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Awards Won by Rosemary Frisino Toohey

Rosemary Frisino Toohey has won numerous awards for her comedies and for her dramas and has been honored from coast-to-coast and internationally for her playwriting skills.


The Body Washer opened in April 2007 as part of the 15 Minute Playfest in New York City’s Theater District. In its first year this compelling drama garnered an impressive series of honors and awards:

  • July 2007: The Body Washer was chosen as a finalist in ReOrient, an annual festival of plays exploring the Middle East. The festival is produced by Golden Thread Productions, in San Francisco which has as its aim, "placing the Middle East Center Stage."

  • August 2007: 2nd Place in the 16th Annual One-Act Marathon, Attic Theatre, Los Angeles

  • September 2007: Winner, the Short Stack New Play Festival at Bowie State University, Bowie, MD. The play was produced in conjunction with the Accokeek Creek Theatreco.

  • November 2007: Finalist, the Kansas City Women’s Playwriting Festival, Kansas City, MO

  • April 2008: Finalist, 10 x 10 Triangle, The Arts Center, Carrboro, NC

    In addition to these awards,
    the play has received several other productions



    • Rosemary's Other Awards are:



  • 2007: School Shooter was named a Winning Entry in the 2007 Playreading Festival of the North American Actors Association in London and was given a staged reading in the West End Theater District.

  • 2007: The Ice Cream King was a finalist in the Towngate Theatre Playwriting Contest, Wheeling, WV

  • 2006: The Ice Cream King placed 2nd out of 220 plays in the New Play Project at the Backdoor Theatre, Wichita Falls, TX

  • 2006: The Ice Cream King was awarded Honorable Mention in the 10th Annual Festival of New Plays at Stage 3 Theatre, Sonora, CA

  • 2006: The Ice Cream King was named a Semi-Finalist in the Appalchian Festival, Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA

  • 2006: Package Tour, a one-act comedy, was named a semi-finalist in the McLaren Memorial Comedy Play Writing Competition, produced by the Midland Community Theatre, Midland, TX

  • 2006: The Ice Cream King won second place in the Jewel Box Theatre playwriting contest, Oklahoma City, OK.

  • 2006: The one-act play Way, Way Up received Honorable Mention in the 6th Annual New Voice Play Festival produced by the Old Opera House Theatre Company, Charles Town, WV


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  • 2005: Rosemary Frisino Toohey was the top winner in the Baltimore Playwrights Festival, taking both first and second place prizes in the Best Play competition and first place in the Best Production category.

    Cornered won the Carol Weinberg trophy for Best Play, and Socks took second place. Socks also received the award for Best Production.

  • 2005: Woman on the Edge, semi-finalist, 2006 Trustus Playwrights' Festival, Columbia, SC.

  • 2005: Saying Good-bye to Papa, Honorable Mention, 2005 McLaren Comedy Competition, Midland, TX

  • 2005: Gladys in Wonderland, Second Place. The Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence, Coldwater, MI.

  • 2004: Cornered, a one-act play, was one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Arts and Letters Prize in Drama, administered by Georgia College & State University.

  • 2004: Woman on the Edge, First Place, Towngate Theater Playwriting Contest, Wheeling, WV

  • 2004: In the Tank, Best Play, One-Act Play Festival, Silver Spring Stage, Silver Spring, MD.

  • 2004: Woman on the Edge, 2nd Place, Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence, Coldwater, MI

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  • 2003: School Shooter, Maryland State Arts Council Grant: Individual Artist Award in Playwriting

  • 2003: School Shooter, Finalist, Women at the Door Series, Chicago, IL.

  • 2003: School Shooter, Finalist, Trustus Playwrights Festival, Columbia, SC.

  • 2002: Smoke in the Canyon, Honorable Mention, in the Stage Play Script category of the 71st Annual Writer's Digest competition, Cincinnati, OH.

  • 2002: In the Tank, Finalist, Moving Arts Premiere One-Act Competition, Los Angeles, CA.

  • 2001: Seafood Buffet, Second Place, Baltimore Playwrights Festival

  • 2000: Animal Instincts, Third Place, Baltimore Playwrights Festival.

  • 1999: Gladys in Wonderland, Honorable Mention, Baltimore Playwrights Festival.

  • 1998: Gladys in Wonderland, Semifinalist, McLaren Memorial Playwriting Competition, Midland TX

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