Playwright News--4.1.12

4/5-15: Playwright tackles big 'Spirits' in own way at ASU Arizona Republic So Caridad Svich, the playwright commissioned to adapt Isabel Allende's "The House of the Spirits," didn't even try. In her notes for the program, she calls her play "a response, a mirror image, a conversation, an 'after Allende. See all stories on this topic »

Boston Playwrights' Theatre Presents Deported / a dream play Thru 4/1 Broadway World Boston Playwrights' Theatre's 30th Anniversary season comes to a close with Joyce Van Dyke's story of the Armenian genocide in Deported / a dream play, presented in association with Suffolk University. "How can we overcome a past trauma? See all stories on this topic »

Playwright wins CBC short-story prize Edmonton Journal Ontario playwright Daniel Karasik is the winner of the CBC Short Story Prize. Karasik, the artistic director of the independent theatre company, Tango Co., is the author of several plays, including The Crossing Guard and In Full Light. See all stories on this topic »

In the news: The Seattle Times Seattle playwright Yussef El Guindi has won the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award for "Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World," which premiered at ACT Theatre. By Misha Berson No comments have been posted ... See all stories on this topic » The Seattle Times

Three members of Live among York award winners Yorkdispatch.com A world-renowned visual artist, a playwright and three members of a top-selling rock band are among the recipients of the 2012 York Awards announced by York City Mayor Kim Bracey on Friday. This is the second year that Bracey will bestow art ... See all stories on this topic »

INTERVIEW: Chicago Playwright Ike Holter Has Hit the Wall TheaterMania.com By Andy Propst • Apr 1, 2012 • Chicago Ike Holter's Hit the Wall, being presented by the theater company The Inconvenience (of which he is a company member), has proven to be a huge success as part of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's annual Garage series. See all stories on this topic » TheaterMania.com

DATEBOOK FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 2 New Haven Register Monday ‰ The Rotary Club of Hamden meets at 5:45 pm at The Playwright Restaurant, at Whitney and Putnam avenues in Hamden. Call 203-288-0800. ‰ The Rotary Club of Branford meets from 12:15 to 1:30 pm at the Italian American Social Club, 40 Hamre Lane. See all stories on this topic »

'Coach' revisits Al McGuire in endearing ways Green Bay Press Gazette Sportscaster/playwright Dick Enberg puts himself into the skin of errant knight and coach Al McGuire in the biographical play "Coach." Out come names, teams and jargon that are part of any sports crony storyteller's bag. Da, da, da, Marquette Warriors. See all stories on this topic »

Late Comedian, Gringory for Burial May 5 AllAfrica.com By Emmanuel Ugwu, 31 March 2012 Ace comedian, actor and playwright, James Akwari Iroha, popularly known as Gringory in the New Masquerade comedy series would be buried at Bush House, his country home in Bendel Local Government Area of Abia State on May ... See all stories on this topic »

Discussing the future of the stage Niagarathisweek.com Vince Marinaccio, executive director of the Dominion Repertory Theatre and drama teacher at Fort Erie Secondary School, is flying to Calgary this week to attend a symposium on famed Canadian playwright Sharon Pollock. When Sharon Pollock, a Fellow of ... See all stories on this topic »

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Playwright Kirsten Greenidge weaves family history into 'Luck of the ... The details of Medford playwright Kirsten Greenidge's "The Luck of the Irish'' are artistic inventions, but Greenidge's inspiration was her own family history: the ... www.boston.com/.../playwright_kirsten_greenidge_weaves_fa...