Whether you do it outside, inside, solo, with a group, upside down, swinging from ropes, or on a stage, there's bound to be something for everyone interested in dance at the upcoming free two-day dance conference hosted by Summer Stages Dance at the Concord Academy. Organized by NEFA, the event promises to be a fabulous opportunity to see and discuss all things related to the … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2008
The Kleban Plays
Good on ya! Great news from Laura Harrington (Playwriting/New Theater Works Fellow '97, '05). She won a Kleban Award for most promising librettist from New Dramatists (funded by the Kleban Foundation). This after a well-received run of her musical Crossing Brooklyn this past fall and an upcoming production of Alice Unwrapped, both at NYC venues. (Check out some of her … [Read more...]
Miniature theater
The Boston Theater Marathon takes place this weekend (May 11), and a handful of past Playwriting/New Theater Works fellows & finalists have compressed the big stuff of theater into miniature forms. Ten-minute plays by William Donnelly (Fellow '05), Deborah Fortson (Fellow '05), Monica Raymond (Finalist '07), and Leslie Harrell Dillen (Finalist '01) will appear alongside … [Read more...]
Bonus Tracks
Recently, we posted an Artist to Artist featuring novelist Karl Iagnemma (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '02) and installation artist Brian Knep (Sculpture/Installation Finalist '07) discussing science and technology in their art. In an interview to gather material for the piece, Brian spoke on a number of topics we didn't have room to include in the Artist to Artist … [Read more...]