Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Playwright News--3.27.12

 
Playwright lifts the veil on racism against Muslims
Waterloo Record
Malik, a 35-year-old Chicago-based playwright and actress, brings her one-woman show, Unveiled, to Waterloo on Friday. "After 9/11, when I got together with Sikhs or Hindus and other peoples of culture, everyone seemed to have a story to tell,'' said ...
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Theater review: 'Praising What Is Lost' from Playwrights' Round Table
Orlando Sentinel
By Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel Theater Critic Playwright David Strauss has a thought-provoking notion in "Praising What Is Lost," the first two-act play produced by Orlando's Playwrights' Round Table: What if we could experience other people's ...
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Queens Students Boost Confidence Using Playwright's Words
NY1
A program at some city high schools is teaching the work of a famous playwright in a unique way, allowing students to put their public speaking and memory skills to the test. NY1's Roger Clark filed the following report. Hillcrest High School Senior ...
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Local theater moves Forward in 2012-13 with presidents, authors and 'good people'
Wisconsin State Journal
It was written by a team of five playwrights, part of a Chicago theater group called the Neo-Futurists. It premiered in 2000 with 43 presidents, and has been updated to include Obama. All performances take place in the Playhouse at Overture Center, ...
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A Noise Within Presents THE BUNGLER, French Playwright Moliere's Free-Wheeling ...
Westside Today
... production history in the US, was Molière's first romp written in verse and was among the hugely popular touring successes that brought the struggling playwright out of exile in the French provinces and into royal favor in the court of Louis XIV.
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INDIAN THEATRE: The world within
Pune Newsline
On World Theatre Day, a new generation of playwrights talk about how their immediate surroundings scripts their stories. Delhi-based playwright Neel Chaudhuri is captivated by the Delhi Metro. "It is a strange place, an intimate setting that brings ...
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Alex theatre company on cards
Joburg
Olive Tree Theatre Production will be launched by theatre director, playwright and producer, Ntshieng Mokgoro, to promote the theatre arts in the township. ALEXANDRA, the old township in the northeast of the city, is to have its own theatre production ...
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Joburg
Alberta Theatre Projects announces 2012-13 season
CBC.ca
New Canadian theatre productions, including plays by acclaimed playwrights Daniel MacIvor and Joan MacLeod, are poised to take centre stage during the upcoming season at Alberta Theatre Projects. The Calgary theatre company announced its 2012/2013 ...
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From the Artistic Director: Don't Dress for Dinner
Broadway World
The playwright Marc Camoletti may not be a household name here in the US, but his work has been seen all over the world, touching some 55 countries and a multitude of languages. Camoletti, who passed away in 2003 at the age of 79, was arguably the ...
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SF Playhouse: Annie Baker's 'The Aliens' is a masterpiece and not to be missed
Examiner.com
When this play premiered in New York two years ago, New York Times reviewer Charles Isherwood evoked both Beckett and Chekhov in trying to discuss the playwright, admittedly, he added, at the risk of hyperbole. But it isn't hyperbole.
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Blogs
 
Crown of Shadows – the playwright's view | Round House Theatre ...
By spressler
Regardless of one's politics, the domestic consequences of simultaneously fighting two extended ground wars are harrowing. Hundreds of thousands of families have been forced to endure extended periods of time without their closest loves ...
Round House Theatre
Barrington Stage Playwright Mentoring Project public performances ...
By lroudabush
Playwright Mentoring Project 2012 Public Performances, April 10-14. Program serves over 60 Berkshire youths. (PITTSFIELD, MA) March 26, 2012 - Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning regional theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, ...
Barrington Stage Company

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