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Summer Play Festival
The Summer Play Festival (SPF) was a theatre festival held in New York, USA. Description The annual four-week Summer Play Festival took place during the summer months at the Public Theater in New York City. It was founded by Broadway producer Arielle Tepper Madover and staged new plays and musicals by emerging writers. The first Summer Play Festival was presented in 2004, introducing a $10 ticket price that was a key feature of the event for its entire run. A year later in 2005, The Living Room for Artists, Inc. was formed as a non-profit organization to ensure that the Festival perpetuates its goals, and whose central mission is to both fuel the growth of emerging theatre artists and encourage people of all ages to create, attend and work in the theatre. Unlike the New York International Fringe Festival, there was no application fee and each production was allotted a significant budget. The SPF organization handled all the marketing and maintained no long-term rights to the plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Theater
The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded as the Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming playwrights and performers.Epstein, Helen. ''Joe Papp: An American Life'', Da Capo Press, March 1, 1996. Led by JoAnne Akalaitis from 1991 to 1993 and by George C. Wolfe from 1993 to 2004, it is currently led by Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham. The venue opened in 1967, with the world-premiere production of the musical ''Hair'' as its first show. The Public is headquartered at 425 Lafayette Street in the former Astor Library in Lower Manhattan. The building holds five theater spaces and Joe's Pub, a cabaret-style venue used for new work, musical performances, spoken-word artists, and soloists. The Public also operates the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, where it presents Shakespeare in the Park. New York natives and visitors alike have been enjoying free Shakesp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Stitt
Georgia Stitt (born June 17, 1972) is an American composer and lyricist, arranger, conductor, and musical director. Early life and education Stitt was born in Atlanta, but spent most of her childhood in Covington, Tennessee. She earned a B.Mus degree in Music Theory and Composition from Vanderbilt University and a M.F.A. in Musical Theater Writing from New York University. Career Stitt began her career in New York City as a pianist, conductor and musical director on '' Little Shop of Horrors'', '' Avenue Q'', ''Sweet Smell of Success'', ''The Music Man'', ''Titanic'', ''Annie'', and the national tour of '' Parade''. Stitt composed music for ''The Water'', which won the 2008 ANMT “Search for New Voices in American Musical Theatre”. She has also composed for the musicals ''Snow Child, Samantha Spade, Ace Detective, The Big Boom, Big Red Sun,'' ''Sing Me A Happy Song'', ''Mosaic'', and ''Hello! My Baby''. Stitt's recorded music includes ''A Quiet Revolution'', ''My Lifelong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Brackett
Stephen Brackett is an American stage director best known for directing the Broadway musicals ''A Strange Loop'', ''Be More Chill'', and ''The Lightning Thief''. For his work on ''A Strange Loop'', Brackett received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical at the 75th Tony Awards. Early life and education Brackett has a BFA from New York University, where he attended Playwrights Horizons Theater School. Career Brackett was assistant director to Annie Dorsen on the Public Theatre and Broadway productions of ''Passing Strange''. Off-Broadway, Brackett has directed ''To My Girls'' (at Second Stage Theatre), ''The Mad Ones'' (59E59 Theaters), ''City Of'' (Playwrights Horizons), and ''Buyer & Cellar'' ( Barrow Street). His Off-Broadway productions of ''A Strange Loop'' (originally produced at Playwrights Horizons, ''Be More Chill'' (at the Pershing Square Signature Center), and ''The Lightning Thief'' (at the Lucille Lortel Theater), all subsequently tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniella Topol
Danielle is a modern French female variant of the male name Daniel, meaning "God is my judge" in the Hebrew language. Variants *Dana – Czech, German, Romanian Polish *Danette – English *Daniela – Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, English, German, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Slovak, Latvian *Danièle – French *Daniélín - Irish *Daniella – English, Italian, Hungarian *Danielle – English, French, Odia *Daniëlle – Dutch *Danijela – Croatian, Serbian, Slovene *Danita – English *Danna – English *Dannielle – English *Danniella – English *Danuta – Polish *Danielė – Lithuanian * دانيال – Arabic * Даніэль (Danieĺ) Даніэла (Daniella) – Belarusian * ড্যানিয়েল (Ḍyāniẏēla) – Bengali * 丹妮尔 (Dānnīěr) – Chinese Simplified * 丹妮爾 (Dānnīěr) – Chinese Traditional * ડેનિયલ (Ḍēniyala) – Gujarati * דניאל – Hebrew * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Gold (director)
Sam Gold is an American theater director and actor. He has directed both musicals and plays, on Broadway theatre, Broadway and Off-Broadway. He won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for ''Fun Home (musical), Fun Home''. Early life Gold was raised in Westchester County, New York, Westchester and New York City. His father, Jeffrey, is an investment banker, and his mother, Lenore, is a painter. He graduated from Cornell University with a degree in English and had internships at Playwrights Horizons and the Signature Theater, and attended the directing program at the Juilliard School. He spent three years as an assistant director and dramaturge at the Wooster Group.Pacheco, Patrick"Sam Gold feeds off 'Anger'"''The Los Angeles Times'', February 19, 2012 He explained that "my career has been very focused on brand-new plays for a while. But, always, the reason I got into the theatre was because I was inspired by these classics. I was an English major and I loved the pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Urban
Ken Urban is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and musician based in New York. He is a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and leads the Music and Theatre Arts Program's dramatic writing program. Urban is also a resident playwright at New Dramatists and an affiliated writer at the Playwrights' Center. Education and teaching Urban attended Bucknell University, and graduated '' magna cum laude'' in English in 1996. Before graduating, Urban studied in London where he wrote his first play while studying contemporary British theatre, citing the work of Sarah Kane, Caryl Churchill, and Martin McDonagh as his inspiration. Following his time in London, Urban returned to the United States to earn a Master's and Ph.D. in English Literature from Rutgers University in 2006. After receiving his doctorate, Urban taught at Harvard University for 8 years, and has since held teaching positions at Princeton University and Tufts University, focusing on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zayd Dohrn
Zaid (also transliterated as Zayd, ar, زيد) is an Arabic given name and surname. Zaid *Zaid Abbas Jordanian basketball player *Zaid Abdul-Aziz (born 1946), American basketball player * Zaid Al-Harb (1887–1972), Kuwaiti poet *Zaid al-Rifai (born 1936), Jordanian politician and prime minister *Zaid Ashkanani (born 1994), Kuwaiti racing driver * Zaid Hamid (born 1964), Pakistani political commentator *Zaid Ibrahim (born 1951), Malaysian politician * Zaid Orudzhev (born 1932), Russian philosopher *Zaid Shakir (born 1956), American scholar *Zaid ibn Shaker (1934–2002), Jordanian general, politician and prime minister Zayd *Zayd Abu Zayd (1195–1270), Almohad political leader *Zayd al-Khayr, companion of Muhammad * Zayd ibn al-Dathinnah, companion of Muhammad *Zayd ibn Ali (695–740), great-grandson of Ali and fifth Imam according to Zaidi Shi'ism *Zayd ibn al-Khattab, companion of Muhammad *Zayd ibn Arqam, companion of Muhammad *Zayd ibn Harithah (581–629), companion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Immerwahr
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, including ''adam'', meaning humankind; in God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman, Eve, as his helpmate; in Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death; deals with the birth of Adam's sons, and lists his descendants from Seth to Noah. The Genesis creation myth was adopted by both Christianity and Islam, and the name of Adam accordingly appears in the Christian scriptures and in the Quran. He also features in subsequent folkloric and mystical elaborations in later Judaism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Driver
Adam Douglas Driver (born November 19, 1983) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award; making him one of few performers nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting. Driver made his Broadway debut in ''Mrs. Warren's Profession'' (2010) and subsequently appeared in '' Man and Boy'' (2011). He rose to prominence with a supporting role in the HBO comedy-drama series ''Girls'' (2012–2017), for which he received three consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations. Driver began his film career in supporting roles in Steven Spielberg's ''Lincoln'' (2012), Noah Baumbach's ''Frances Ha'' (2012), and the Coen Brothers' '' Inside Llewyn Davis'' (2013). He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his lead role in the drama '' Hungry Hearts'' (2014). Driver gained wider recognition for playing Kylo Ren in the ''Star Wars'' sequel trilogy (2015–2019). He starred as a poet in Jim Jarmusch's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristoffer Diaz
Kristoffer Díaz is an American playwright, screenwriter, and educator. As a playwright, he has five full-length titles amongst other works which have been widely produced and developed. In 2010, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 2011, ''The New York Times'' awarded Díaz with the Outstanding Playwright Award. He has worked with television networks like HBO, FX, Fox, ESPN, and Netflix. Díaz currently teaches at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Díaz is the Head of Admissions and an associate professor at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Diaz teaches dramatic writing and contemporary US theater. Diaz's primary focus is American plays and musicals. Diaz has lived and worked in the New York City area, which has served as the setting for a number of his works. Diaz has credited a 1992 experience seeing John Leguizamo's ''Spic-o-Rama'' at the Westside Theater in New York City as an early influence on his work as a Latino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Moss
Chloë Moss (born 1976 in Liverpool) is an English playwright and screenwriter. Early life Moss grew up in Liverpool and attended Manchester Metropolitan University, where she studied film. She joined the Royal Court's Young Writers programme and wrote her first professional play, '' A Day In Dull Armour''. Career She soon became a writer-in-residence at the Bush and is under commission to the Manchester Royal Exchange, the Royal Court, Paines Plough, Liverpool Everyman, and Clean Break (theatre company). Other work includes ''How Love is Spelt'', which opened at the Bush Theatre London in November 2004 and Off-Broadway in August 2005; '' Christmas Is Miles Away'' (Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, November 2005, transferring to the Bush in February 2006); and '' The Way Home'' (Liverpool Everyman, November 2006). '' Catch''—a collaborative piece written with four other playwrights (April De Angelis, Laura Wade, Stella Feehily, and Tanika Gupta)—premièred at The Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Harrison
Jordan Harrison (born 1977) is a playwright. He grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. His play ''Marjorie Prime'' was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Biography Harrison received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1999 and an M.F.A. from Brown University, where he studied with Paula Vogel. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Shortly after graduating from Brown, his play ''Kid-Simple'', which he wrote while in grad school, was produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2004. The Actors Theatre of Louisville subsequently premiered his plays ''Act a Lady'' (2006) and ''Maple and Vine'', both of which were directed by Anne Kauffman, and ''The Grown-Up'', which was directed by Ken Rus Schmoll. ''Act a Lady,'' after being developed at the PlayPenn New Play Conference in 2005, was subsequently produced in several venues including the New Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco in April 2009. ''The Museum Play'' had workshops at Brown University (2003), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
