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American playwright
Anne Washburn
is an American playwright.
Life
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Washburn graduated from
Reed College
[1]
and from
New York University
, with an M.F.A.
[2]
Her plays have been produced in
New York City
by
Cherry Lane Theatre
,
Clubbed Thumb
,
The Civilians
,
Vineyard Theatre
,
Dixon Place
, and
Soho Repertory Theatre
?and elsewhere by
American Repertory Theater
,
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
,
New Jersey's Two River Theater Company
,
Washington DC's Studio Theater
, and
London's
Gate Theatre
and
Almeida Theatre
.
[3]
[4]
Her 2012 play
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play
received a
Drama League Award
nomination for Outstanding Production and was praised by
The New York Times
as "downright brilliant."
[5]
Her play
A Devil at Noon
was featured at the 2011
Humana Festival of New American Plays
and the play
Sleep Rock Thy Brain
?written with
Rinne Groff
and Lucas Hnath?was featured at the 2013 Festival.
[6]
In 2015,
10 Out of 12
played at the Soho Rep theater.
[7]
Washburn is a member of 13P,
[8]
an associated artist with The Civilians and New Georges, and an alumna of New Dramatists.
[4]
Her work has been published in
American Theatre magazine
.
Awards and honors
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Plays
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- 2019
Shipwreck
[13]
- 2018
Little Bunny Foo Foo
- 2017
The Twilight Zone
- 2016
Antlia Pneumatica
- 2015
Iphigenia in Aulis, a transadaptation
, based on
Euripides'
Iphigenia in Aulis
- 2015
10 Out of 12
- 2012
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play
- 2011
A Devil at Noon
- 2010
The Small
- 2010
Orestes, a transadaptation
, based on
Euripides'
Orestes
- 2008
October/November
- 2006
I Have Loved Strangers
- 2004
The Internationalist
- 2004
The Ladies
- 2003
Apparition
- 2001
The Communist Dracula Pageant
- 1999
Everything Not Forbidden Is Permitted (Or Vice Versa)
- 1998
Refreshment of the Spirit
References
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- ^
"The Electric Mr. Burns"
.
Reed Magazine
. Retrieved
2015-08-19
.
- ^
a
b
"Anne Washburn"
.
www.whiting.org
. Retrieved
Jul 18,
2019
.
- ^
"Actors Theater of Louisville: Anne Washburn"
. Archived from
the original
on January 23, 2011
. Retrieved
Jul 18,
2019
.
- ^
a
b
"Anne Washburn"
.
New Dramatists
. Retrieved
Jul 18,
2019
.
- ^
Brantley, Ben (2013-09-15).
"
'Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,' at Playwrights Horizons"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
2015-08-19
.
- ^
"Actors Theatre of Louisville:
Sleep Rock Thy Brain
, slated to Premiere during the 37th Annual Humana Festival"
. Archived from
the original
on September 27, 2012
. Retrieved
Jul 18,
2019
.
- ^
Soloski, Alexis (2015-05-29).
"Anne Washburn Brings Backstage Drama to Center Stage in '10 Out of 12'
"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
2015-08-19
.
- ^
"HOME"
.
13p.org
. Retrieved
Jul 18,
2019
.
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"John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Search Results"
. Retrieved
Jul 18,
2019
.
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Carolyn Kellogg (May 13, 2015).
"PEN announces award-winners and shortlists"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
May 14,
2015
.
- ^
"2015 PEN Literary Award Winners"
.
pen.org
. 11 May 2015
. Retrieved
May 14,
2015
.
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"Anne Washburn | The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts"
.
herbalpertawards.org
. Apr 29, 2016
. Retrieved
Jul 18,
2019
.
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Billington, Michael (20 February 2019).
"Shipwreck review ? vital political drama takes Trump seriously | Theatre | The Guardian"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
9 January
2021
.
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