Kendra Chapman in the news

An article about our own Kendra Chapman in the Black4Youth publication.

http://www.4blackyouth.com/NewsDetail.aspx?id=66

Jamie Green, Dramaturg - Interview

Discovered on youtube; an interview with Jamie Green, Literary Manager and Dramaturg with MCC Playwright's Coalition. What do you think?

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Michael Lupu Honored

This from Goeff Proehl.

I'm happy to share this news:

At the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Guthrie Theatre’s Board of Directors, Michael Lupu, senior dramaturg at the Guthrie received the Artistic Director’s Award from Joe Dowling.

Dowling, in presenting the award, noted Lupu’s unwavering commitment to artistic excellence in a career that has spanned thirty years.

In 2006, Michael received LMDA's Lessing Award for Lifetime Career Achievement.

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Writing a Play is Like...

This is a really funny post on the blog of Brooklyn-based playwright Matt Freeman.

I'll add my own from my own experience: writing a play is like dissecting a frog. It's a lot of difficult, nasty work and when you're done no one cares and the frog is still dead.

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Carnegie Mellon Dramaturgs and Mac Wellman

I'm not sure if you guys saw this when it came out. Post Gazette article featuring Mac Wellman and our own Kate Goldstein (quoted) and Zander Miller (the back of his head, anyway).

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Orson Scott Card on the Tonys

Ghostlighters,

I am interested to see what you all think about this article. Forwarded to me by Professor Boevers.

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From La Pocha Nostra - Guillermo Gomez-Pena

Guys,

Guillermo Gomez-Pena is an astonishing performance artist, logothete, and philosopher, who will be joining us in December. I had posted an essay he wrote recently on "the Role of the Artist in the Obama Era" here for many weeks, but I have taken it down for space reasons. Please see www.pochanostra.com for much much more from this great innovator.

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