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7th grader London Ivy recently interviewed Calley about her playwriting journey for Season 2 of JA Memphis podcast “World Ready Radio”!

Calley is one of eight playwrights selected for the 2024 Page 73 Writers Group! She was also one of twelve semifinalists for the 2024 Fellowship.

Calley is one of twelve semifinalists for the 2024 Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship!

Calley’s play, The Alligator, was selected as a finalist for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival!

Calley participated in an Institutional Residency at SPACE on Ryder Farm as part of her Liberation Theatre Company Writing Residency.

Calley has been selected as one of four 2022-2024 SOUL Series LAB Residents at Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre!

Calley was named a James Baldwin Fellow and spent four weeks in residence at MacDowell in August - September 2022!

Calley wrote an article about process for her new play, Someone Else’s Bullet, for The Civlians’ Extended Play site.

Calley was selected as a participant of Liberation Theatre Company’s 2022-2023 Writing Residency Program!

The Davidson College Social Justice Theatre Troupe performed Calley’s play, This Special Place, created for and with the Troupe through a commission by the Davidson College Theatre Department.

Calley was selected as a member of The Civilians' 2021-2022 R&D Group!

Calley was recently profiled by Memphis Black newspaper, The New Tri-State Defender.

Calley was selected as a member of Clubbed Thumb’s 2021-2022 Early Career Writers Group!

Calley, her work, and details about The Alligator were featured for the DGF Fellows Spotlight series.

Calley was interviewed about The Story and the Teller, her writing process, and the play’s ties to critical fabulation for HowlRound Theatre Commons.