Playwright News--4.11.12

Playwright Erik Ehn on Soulographie: Our Genocides a Commemorative Cycle Huffington Post Playwrights like these, clearly passionate people who are willing to risk, willing to do things the hard way -- they have the important and difficult task of sharing what they've seen. Do they becomes less narrative and more journalistic? See all stories on this topic »

Philly's Homegrown Playwrights Enjoying a High-Profile Boom PW-Philadelphia Weekly But right now, it's a group that often goes unseen, the playwrights, who are booming in both numbers and stature. This month sees a rare quadruple feat: no fewer than four simultaneous professional productions of plays—Bruce Graham's The Outgoing Tide ... See all stories on this topic »

Milwaukie playwright observes 100th anniversary of the Titanic KOIN Local 6 (Buddy Myers, The Clackamas Review ) By Raymond Rendleman A Milwaukie playwright is reliving a century-old tragedy in Iowa and Illinois through his stage production, "Titanic Aftermath," on the centennial of the disaster. See all stories on this topic »

Playwright went to Africa for feedback Calgary Herald Preview Downstage presents SIA at Motel in Epcor Centre through April 21 Tickets & Info: 403-294-9494 or epcorcen-tre.org or downstage.ca Playwrights will go any-where to hear their plays read, but Liberia? Really? In fact, Liberia is where Edmonton ... See all stories on this topic »

Award-winning USU playwright to be honored by her alma mater Cache Valley Daily By Craig Hislop A successful playwright will be honored by her alma mater Saturday, April 14 when Utah State University's Theatre Arts Department presents a "Concert Evening of Scenes by Julie Jensen." Jensen is the resident playwright at the Salt Lake ... See all stories on this topic »

Playwright went to Africa for feedback Calgary Herald Playwrights will go anywhere to hear their plays read, but Liberia? Really? In fact, Liberia is where Edmonton playwright Matthew MacKenzie headed last November and December, to hear how the locals felt about SIA, his award-winning drama about an ... See all stories on this topic »

Sweet but awkward volley: fault, playwright New York Post By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI Unlike Broadway's "Magic/Bird," which really is about Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, "Federer Versus Murray" doesn't focus on those two tennis champions. That's a bummer, because Gerda Stevenson's slight one-act play could have ... See all stories on this topic » New York Post

Playwrights young and old to show their work at New Play Festival La Jolla Light By Lonnie Burstein Hewitt For the past 27 years, Playwrights Project has been encouraging talented writers under age 18 with a statewide Young Playwrights Contest, whose winners are offered staged readings or full productions of their works, ... See all stories on this topic »

Backstage: Dramatists Guild of America appoints DC area representative Washington Post One, the Dramatists Guild is recognizing Suilebhan, a DC-based playwright, theater blogger and resident playwright for the Taffety Punk Theatre Company, whose plays have been produced, commissioned, read and workshopped all over Washington (including ... See all stories on this topic »

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New Salmagundi features playwright Gerda Stevenson « The new issue of Salmagundi—Spring-Summer 2012—is just out and features the complete text of playwright Gerda Stevenson's Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit ... salmagundimag.wordpress.com/.../new-salmagundi-features-pl...