Annual Grants Celebration
Please join Women Investing in Nebraska and the University of Nebraska Foundation
and featured speaker
Lucy Alibar
American screenwriter and playwright
for the 14th Annual Women Investing in Nebraska
Grant Awards Celebration
The program will begin at 6 p.m. Reception and refreshments to follow.
Members and potential new members welcome.
Business Casual
Kindly RSVP by Thursday, October 2,
using the link below or by email.
https://events.nufoundation.org/go/25WINGrantCelebration
Email: [email protected]
Lucy Alibar’s writing has been published in Zoetrope, the Oxford American, and the Wall Street Journal. Her play’s have been workshopped/performed at the Sundance Theatre Lab, National Theatre Studio, Joe’s Pub, Ojai, Berkeley Rep, and Williamstown. Her first movie, Beasts of the Southern Wild, written with Benh Zeitlin received the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and the Cannes Film Festival Camera D’Or. The screenplay for Beasts was nominated for the Scripter, BAFTA, and Academy Award. Winner of the Ray Bradbury Nebula Award, the Humanitas Prize, and the Nantucket Film Festival New Voices in Screenwriting Award. She wrote and produced Troop Zero for Amazon and wrote the screenplay for Where the Crawdads Sing for Sony. She recently performed her solo play, “Burnpile” at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. She is a Usual Suspect at New York Theatre Workshop, and ALWAYS wants to see a picture of your dog.