Keelay Gipson used his time in residence to work on his new play #NewSlaves about the prison industrial complex. It went on to be a finalist for the Princess Grace, The O’Neill, and Seven Devils awards.
He is currently a New Dramatist Van Lier Fellow and a P73 Interstate Writer's Group Fellow.
Fellow Works Supported by MacDowell
#NewSlaves (Play)
Studios
Mansfield
Keelay Gipson worked in the Mansfield studio.
The
Helen Coolidge Mansfield Studio was donated by graduates of the
Mansfield War Service Classes for Reconstruction Aides. Helen
Mansfield helped found the New York MacDowell Club.
The
small, shingled frame structure with stone foundation was originally
fronted on the west side by a neat white picket fence and gate, a
garden, and a stone pathway…