Description

Ned Dougherty is a playwright, screenwriter, and poet living in Appalachia. His plays have been featured in theatre festivals from Dublin to Albuquerque and independently produced in his previous home of Taos, New Mexico. He is under commission with the Greenbrier Valley Theatre and his writing has been supported by ForgeNYC, SOMOS, the Taos Center for the Arts and Josh Wilder’s Playwrights Workshop. He is a member of the Tamarack Foundation for the Arts and a former faculty member for the Taos Writers Conference. He was named the New Mexico Charter School Teacher of the Year in 2015 and has presented at numerous national education conferences with students showcasing their own work. He is currently teaching at-risk high school youth in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. MFA: Augsburg University, 2019.

In Ned's words: This Tuesday Talk will be a fun action-packed group writing exercise led by writer and award-winning teacher Ned Dougherty! Using simple prompts to discover the group's collective inspiration, participants in this month's talk will all contribute to an on-the-spot, spontaneous ode to Highland County. You don't have to be a writer to contribute or simply enjoy this fast-paced Tuesday Talk. Come to laugh or come to write, but everyone should be ready to revel in all things Highland at the peak of autumn.