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Barbara Schneider originally from Germany, is an American playwright. [1]
| This biographical article is written like a résumé .(February 2022) |
Barbara Schneider originally from Germany, is an American playwright. [1]
Studied with Ed Bullins, at the New York Shakespeare Festival Writer's Unit and Cherry Lane Theater Mentor project. [2] Was a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York. [3]
Teacher and Workshop Leader at Young Playwrights, Inc., New York: (1985–1995) Led extensive workshops, including residencies, in New York City public and private schools, from inception of a play to performance; at the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City, MO; Little Theatre in Raleigh, NC, and many others. Conducted the Young Playwright Festival’s annual Teacher Training Institute weeklong series of all-day playwriting seminars. Led workshops and seminars at University of Iowa/MFA-Playwriting Program.
Frequent guest professor/dramatist at the Berlin University of the Arts. [4]
Marsha Norman is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play 'night, Mother. She wrote the book and lyrics for such Broadway musicals as The Secret Garden, for which she won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and The Red Shoes, as well as the libretto for the musical The Color Purple and the book for the musical The Bridges of Madison County. She was co-chair of the playwriting department at The Juilliard School until stepping down in 2020.
Ellen McLaughlin is an American playwright and actress.
Lynn Nottage is an American playwright whose work often focuses on the experience of working-class people, particularly working-class people who are Black. She has received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: in 2009 for her play Ruined, and in 2017 for her play Sweat. She was the first woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama two times.
Cheryl L. West is an American playwright.
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Wendy C. Goldberg is an American theatre director and the current Artistic Director of the National Playwrights Conference at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Under Goldberg's tenure, The O'Neill was awarded the 2010 Regional Theatre Tony Award, the first play development and education organization to receive this honor. Goldberg is the first woman to run the Playwrights Conference and was named Artistic Director when she was just 31 years old.
Tracey Scott Wilson is an American playwright, television writer, television producer, and screenwriter. She graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in English and from Temple University with an MA in English Literature.
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