote down every time he sent a play out . At the end of the year , he added things up and realized he had submitted one or more plays to 195 places . In his blog he notes that his goal to get the amount of productions he wants would likely require one submission a day or at least 300 per year . He estimates he can do this with as little as 10 to 15 minutes a day on the process . Nevertheless , 2017 was another strong year

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