title: Beyond the Chitlin' Circuit: The Ultimate Urban Playwrights Guide
author: Ms Vanessa Lynn
description: Vanessa Lynn is a playwright and producer whose works have been distributed nationally, performed internationally and seen on major cable networks. Vanessa is CEO of Parables Entertainment, and Executive Director and Founder of Urban Playwrights United, the leading organization for urban playwrights and producers. Beyond the Chitlin' Circuit was developed through her years of personal experience and from assisting hundreds of playwrights across the country. Vanessa is a highly sought after speaker, content writer and consultant, as well as the mother of two adult daughters and the proud grandmother of one grandson.
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  ### [About the Author](contents.html#aboutauthor)
  
  
  Bridget Collins trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and
  Dramatic Art after reading English at King’s College, Cambridge. She is the
  author of seven acclaimed books for young adults and has had two plays
  produced, one at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. _The Binding_ is her first
  adult novel.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### [Also by Bridget Collins](contents.html#alsoby)
  
  
  YOUNG ADULT
  
  
  _The Traitor Game_
  
  
  _A Trick of the Dark_
  
  
  _Tyme’s End_
  
  
  _Gamerunner_
  
  
  _The Broken Road_
  
  
  _MazeCheat_
  
  
  _Love in Revolution_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### [About the Publisher](contents.html#aboutpublisher)
  
  
  **Australia**
  
  
  HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
  
  
  Level 13, 201 Elizabeth Street
  
  
  Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
  
  
  [www.harpercollins.com.au](http://www.harpercollins.com.au)
  
  
  **Canada**
  
  
  HarperCollins Canada
  
  
  Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower
  
  
  22 Adelaide Street West, 41st Floor
  
  
  Toronto, ON, M5H 4E3, Canada
  
  
  [www.harpercollins.ca](http://ww