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Isabel Warden
Isabel Warden is an award-nominated playwright best known for her one-act dramedy, Good Morning, Helen.

Background and Career
Formerly an actor, Warden transitioned to playwrighting in 2017, citing a "lack of modern, everyday experiences" represented on the stage. In 2018, her one-act play, Good Morning, Helen, was selected for public performance at her high school, Bishop Seabury Academy. It is set for revision and re-release in 2024.

For her contribution to her high school's theatre program, she was the recipient of the Seabury Drama Award in 2019, given to her by Doug Weaver.

In 2023, her first full-length play, Techies, premiered at Peters Theater at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. When asked to sum up the plot of Techies, Warden described it as the following:

"Chaos ensues as a group of stage technicians struggle to put on a production of "Star Wars: The Musical" at a local community theatre."

Despite its limited run as a capstone project, Techies received praise for its writing, acting, and homages to other stage comedies such as Noises Off and The Play That Goes Wrong. With critical acclaim for its ensemble cast, two performers from its original run were individually nominated for BroadwayWorld KC Awards in late 2023.

Warden is an alumnus of William Jewell College, graduating in 2023 with a dual degree in Public Relations and Theatre. In 2022, she was the recipient of the Virginia D. Rice Award for Excellence in Theatre. She was also a member of Alpha Psi Omega, whereupon she received the 2023 Alpha Psi Omega Key Service Award for her four years of contribution to the college's theatre program, Jewell Theatre Company. Other notable performing arts alumni from the college include Jim Davis, Connie Dover, Tom Carnegie, Terry Teachout, and Terrace Wyatt, Jr.