Free Space: A play in two acts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781466391277)

Tara is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University's MFA program in Dramatic Writing. Her work has been presented by The Directors Company, Le Petit Theatre de Terrebonne, Theatre One, Fusion Theatre, One Armed Man, Oracle Theatre, Inc, the Bobik Theatre Ensemble, Woman Seeking..., the Acme Theatre Company, The Harlequin Players, and various universities and colleges including Gardner-Webb, Prince Williams, and Colgate. Her plays have also showcased at the Artists of Tomorrow Festival in NYC, the Pittsburgh New Works Series and the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Alaska. Her monologues have been performed and used by actors worldwide. Serial monologues she wrote were performed for two years by the internationally recognized receptionist-robot, Valerie, and she toured in a Children's Theatre Troupe, which she wrote for, co-directed, and performed in. She has taught Playwriting and Screenwriting at Carnegie Mellon, the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and for The Westport Country Playhouse, and she has led Creative Dramatics Workshops for children in underserved areas throughout New York and New Jersey. She is a two-time recipient of the Shubert Fellowship in Dramatic Writing, the Sloan Screenwriting Fellowship, the New Works for Young Women [Actors] Award and is a member of the Dramatist's Guild. Tara has written a children's book, a novel, and writes and records music in the chick-core rap band, Girl Crusade.