Rosemary Parrillo

Rosemary Parrillo (she/her) is a New Jersey playwright and journalist. Her work has been performed at festivals and community theaters across the country and in Canada. Her post-9/11 play, “The New Normal Trilogy,” was a semifinalist for the 2017 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference. “The Nature of Stars” was a 2024 finalist for the Tennessee Williams One-Act Contest, marking Parrillo’s third finalist placement. “The Waiting Room,” was selected Best Play in the 2025 Ritz Theatre Company One-Act festival, in Haddon Heights, N.J., and “Grind City,” won the 2017 Dubuque One-Act Contest in Iowa. "On the Road to Tikrit," was performed at the 2024 8 Tens @ 8 Festival at Actors Theatre in Santa Cruz, Ca., and was featured in the Sell Yourself Short podcast. The screenplay, “Bella Vista,” based on the true story of Italian nationals interned at a prison camp in Missoula, Montana, during WWII, was selected as a semifinalist for the 2023 Philadelphia Off Page Film Festival. Parrillo is a member of the Dramatist Guild, New Play Exchange, The Theater Project, The Playwrights’ Group, Playwrights' Center and the International Centre for Women Playwrights, and Honor Roll.

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