Straton Rushing
Playwright + Other Stuff
Straton is a playwright, screenwriter, and theatremaker originally from Sonora, Texas, based in Dallas.
You can find many of his plays on the New Play Exchange.
Recent playwriting honors include the Bela Kiralyfalvi Playwriting Award, the Hear Me Out Golden Ear Award, Runner Up for the Todd McNerney Playwriting Award, The Chameleon Theatre Circle's New Play Award, Finalist for the ATHE Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award, and an Honorable Mention in the William Faulkner Literary Competition.
His plays have been produced by SceneShop, Bishop Arts Theatre Center, Orpheus Theatre Company, and various other companies, colleges and schools around the US, Canada, and India.
His works have been developed with the Sewanee Writers' Conference, Digital Development Project, Phoenix Theatre Company, Capital Repertory Theatre, and Second Thought Theatre, among others.
His plays have been published by Heuer Publishing, Next Stage Press and Smith & Kraus. His works have appeared in several literary journals, including Silk Road Review, Apricity Magazine, the Ponder Review, riverSedge, Tusculum Review and others.
His teleplays and screenplays have received several honors, including Runner-Up in Brown University's Ivy Film Fest Pilot Competition, Finalist in Dallas International Film Festival Texas Script Competition, and he was a Semifinalist for Humanitas's David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award.
He previously worked as an Administrative Coordinator for Kitchen Dog Theater and Director of Sales & Marketing for Theatre Arlington. He currently works as a professor at Dallas College.
Straton holds degrees in Theatre and Philosophy from the University of Texas at Arlington. He received his MFA in Dramatic Writing at Arizona State University, where he was recognized as an Outstanding Graduate for Excellence and Innovation in Creative Practice. He is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America.