Kara Lee Corthron is BFA Writer-in-Residence for Fall 2010
KARA LEE CORTHRON, much-recognized young playwright, will the BFA Writer-in-Residence for Fall 2010 for the week of November 1st – 5th. Spalding students as well as BFA majors will have opportunities to interact with Ms. Corthron when she teaches two creative writing classes that week, and high school students from the Brown School will be inspired by a workshop that she leads on Weds. November 3rd. In addition, the Spalding community is invited to hear Kara Lee Corthron discuss her work at 11:30 in the Mansion.
Here is some information about her achievements to date (from Primary Stages):
Her plays have been produced and developed by numerous theaters, including the Vineyard Theatre, Center Stage (Baltimore), ACT Seattle/Hansberry Project, Manhattan Theatre Source, Penumbra Theatre, Horizon Theatre (Atlanta), African Continuum Theatre (D.C.), and Voice & Vision, among others. In 2009, she was a staff writer for the critically-acclaimed NBC drama, “Kings.” She has been honored with the Princess Grace Award, a 20/20 New Play Commission from InterAct Theatre, the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights, Lincoln Center’s Lecomte du Nouy Foundation Award (three-time recipient), the New Professional Theatre Writers Award, and residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Skriðuklaustur (Iceland), the Millay Colony for the Arts and Ledig House.
For more on Kara Lee Corthron, see http://www.primarystages.org/faculty.
