Cynthia Whitcomb is an American television screenwriter and teacher. She has been nominated for numerous awards including the Emmy, the Edgar and the Humanitas Prize. Background In 1969, Whitcomb graduated from Pasadena High School in Pasadena, California where she studied drama under Abel Franco. While she was a freshman at UCLA, Franco gave her one of her first professional writing assignments. She received $25 in advance and $25 upon completion to write, "Here," a spoof of the musical, Hair. However, the play was never produced due to censorship. Selected credits Television Theatre Holidazed, Written with Marc Acito References External links Official website American women screenwriters 1951 births Screenwriters from California Living people Writers from Pasadena, California University of California, Los Angeles alumni UCLA Film School alumni American women dramatists and playwrights American television writers Screenwriting instructors American women television writers Pasadena High School (California) alumni 21st-century American women