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Jeanette Hill
Jeanette W. Hill, an award-winning playwright and author- a creative activist. The founder of JWHill Productions LLC, a theater company telling stories about African Americans with their voice. She...view moreJeanette W. Hill, an award-winning playwright and author- a creative activist. The founder of JWHill Productions LLC, a theater company telling stories about African Americans with their voice. She is an advisory board member for the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival and Urban Playwrights United. She has been an Artist INC facilitator and is a member of The Dramatists Guild.Jeanette has received numerous national awards and recognitions from a number of festivals and organizations, including the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival’s Festival Best Reading Series, the DC Black Theatre Festival, the Kingdomwood Christian Film Festival, the Black Pearls Magazine Literary Excellence Award and Urban Playwrights United Soaring Eagle award. She has also been awarded financial awards and funding from the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, National Endowment for the Arts, Mid-America Arts Alliance and other fiscal sponsorships.She is a sought after panelist and peer reviewer for a number of cultural organizations including the City of Austin Cultural Arts Funding Program, Mid-America Arts Association, Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, DC Black Theatre Festival and the American Association of Community Theatre. Her work is included in three anthologies, When Women Become Business Owners, Women Connect and her short story When Love Comes Calling is included in the anthology Love Walked In (06/19) She is also featured in the documentary, Black and Write.Her current projects include the launch of The Amen Circle podcast and The Front Porch Divas, a series that chronicles the trials and triumphs of sassy and classy women of color over forty and an audio fiction podcast-The Amen Circle series. Her accomplishments and awards include:•Ntozake Shange Reading Series/ Woodie King Jr and New Federal Theatre•DC Black Theatre Festival•Atlanta Black Theatre Festival (multiple years)•Kingdomwood Film Festival-People’s Choice Award•Black Pearls Literary Excellence Award•Urban Playwright’s United Soaring Eagle Award•Black Women Playwrights Group 12Tweets@12Noonview less