Atlanta playwright Gabriel Jason Dean, winner of the 2010 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award for his play QUALITIES OF STARLIGHT, has won the 2011 Ken Ludwig Playwriting Scholarship, given out each year as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for the body of work of a student playwright. QUALITIES OF STARLIGHT was one of the plays he was honored for. The Essential Theatre congratulates Gabriel for another step in what’s sure to be a great career!