Leigh Podgorski

Biography

Leigh Podgorski’s stage plays have been produced in Los Angeles, New York City and regionally. She had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross for her one-act play Windstorm, which was presented as part of the annual festival CelebrateWomen that Leigh also co-produced. We Are Still Here, the story of Cahuilla Indian elder Katherine Siva Saubel, was premiered at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum as part of CelebrateWomen 2000. The play has been presented throughout Southern California at college campuses, universities, and Indian Reservations and Casinos.

In addition to her plays, Leigh has penned several original screenplays including My Soul to Take, Act of Grace (winner, Women in Film and Video Screenwriting Competition) Western Song (Finalist Chesterfield Competition, Christopher Columbus Screenwriting Awards), Headed North to Baghdad (Finalist Moondance Competition) and Ouray’s Peak, (Quarter Finalist Scriptapalooza, Finalist Outstanding Thesis of the Year) adapted from her trilogy. Leigh is a prime writer for the Internet Web site TheMonologueShop.com. Several of her monologues have been published through Meriwether Publishing, Ltd.. Leigh co-wrote 1225 Mistletoe Lane with Lenny Castellaneta.

Leigh produced her first documentary, We Are Still Here, based on the play in 2007, which she also wrote and directed. The film has screened at the. American Indian Film Festival, Sherman Indian Film Festival, Cal State San Marcos Native American Film Festival, and the Talking Stick Film Festival. She has just completed her first novel The Women Debrowska, which is available on Amazon.com and Lulu. More information about Leigh and her work is available at her web site: www.violethillsproductions.com

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