Anthony Clarvoe is an American playwright born in 1958.
Education and training
Princeton University
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, A.B. English, magna com laude, 1981 (studied with Daniel Seltzer, Michael Goldman, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Carol Rosen, Lawrence Danson)
Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, apprenticeship, 1988 (studied with
Maria Irene Fornes
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* 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
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,
David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City. He has won three Obie Awards for his plays '' FOB'', '' Golden Child'', and '' Yel ...
, John O'Keefe, Martin Epstein)
Teaching
Sarah Lawrence College
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, 2005. Team-taught graduate seminar in dramatic writing based on adaptation from a variety of genres.
University of North Carolina/
North Carolina School of the Arts
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, 2003. Worked in collaboration with student actors and designers and professional director in creation of new theater production based on The Ramayana, using Open Theatre-derived improvisations and exercises.
The Playwrights' Center/ McKnight Foundation and Jerome Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, 1990–2. Served as dramaturg one-on-one and as feedback session leader for member and student playwright projects in progress as part of national residency grant program.
Mendocino Arts Center/
James Irvine Foundation The James Irvine Foundation is a philanthropic nonprofit organization established to benefit the people of California. The foundation's grantmaking focuses on a California where all low-income workers have the power to advance economically.
The fo ...
, Mendocino, CA, 1990. Taught series of exercise-based master classes in dramatic writing for adult writers from other media.
Awards
*Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Best Adaptation for THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV at
Circle X Theatre
Circle X is a not-for-profit ensemble theatre company located in Hollywood, California. Circle X's productions have been described by critics as "refreshingly original and imaginative" and "consistently stellar".Back Stage West Garland Award, Best Adaptation for THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV at Circle X Theatre, 2007
*
LA Weekly Theater Award
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finalist, Best Production for THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV at Circle X Theatre, 2006
*San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle Award for CTRL+ALT+DELETE at San Jose Repertory, 2002
*Elliot Norton (New England Critics') Award for Best New Play, for AMBITION FACING WEST, 1998
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Joseph Jefferson Award
The Joseph Jefferson Award, more commonly known informally as the Jeff Award, is given for theatre arts produced in the Chicago area. Founded in 1968, the awards are named in tribute to actor Joseph Jefferson, a 19th-century American theater sta ...
(Chicago Critics') for Best Production, for THE LIVING at Famous Door Theatre, 1997
*Denver Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Play, for THE LIVING at Denver Center Theatre Co., 1993
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Drama-Logue Award
The Drama-Logue Award was an American theater award established in 1977, given by the publishers of Drama-Logue newspaper, a weekly west-coast theater trade publication. Winners were selected by the publication's theater critics, and would rece ...
, Los Angeles, CA, for LET'S PLAY TWO at
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory (SCR) is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.
Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson, is led by Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Direc ...
, 1992
*Drama-Logue Award, Los Angeles, CA, for PICK UP AX at South Coast Repertory, 1990
*Will Glickman (San Francisco Critics') Award for Best New Play, for PICK UP AX Eureka Theatre Co., 1990
*American Theatre Critics Award Citation, for PICK UP AX at Eureka Theatre Co., 1990
*Barry and Bernice Stavis Award for Most Promising Playwright, National Theatre Council, 1990
Selected publications
*THE ART OF SACRIFICE.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc (BPPI) was established in New York City in 1982 to publish and license the stage performance rights of contemporary American plays. The Broadway Play Publishing Inc catalog consists of over 1,000 plays and nearly 400 ...
2005
*CTRL+ALT+DELETE.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc (BPPI) was established in New York City in 1982 to publish and license the stage performance rights of contemporary American plays. The Broadway Play Publishing Inc catalog consists of over 1,000 plays and nearly 400 ...
2005
*THE LIVING, excerpts, in AMERICAN THEATRE BOOK OF MONOLOGUES FOR MEN. Stephanie Coen, ed.
Theatre Communications Group
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is a non-profit service organization headquartered in New York City that promotes professional non-profit theatre in the United States.
The organization also publishes ''American Theatre'' magazine and ''ARTSEA ...
. 2003
*AMBITION FACING WEST.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc (BPPI) was established in New York City in 1982 to publish and license the stage performance rights of contemporary American plays. The Broadway Play Publishing Inc catalog consists of over 1,000 plays and nearly 400 ...
2003
*THE WILD DUCK.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc (BPPI) was established in New York City in 1982 to publish and license the stage performance rights of contemporary American plays. The Broadway Play Publishing Inc catalog consists of over 1,000 plays and nearly 400 ...
2001
*WALKING OFF THE ROOF.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc (BPPI) was established in New York City in 1982 to publish and license the stage performance rights of contemporary American plays. The Broadway Play Publishing Inc catalog consists of over 1,000 plays and nearly 400 ...
1999
*THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc (BPPI) was established in New York City in 1982 to publish and license the stage performance rights of contemporary American plays. The Broadway Play Publishing Inc catalog consists of over 1,000 plays and nearly 400 ...
1997
*Plays By Anthony Clarvoe (THE LIVING, SHOW AND TELL, LET'S PLAY TWO).
Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc (BPPI) was established in New York City in 1982 to publish and license the stage performance rights of contemporary American plays. The Broadway Play Publishing Inc catalog consists of over 1,000 plays and nearly 400 ...
1996
*PICK UP AX, excerpt, in STRANGE ATTRACTION: THE BEST OF TEN YEARS OF ZYZZYVA. Howard Junker, ed.
University of Nevada
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Press. 1995
*THE LIVING, in American Theater magazine, November 1993
*THE LIVING, Act II, in Kenyon Review, Spring 1993
*PICK UP AX,
Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc (BPPI) was established in New York City in 1982 to publish and license the stage performance rights of contemporary American plays. The Broadway Play Publishing Inc catalog consists of over 1,000 plays and nearly 400 ...
1991
*PICK UP AX, excerpt, in THE BURNS MANTLE THEATRE YEARBOOK 1989–1990.
Play commissions and productions
*THE JUST (from
Albert Camus
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), commission from Chautauqua Theatre Co. 2007 Chautauqua Theatre Company, Ethan McSweeny, dir.
*THE ART OF SACRIFICE, commission from
Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work.
Under the ...
. 2005 Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Charles Towers, dir.
*RAMAYANA, commission from
University of North Carolina
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&
North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is an arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It grants high school, undergraduate, and graduate degrees. Founded in 1963 as the North Carolina School of the Arts by then-Governo ...
. 2003 University of North Carolina, John Dillon, dir.
*CTRL+ALT+DELETE, commission from
Wharton Center Wharton may refer to:
Academic institutions
* Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
* Wharton County Junior College
* Paul R. Wharton High School
* Wharton Center for Performing Arts, at Michigan State University
Places
* Wharton, ...
for the Arts. 2001 San Jose Repertory, San Jose, CA, Ethan McSweeny, dir.; 2002 George St Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ, Ethan McSweeny, dir.
*CITY OF LIGHT (from
Lauren Belfer
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Personal life
Lauren Belfer was born in Rochester, New York and grew ...
), commission from Studio Arena Theatre. 2001 Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, Gavin Cameron-Webb, dir.
*THE WILD DUCK (from
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential pla ...
), commission from Great Lakes Theater Festival. 2000 Great Lakes Theater Festival, Cleveland, OH, Bill Rauch, dir.
*WALKING OFF THE ROOF, commission from Signature Theatre Co. 1998
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory (SCR) is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.
Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson, is led by Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Direc ...
, Costa Mesa, CA, Bill Rauch, dir.; 1999 Signature Theatre Co., New York, NY, Darrell Larson, dir.
*AMBITION FACING WEST, commission from
Mark Taper Forum
The Mark Taper Forum is a 739-seat thrust stage at the Los Angeles Music Center designed by Welton Becket and Associates on the Bunker Hill section of Downtown Los Angeles. Named for real estate developer Mark Taper, the Forum, the neighborin ...
Intiman Theatre
Intiman Theatre Festival in Seattle, Washington, was founded in 1972 as a resident theatre by Margaret "Megs" Booker, who named it for August Strindberg's Stockholm theater.
, Seattle, WA, Warner Shook, dir.; 1997 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Melia Bensussen, dir.; 2000 Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble, Mark Ramont, dir.; 2007 TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley), Palo Alto, CA, Kent Nicholson, dir.; 2007 Theater Alliance, Washington, DC, Jeremy Skidmore, dir.
*GHOSTS (from
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential pla ...
), Commission from, Rep Theatre of St. Louis &
Cincinnati Playhouse
The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is a regional theatre in the United States. It was founded in 1959 by college student Gerald Covell and was one of the first regional theatres in the United States. Located in Eden Park, the first play that pr ...
. 1996
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is a regional theatre in the United States. It was founded in 1959 by college student Gerald Covell and was one of the first regional theatres in the United States. Located in Eden Park, the first play that pr ...
, Madeline Pabis, dir.; 1996 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, John Dillon, dir.; 1996
Intiman Theatre
Intiman Theatre Festival in Seattle, Washington, was founded in 1972 as a resident theatre by Margaret "Megs" Booker, who named it for August Strindberg's Stockholm theater.
, Richard E.T. White, dir.
*THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, commission from Rep Theatre of St. Louis. 1995
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is a regional theatre in the United States. It was founded in 1959 by college student Gerald Covell and was one of the first regional theatres in the United States. Located in Eden Park, the first play that pr ...
, Brian Kulick, dir.; 1995 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Brian Kulick, dir.; Cincinnati Playhouse,
Otterbein College
Otterbein University is a private university in Westerville, Ohio. It offers 74 majors and 44 minors as well as eight graduate programs. The university was founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and named for United Bre ...
; 2003 12 Miles West Theatre, Montclair, NJ, Jason King Jones, dir.; 2006 Circle X Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, John Langs, dir.
*THE LIVING. Over 40 professional and amateur productions including: 1993
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is an organization in Denver, Colorado which provides a showcase for live theatre, a nurturing ground for new plays, a preferred stop on the Broadway touring circuit, acting classes for the commun ...
, Nagle Jackson, dir.; 1994 Theatre of the First Amendment, Rick Davis, dir.; 1994 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Steve Woolf, dir.; 1994 San Jose Stage, San Jose, CA, Ken Kelleher, dir.; 1996 The Fritz Theatre, San Diego, CA, Christina Courtenay, dir.; 1997 Famous Door Theatre Company, Chicago, IL, Cal MacLean, dir.; 1997 Florida Stage, Manalapan, FL, Lou Tyrell, dir.; 1999 Colony Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, David Rose, dir.
*LET'S PLAY TWO, commission from
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory (SCR) is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.
Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson, is led by Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Direc ...
. 1992 South Coast Repertory, Michael Bloom, dir.; 1994 Horizon Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA, Jeff Adler, dir.; 1994 Encore Productions, San Francisco, CA, David Maier, dir.; 1996 B Street Theatre, Sacramento, CA; 1999 Incite Productions/29th St. Rep, New York, NY, Miky Wolf, dir.
*SHOW AND TELL, commission from
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory (SCR) is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.
Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson, is led by Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Direc ...
. 1992 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Susan Gregg, dir.; 1994 Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, NY, Mary O'Brady, dir.; 1997 San Jose Stage, San Jose, CA.; 1999
Circle X Theatre
Circle X is a not-for-profit ensemble theatre company located in Hollywood, California. Circle X's productions have been described by critics as "refreshingly original and imaginative" and "consistently stellar". 1990 Eureka Theatre Co., San Francisco, CA, Susan Marsden, dir.; 1990
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory (SCR) is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.
Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson, is led by Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Direc ...
,
David Esbjornson
David Esbjornson is a director and producer who has worked throughout the United States in regional theatres and on Broadway, and has established strong and productive relationships with some of the profession's top playwrights, actors, and compan ...
, dir.; 1990 Northlight Theatre, Chicago, IL, Richard E T White, dir.; 1991 San Jose Repertory, San Jose, CA, John McCluggage, dir.; 1994 Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA, Daniel Farmer, dir.; 1996 29th Street Repertory, New York, NY, Jim Abar, dir.; 1998 Pacific Theater Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA; 2003 Metropolitan Playhouse, New York, NY, Alex Roe, dir.; 2009 Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View, CA Ray Renati, dir.