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WILLIAM SAROYAN PLAYWRITING COMPETITION JURY ANNOUNCED
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 20, 2012 - 15:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA) and the
William Saroyan Foundation are pleased to announce the Honorary Jury
for the Third Biennial William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting Award
competition: actress/producer Gates McFadden, playwright Catherine
Filloux and playwright/screenwriter Eduardo Machado, according to
The Armenian Reporter.
Director, choreographer and actress Gates McFadden is Artistic
Director of Ensemble Studio Theatre in Los Angeles. She has been
Assistant Professor at Brandeis University, Lecturer at University
of Pittsburgh, and Adjunct Lecturer at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
(five years,) Harvard University, and Brooklyn College. She has served
as guest lecturer or artist at many schools across the U.S. and Europe.
Catherine Filloux is an award-winning playwright who has been writing
about human rights and social justice for the past twenty years. Her
new play Luz will premiere September 27, 2012 to October 14, 2012 at
La MaMa in New York City, where she is an Artist in Residence.
Filloux's commissioned libretto, New Arrivals, for Houston Grand Opera,
Song of Houston, will premiere in June 2012, composed by John Glover.
Mr. Machado wrote and directed the film Exiles in New York, which
played at the A.F.I. Film Festival and numerous other festivals. Mr.
Machado is currently the Artistic Director of INTAR Theatre in New
York City, and is Head of Playwriting in the Goldberg Department of
Dramatic Writing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. This past year,
he was a Story Editor on the HBO Show Hung.
The Honorary Jury will evaluate the three finalist plays, which will be
announced next month and selected from a pool of script submissions
from around the world. The grand prize winner of $10,000 will be
announced in late 2012.
ADAA's William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting for plays on Armenian
themes is made possible by a grant from the William Saroyan Foundation,
which has underwritten the Saroyan Prize since its inception in 2007.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 20, 2012 - 15:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA) and the
William Saroyan Foundation are pleased to announce the Honorary Jury
for the Third Biennial William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting Award
competition: actress/producer Gates McFadden, playwright Catherine
Filloux and playwright/screenwriter Eduardo Machado, according to
The Armenian Reporter.
Director, choreographer and actress Gates McFadden is Artistic
Director of Ensemble Studio Theatre in Los Angeles. She has been
Assistant Professor at Brandeis University, Lecturer at University
of Pittsburgh, and Adjunct Lecturer at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
(five years,) Harvard University, and Brooklyn College. She has served
as guest lecturer or artist at many schools across the U.S. and Europe.
Catherine Filloux is an award-winning playwright who has been writing
about human rights and social justice for the past twenty years. Her
new play Luz will premiere September 27, 2012 to October 14, 2012 at
La MaMa in New York City, where she is an Artist in Residence.
Filloux's commissioned libretto, New Arrivals, for Houston Grand Opera,
Song of Houston, will premiere in June 2012, composed by John Glover.
Mr. Machado wrote and directed the film Exiles in New York, which
played at the A.F.I. Film Festival and numerous other festivals. Mr.
Machado is currently the Artistic Director of INTAR Theatre in New
York City, and is Head of Playwriting in the Goldberg Department of
Dramatic Writing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. This past year,
he was a Story Editor on the HBO Show Hung.
The Honorary Jury will evaluate the three finalist plays, which will be
announced next month and selected from a pool of script submissions
from around the world. The grand prize winner of $10,000 will be
announced in late 2012.
ADAA's William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting for plays on Armenian
themes is made possible by a grant from the William Saroyan Foundation,
which has underwritten the Saroyan Prize since its inception in 2007.
From: A. Papazian