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Prize-Winning Playwright to be Feted at Alumni Honors

The kudos have been coming fast and furious over the past four years for playwright and actor Heather Raffo ‘98 (MFA). Her critically acclaimed one-woman show, Nine Parts of Desire, has been performed all over the world and has won a number of prestigious awards, including the 2005 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Solo Show, as well as a Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Special Commendation and the Marian Seldes-Garson Kanin Fellowship.

This weekend, she’ll add to that impressive list of accomplishments when she’s honored as the College of Arts and Sciences’ Author E. Hughes Career Achievement recipient at USD’s 2009 Alumni Honors gala, which takes place on Saturday, May 2, at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. (Full Story on Inside USD)