13 Jul

Dramaturg Interviews: Raw Materials/ FURY Factory 2014 (Part Five)

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Take a trip down memory lane with the 5th and final article.... Throughout July, 2014, five festival Dramaturgs revealed their conversations with company leaders of Raw Materials Programs, the works-in-progress series of the FURY Factory festival, which performed at San Francisco’s Project Artaud July 6-20, 2014. LMDA in partnership with foolsFURY—produced by LMDA Regional VP’s Nakissa Etemad & Scott Horstein—provided the festival match between dramaturgs & Raw Materials companies. In addition to these company profiles, Dramaturgs ran talkbacks at their Program’s second performance. For more info on the 2016 FURY Factory festival, tickets, and our current partnership, visit www.foolsfury.org 

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02 Jul

Ilana Brownstein Receives 2014 Elliott Hayes Award

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At their 2014 Conference in Boston, MA, the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas presented the Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy to Ilana Brownstein for her advocacy work in dramaturgy, including her roles as Founding Dramaturg of Playwrights’ Commons, the Director of New Work and dramaturgy mentor at Company One Theatre and as a public advocate for justice and equality in the theatre. She is only the second two-time winner, and first received the honor in 2008 for her creation of the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program in Boston.

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1988

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In 1988, Michael Devine and DD Kugler became the first Canadian members of LMDA, and Kugler would later become the first Canadian officer (Vice-President, Communication and later LMDA President). LMDA Canada (established 1997), under the long-term leadership of Brian Quirt (later LMDA President) and currently Vicki Stroich (also 2010 Conference Chair), has achieved the distinct status of existing as both a strong national unit and a vital and integral partner in the umbrella organization Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.

1986

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In August of 1986, the first “official annual” LMDA conference was held at New Dramatists, an organization that would continue to be a much appreciated friend. That year the second issue of Yale Theater to be devoted to dramaturgy was edited by member Mark Bly. (The first was edited by Joel Schechter in 1978.)

1985

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New Dramatists generously donated office space and the use of its New York City facilities. On March 26th, 1985, LMDA was incorporated with directors Thomas G. Dunn, Susan Gregg, and Bonnie Marranca officially at the helm. That November, a national conference was sponsored by the newly formed LMDA and collaborators at Hunter College, assisted by a grant from the Arthur Foundation.

1984

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The year was 1984. In January, Apple introduced its Macintosh personal computer. In October, Bishop Desmond Tutu’s Nobel Peace Prize was announced. In November, “Band-Aid” recorded its first charitable hit. In December, Cynthia Jenner, Alexis Greene, and Thomas Dunn laid the framework for a not-for-profit theatre organization in a letter to the Jerome Foundation.

20 Mar

Spotlight on: Lobby Displays

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When students began ignoring dramaturgical lobby displays at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, student dramaturg Aria Velz decided to take a new approach. She created a series of dramaturgically-driven installation art pieces that not only conveyed important information but also engaged the audience in the feeling of the production as soon as they stepped foot in the lobby. Examples of Velz's work on "Spring Awakening" and "Trojan Women: A Love Story" are below. -Amy Freeman and Jacqueline Goldfinger, rVPs, Philly Metro Region

 

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