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Geography Club (play)
''Geography Club'' is a play by American playwright and author Brent Hartinger, based on his novel ''Geography Club ''Geography Club'' is a 2003 young adult novel by American author Brent Hartinger. It is the first book in '' The Russel Middlebrook Series''. The novel follows a group of high school students who feel like outsiders, some because of their se ...''. Production history ''Geography Club'' premiered as a staged reading in Seattle, Washington at the third annual Seattle FringeACT Festival of New Plays in 2004, directed by Ilene Fins. ''The Geography Club'' starred Brendan Callahan as Russel Middlebrook. The play's production premiere was as the opening show at the first annual Northwest Playwright's Alliance Festival of New Plays in 2008. It was directed by David Domkoski (who applauded the play for being both "good and relevant to what's happening to kids right now") and starred Galen Wicks, then a senior at Tacoma School of the Arts, as Russel. One revie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Hartinger
Brent Hartinger (born 1971) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his novels about gay teenagers. Early life Hartinger was born in 1971 in Washington state and grew up in Tacoma, Washington. He earned a bachelor's degree from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, and studied for a masters in psychology at Western Washington University. Career Hartinger is the author of fourteen novels. His first published book was the young adult novel ''Geography Club'' (HarperCollins, 2003). He subsequently published seven companion books to that novel, including ''The Thing I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know'' (2014); ''Barefoot in the City of Broken Dreams'' (2015); ''The Road to Amazing'' (2016); and ''The Otto Digmore Difference'' (2017). These last four books were written for adults, and include the teen characters from his earlier YA novels, but now adults in their twenties. Hartinger's other books, all for young adults, include ''Grand & Humble'' (2006) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle, WA, USA
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canadian border. A major gateway for trade with East Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area was inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent European settlers. Arthur A. Denny and his group of travelers, subseq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
