Lark names 2011-12 guys

Jose Rivera, Batsheba Doran and Mona Mansour are probably the scribes drawn on to become playwriting guys this year at Gotham's Lark Play Development Center. The chosen authors will take part in the org's biweekly Playwrights Workshop, brought by Arthur Kopit with backup from Theresa Rebeck, Doug Wright and David Henry Hwang, amongst others. Rivera (nommed to have an Oscar for his script for "The Motorcycle Journals"), Doran ("Kin") and Mansour ("Urge for Going") is going to be became a member of by Dominique Morisseau along with a. Rey Pamatmat ("Edith Can Shoot Things striking Them"), the receipient from the Lark fellowship that provides taking part authors annually of Gotham housing along with a stipend. Alums from the workshop include Katori Hall, whose play "The Mountaintop" lately started Broadway previews, and Rajiv Frederick, whose "Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo" were built with a Rialto run last season. Lark fellowships run for that 2011-12 season. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com