Topics – Kirsten Greenidge

During both 9/11 and the Marathon bombings I have been surrounded by children. In 2001, I was a nanny to four in Newton, and right now I’m a parent to two in Waltham. So after both of these tragedies — and after Newtown, Conn., too — my reaction to the violence has been to focus inward, to maintain calm, to keep up the routine of daily life.  Read More

Lincoln Center's LCT3 has announced that Marsha Stephanie Blake, Eisa Davis, Dashiell Eaves, Frank Harts, Robert Hogan, Jenny O'Hara, Carra Patterson, Amanda Quaid, and Victor Williams will be featured in the upcoming Rebecca Taichman directed production of Luck of the Irish.  Read More

LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater's programming initiative for new artists and new audiences, has announced two new productions for 2013. Resident playwright Kirsten Greenidge's Luck of the Irish will play January 28-March 10 at the Claire Tow Theater.  Read More

Someone asked me recently if I paid attention to the audiences who see my plays. “Yes,” I said, “I watch them very closely.” I hear every cough, see every lit phone screen. I, too, pay attention to the fact that many have gone gray, as the Globe’s Don Aucoin wrote last week. So it’s sheer delight if I see more than a few audience members who are youthful — that is, under 45 — and it’s next to ecstasy if I see some who are “of color.” When I sit there hoping an audience will respond to my words, any form of “other” is better than none at all.  Read More

Resident playwrights Kirsten Greenidge and Richard Maxwell were among the winners at the 2012 Village Voice Obie Awards. Alum Caridad Svich also received a Lifetime Achievement Award.  Read More

The Off-Broadway production of Kirsten Greenidge's Milk Like Sugar -- co-produced by Playwrights Horizons, Women's Project and La Jolla Playhouse -- has extended its run at Playwrights Horizons through November 27. Rebecca Taichman has directed the production.  Read More