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Carol J. Godart graduated from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama with a Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing in May 2008. While pursing her Master’s degree, Grae Matters, a non-realistic, raw, poetic drama, received several readings, development and a staged workshop in the 2008 Winter New Play Festival. Thread Count, a full length play, received several readings and was selected for the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts’ 2007 Summer New Play Festival. Her one-act play, “A Dime and Some Change,” received a staged reading, after development and two prior readings.

In addition, her monologue, “Dis-ease,” was featured in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama’s Los Angeles Actor Showcase in March 2007. Carol is a proud theater educator. She taught Introductory and Advanced Playwriting at Carnegie Mellon University. She is a two-time recipient of the Shubert Foundation Fellowship Award.

In 2004, Carol graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English, with an emphasis in Creative Writing and a Second in Theater from Colorado State University. As a student there, her play, A Quarter Turn received a fully-realized student production, in addition to a staged reading (2003). Carol was granted the Governor’s Opportunity Scholarship four consecutive years during her time as an undergraduate.

Carol is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.

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