ND News – February 2012
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Mia Chung, Chiori Miyagawa & Andrea Thome Among Playwrights of Collective "Dream Acts" at HERE
In Dream Acts, five undocumented teens from Nigeria, Mexico, Ukraine, Korea, and Jordan face the extraordinary challenge of living ordinary lives under the radar. Through their experiences, we learn about facts about the DREAM Act and the secret lives lead by undocumented youth. Read More
I AM THEATRE: Kwame Kwei-Armah
Theatre Communications Group's I AM THEATRE captures pivotal moments in the lives of theatre-makers in an online video series. This project will raise awareness for the theatre field and champion the diverse group of people who are creating, supporting, and engaging with theatre. TCG has graciously allowed New Dramatists to re-post videos related to our current resident playwrights, alumni and family of collaborators. Read More
Director of Eugenie Chan's "Tontlawald" Reflects on Ancient Primal Music, Hidden Snakes, and Living Dolls
Eugenie Chan's Tontlawald is based on an Estonian tale from The Violet Fairy Book. Director Paige Rogers heard it from her son's first-grade teacher, and it captivated her. Rogers, who co-founded the Cutting Ball Theater in 1999 with her husband, Rob Melrose, was also inspired by Poland's Teatr ZAR, which uses dance and music in its theater productions and takes its name from funeral songs performed by the Svaneti tribe in the Caucasus, in Georgia. So she asked resident playwright Eugenie Chan to work on a script, got Annie Paladino to co-direct, and Laura Arrington to choreograph. Read More
Role Reversal: From Intern to Director
On a typical January morning this year Richard Maxwell, 44, woke up in his apartment at Manhattan Plaza, took the subway downtown from the Port Authority terminal and ended up inside the Performing Garage, where he went to work directing the most famous experimental theater troupe in the world, the Wooster Group, in a rehearsal of Eugene O’Neill’s Early Plays. Read More
I AM THEATRE: Andres Munar
Theatre Communications Group's I AM THEATRE captures pivotal moments in the lives of theatre-makers in an online video series. This project will raise awareness for the theatre field and champion the diverse group of people who are creating, supporting, and engaging with theatre. TCG has graciously allowed New Dramatists to re-post videos related to our current resident playwrights, alumni and family of collaborators. Read More
EmcArts Innovation Stories: Empowering Our Writers
Since March 2011, New Dramatists has participated in the EmcArts’ Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts, a three-phase program designed to allow organizations to challenge core assumptions about their work. Since that time, New Dramatists has transformed the role of our resident playwrights from being served by the staff to co-creating their own residency experience. Read More
Playwrights Horizons New Season to Include Annie Baker & Tanya Barfield
Playwrights Horizons has lined up new works by Annie Baker, Tanya Barfield, Richard Greenberg, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie, Amy Herzog, Samuel D. Hunter and Lisa D'Amour as part of the Off-Broadway company's 2012-2013 season. Read More
I AM THEATRE: Young Jean Lee
Theatre Communications Group's I AM THEATRE captures pivotal moments in the lives of theatre-makers in an online video series. This project will raise awareness for the theatre field and champion the diverse group of people who are creating, supporting, and engaging with theatre. TCG has graciously allowed New Dramatists to re-post videos related to our current resident playwrights, alumni and family of collaborators. Read More
Three Playwrights Selected for 2012-13 Van Lier Playwriting Fellowships
Charise Castro Smith, Brian Otaño, and Jackie Sibblies Drury have each won a Van Lier Playwriting Fellowship at New Dramatists. The three writers will spend 18 months at New Dramatists developing their work and working closely with mentor playwrights. Read More
Crowd-Source the Dragon: Qui Nguyen and His Vampire Cowboys Are Back
The dragon is called the Tiamat, and in last fall’s production of Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters, this firebreather closed the show. As the terrified heroine cowered in a spotlight, smoke filled the Flea Theater’s narrow stage. When the lights rose, there was the monster: a colossal five-headed puppet whose handlers were neatly concealed behind the fog. As a practical effect, the Tiamat was convincing enough to make one swear off CGI forever. As theatrical spectacle, it was a highlight of 2011. Read More
Jason Grote Got T.V. Gig through Meeting at Denver's New Play Summit
Resident playwright Jason Grote met Theresa Rebeck at the Denver New Play Summit in 2008. Years later Rebeck, the head writer on NBC's new theater-centric drama Smash, hired Grote to write for the show - and not a moment too soon. Read More
I AM THEATRE: Lynn Nottage
Theatre Communications Group's I AM THEATRE captures pivotal moments in the lives of theatre-makers in an online video series. This project will raise awareness for the theatre field and champion the diverse group of people who are creating, supporting, and engaging with theatre. TCG has graciously allowed New Dramatists to re-post videos related to our current resident playwrights, alumni and family of collaborators. Read More
February 2012 at New Dramatists
Artistic Programs Administrator Erin Detrick gives you the low down on all the happenings this month at New Dramatists. Read More
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