Author Profile:  William Prenetta

William Prenetta’s plays include Silenced on Barbour Street, Where the Sun Is Silent, Christmas Lights, Four Years, Hotel Worthington, The Director, Deadbeats, The Silent Sentinels, Bedlam and Breakfast (originally titled Summer Share), The Audience Member, and Gi Girls, which premiered in March 2020 at the Connecticut Drama Association’s Annual Play Festival.  Prenetta’s work has been produced and developed by the Opening Knight Players, the James Clemons Theater Company, Liperly Productions, and the Long Trail Theater Company, among other groups.  His play Silenced on Barbour Street earned the Best Play Honors at the 2010 Connecticut Drama Association Festival, the 2014 Vermont State Theater Festival,, and the 2016 Alabama State Theater Festival.  His play Deadbeats also earned the Best Play Award at the 2014 Connecticut Drama Association’s Play Festival and represented CT at the New England Drama Festival.  His play, The Silent Sentinels earned the Best One Act Play Award at the 2017 Halo Awards.  William earned a MFA in Playwriting/Screenwriting from Lesley University, a Masters in Directing from the School of the Arts at Roosevelt University, a Masters Degree in Education from Tufts University and a BA in communications from the University of Connecticut.  William has taught high school theater for over 30 years in Connecticut.  In his tenure as theater advisor, William, who founded the award-winning Opening Knight Players at Ellington High School, has directed over 60 plays which have been performed throughout New England as well as internationally at the 2012 Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.  William is the past President of the Connecticut Drama Association and presently serves on the New England Drama Council.