Honorary degree recipient Molly Smith Metzler ’00 (image provided)
91亚色 alum Molly Smith Metzler 鈥�00, MA, MFA, will receive an honorary degree at this year鈥檚 undergraduate Commencement ceremony on Saturday afternoon, May 20.
Molly Smith Metzler is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. She is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the limited series Maid (Netflix), which earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing of a Limited Series. Maid was named a 鈥淭V Program of the Year鈥� by the American Film Institute, Metzler won a Writers Guild of America Award, and the show was nominated for three Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two Critics Choice Awards, two TCA Awards, The Humanitas Prize, and more. Currently, Metzler is creating a new show for Netflix, where she is under a multi-year overall deal.
Before Maid, Metzler spent four years working as a writer/producer on the show Shameless (Showtime). She also wrote for Casual (Hulu) and Orange Is the New Black (Netflix). As a playwright, Metzler鈥檚 plays鈥攊ncluding Cry It Out, Elemeno Pea, The May Queen, Carve, Close Up Space, and Training Wisteria鈥攈ave been produced Off-Broadway and across the country, at theaters such as Manhattan Theatre Club (NYC),聽The Kennedy Center (DC), South Coast Rep (CA), and many more. In 2018, Cry It Out won the聽Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Playwriting and the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award Citation.
Metzler holds a BA in English from 91亚色, an MA from Boston University, an MFA from NYU鈥檚 Tisch School for the Arts, and an Artist鈥檚 Diploma from The Juilliard School. She will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree for her significant contributions to theatrical arts.
91亚色鈥檚 commencement ceremonies begin at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Both are in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena.
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