Natalia Temesgen

Natalia Naman Temesgen is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her plays have been produced in New York, Princeton, Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta, and Columbus, GA. Her short films have screened nationally and abroad at festivals. Her TV drama pilot "Bea Rose" was a 2019 Launch Pad Top 100 Finalist. Natalia received the American Playwriting Foundation's 2019 "Relentless Award" Honorable Mention for "Lawnpeople," a political drama dealing with immigration, identity, and motherhood. Her most recent play, "Ace: The Eugene Bullard Story," is an epic bio-play about the first African-American fighter pilot. Natalia is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Columbus State University and a columnist in The Columbusite, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, and American Theatre magazine. She enjoys Saturday morning walks along the Chattahoochee River with her husband, Pete, and children, Aria and Paul.