Susan Miller, Eleanor Burgess, Johnna Adams

Plays by Women from the Contemporary American Theater Festival

Gidion's Knot; The Niceties; Memoirs of a Forgotten Man; Dead and Breathing; 20th Century Blues
Herausgegeben:McKowen, Peggy; Herendeen, Ed

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Produktbeschreibung

Based at Shepherd University, in West Virginia, the Contemporary American Theater Festival is nationally and internationally recognized as a home for playwrights and the development and production of new plays. The Festival makes it a priority to celebrate and produce playwrights with strong, distinct voices, with a core value to tell diverse stories.This anthology of work provides plays that speak to one of the most compelling virtues of artists everywhere - freedom of speech. A necessary volume of women playwrights' work, ranging from a two-time Obie Award-winning author to emerging writers just beginning their careers, it represents a group of women who vary in age, race and sexual orientation and offers an invitation to artistic leaders, scholars and students to embrace gritty, thought-provoking new dramatic work.Edited by The Festival's Producing Directors Peggy McKowen and Ed Herendeen, this anthology features an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage. Each of the five powerful plays is followed by an informative and discursive playwright interview conducted by Sharon J. Anderson that contextualizes and develops the works within the wider context of the annual festival.The plays include: Gidion's Knot by Johnna Adams The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess Memoirs of a Forgotten Man by D.W GregoryDead and Breathing by Chisa Hutchinson 20th Century Blues by Susan Miller

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Specialist / Methuen Drama
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 412734
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 141mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9781350084810
• ISBN-10: 1350084816
• Artikelnr.: 54316601

Autorenporträt

Susan Miller, Eleanor Burgess, Johanna Adams, Chisa Hutchinson, D.W. Gregory

Inhaltsangabe

An Introduction by Lynn Nottage. A Chronology of the Contemporary American Theater FestivalThe Playwrights and Plays Gidion's Knot by Johnna AdamsJohnna Adams' Biography Interview with Johnna Adams, conducted by Sharon J. Anderson The Niceties by Eleanor BurgessEleanor Burgess' Biography Interview with Eleanor Burgess, conducted by Sharon J. AndersonMemoirs of a Forgotten Man by D.W. GregoryD.W. Gregory's BiographyInterview with D.W. Gregory, conducted by Sharon J. AndersonDead and Breathing by Chisa HutchinsonChisa Hutchinson's BiographyInterview with Chisa Hutchinson, conducted by Sharon J. Anderson20th Century Blues by Susan MillerSusan Miller's BiographyInterview with Susan Miller, conducted by Sharon J. Anderson