LEIGH (SKINNER) FORTSON Grand Junction, CO

Leigh Fortson's plays have received productions, staged readings or honorable mentions at:

• The Riant Theatre, New York
• The Mojo Ensemble American Theatre, Los Angeles
• The Carpet Company Theatre, Los Angeles
• St. Paul's Schools, Baltimore
• Los Angeles City Playhouse, Los Angeles
• Hudson Theatre, Los Angeles
• City Theatre, Miami
• Malibu Theatre by the Sea
• Robidoux Resident Theatre, St. Joseph, Missouri
• Theatre Geo, Los Angeles
• Shakespeare Theatre, Cedar City Utah
• North Hollywood Play Festival, North Hollywood
• The Complex Theatre, Los Angeles
• West Coast Ensemble Theatre, Los Angeles

In the fall of 1998, she was the Playwright in Residence at The St. Paul's School for Boys and Girls in Baltimore, Maryland. Her most acclaimed short play, "My Secretary," was a finalist for the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival in 1997.

She's also written:

• The Arthritis Cure Fitness Solution by Brenda Adderly (Affinity Communications Corporation, 1999)
  
• The Complete Guide to Nutritional Supplements by Brenda Adderly (NewStar Press, 1998)

• Women: Everything You Need to Know How Proven and Natural Therapies Can Help You
        by Jesse Hanley, Mari Florence, Burton Goldberg and Kerry Hughes (Future Medicine Publishing, March 1998)
• The Enterprising Womanby Mari Florence (Warner Books, 1997)
• The Definitive Guide to Alternative Medicine(Future Medicine Publishing, revised edition, in press)
• The Soho Desk Reference: A Practical A to Z Guide for the Entrepreneur (HarperCollins, 1997)

Her articles have appeared nationally in Elan, New Directions for Women,and Black Issues in Higher Educationas well as in Los Angeles publications - The Village View and Jazz Times- and Colorado publications - Business Times,Joyful Timesand Western Colorado Parent.