992. Coming of Age as a Screenwriter

On The Page by Pilar Alessandra

May 29, 202647:19TV & Film

Actor/writer Karin delaPena Collison's first feature script Coming of Age won a Nicholl Fellowship. Here, she talks about what led up to it and what came next.

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