SHELLI PENTIMALL BOOKLER HAS A MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREE IN PLAYWRITING FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, A MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN THEATRE ARTS FROM EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY AND STUDIED AT THE ACTOR’S STUDIO AT NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK CITY.
FULL LENGTH PLAY PRODUCTIONS INCLUDE "ALL THE DEAD BIDDLES" (PLAYS AND PLAYERS THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA, PA), "SNYDER V PHELPS THE MUSICAL" (PHILADELPHIA FRINGE FESTIVAL), "ADDICTED" (BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PA), AND "UNDER THE BONNET" (BEACON THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA, PA).
SHORT PLAYS PRODUCED INCLUDE "THE SHAME PLAY (WHAT SHE SAID!)" (DULUTH PLAYHOUSE, MN),
"HONEYDEW" (UPPER DUBLIN PLAYERS, PA), "THE INTERVIEW" (THALIA THEATRE FESTIVAL, ALPHANYC), "CROSSWORD" (BROADWAY DINER, NJ). SHE WAS A FINALIST IN THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES PLAYWRIGHT SERIES, THE LANDING THEATRE, HOUSTON, TX ("PIECES OF THE PIE"), PANGOSSIAN PRODUCTIONS WEEKEND OF WOMEN, WILLIAMSBURG, VA ("CAPTIVE"), DAYTON PLAYHOUSE ("ON THE HORIZON " - AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD), CITYWRIGHTS, MIAMI, FL ("THE SHAME PLAY"), GARY MARSHALL NEW WORKS FESTIVAL ("CALL ME ABIGAIL"). SHE WAS A SEMI-FINALIST FOR THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY THEATRE ("BIRD IN THE WINDOW" AND "PIECES OF THE PIE").
PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE FEELS BLIND LITERARY MAGAZINE ("THE INTERVIEW") AND ART AGE SENIOR THEATRE ("JUGS)". IN 2021 SHE RECEIVED A RESIDENCY FOR THE SEWANEE WRITER’S CONFERENCE ("CALL ME ABIGAIL") AND THIS FALL SHE WILL COMPLETE A RESIDENCY WITH OUT OF THE BOX THEATRICS IN NYC ("CALL ME ABIGAIL").
SHE IS A MEMBER OF SEVERAL PLAYWRITING GROUPS INCLUDING THE WITHERSPOON CIRCLE, THE PHILADELPHIA DRAMATIST CENTER, AND THE DRAMATIST GUILD. SHE IS ALSO AN ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER IN THE PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMMUNITY.
FULL LENGTH PLAY PRODUCTIONS INCLUDE "ALL THE DEAD BIDDLES" (PLAYS AND PLAYERS THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA, PA), "SNYDER V PHELPS THE MUSICAL" (PHILADELPHIA FRINGE FESTIVAL), "ADDICTED" (BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PA), AND "UNDER THE BONNET" (BEACON THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA, PA).
SHORT PLAYS PRODUCED INCLUDE "THE SHAME PLAY (WHAT SHE SAID!)" (DULUTH PLAYHOUSE, MN),
"HONEYDEW" (UPPER DUBLIN PLAYERS, PA), "THE INTERVIEW" (THALIA THEATRE FESTIVAL, ALPHANYC), "CROSSWORD" (BROADWAY DINER, NJ). SHE WAS A FINALIST IN THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES PLAYWRIGHT SERIES, THE LANDING THEATRE, HOUSTON, TX ("PIECES OF THE PIE"), PANGOSSIAN PRODUCTIONS WEEKEND OF WOMEN, WILLIAMSBURG, VA ("CAPTIVE"), DAYTON PLAYHOUSE ("ON THE HORIZON " - AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD), CITYWRIGHTS, MIAMI, FL ("THE SHAME PLAY"), GARY MARSHALL NEW WORKS FESTIVAL ("CALL ME ABIGAIL"). SHE WAS A SEMI-FINALIST FOR THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY THEATRE ("BIRD IN THE WINDOW" AND "PIECES OF THE PIE").
PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE FEELS BLIND LITERARY MAGAZINE ("THE INTERVIEW") AND ART AGE SENIOR THEATRE ("JUGS)". IN 2021 SHE RECEIVED A RESIDENCY FOR THE SEWANEE WRITER’S CONFERENCE ("CALL ME ABIGAIL") AND THIS FALL SHE WILL COMPLETE A RESIDENCY WITH OUT OF THE BOX THEATRICS IN NYC ("CALL ME ABIGAIL").
SHE IS A MEMBER OF SEVERAL PLAYWRITING GROUPS INCLUDING THE WITHERSPOON CIRCLE, THE PHILADELPHIA DRAMATIST CENTER, AND THE DRAMATIST GUILD. SHE IS ALSO AN ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER IN THE PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMMUNITY.
