LMDA Twitter Project

Mar 26- Apr 1: Heather Violanti 

Mar 26- Apr 1: Heather Violanti 

Focus:  “This week, I'll be tweeting on my preparations for the Mint's upcoming production of Love Goes to Press by Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles, directed by Jerry Ruiz and which I'll be co-dramaturging with Amy Stoller.  I'll also be addressing some of my freelance work.”

Bio:  Heather Jeanne Violanti is the dramaturg/development associate at the Mint Theater, an Off-Broadway theater devoted to resurrecting lost or neglected plays. primarily those from the first half of the twentieth century.  She has an MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from Yale School of Drama.

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Mar 19-25: Martine Kei Green-Rogers 

Mar 19-25: Martine Kei Green-Rogers  

Focus:“It is the first week of rehearsal for two projects I am working on (whew!). The first is a staged reading of A Stubborn Woman by Diana Weeks for Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston, TX. The second is a production of The Tempest with the Classical Theatre Company in Houston, TX. “

March 12-18: LaRonika Thomas 

March 12-18: LaRonika Thomas 

Focus: “My week as a guest-tweeter for LMDA will focus on the adventures of dramaturging the PhD experience at the University of Maryland.”

March 5-11: Meron Langsner 

March 5-11: Meron Langsner 

Bio: Meron Langsner, MFA, PhD, is an award-winning playwright, theatre & performance scholar, and educator as well as a critically acclaimed fight director & movement specialist for theatre, film, & opera.  He is also a stage director, dramaturg, and author.

Feb 27-Mar 4: Cynthia SoRelle 

Feb 27-Mar 4: Cynthia SoRelle

Feb 20-26: Sarah Brew 

Feb 20-26: Sarah Brew  

Focus: “This week, I'll be tweeting as I intern at Soho Rep in NYC, turn in the final draft of my MFA thesis (!), do my grad school coursework from afar, train for figure skating, and perhaps work up the courage to play my ukulele at an open mic night.”

Feb 13-19: Vicki Stroich 

Feb 13-19: Vicki Stroich

Focus: “I will be tweeting about the second week of the 26th Annual Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays (http://www.atplive.com/playRites/playRites.html), the Festival that is the focus of my work as a programmer and dramaturg. We will just have opened three of four world premieres and will be preparing a final opening of the Festival (Good Fences by Downstage Creation Ensemble) and hosting an event for emerging artists from across Canada called Raucous Caucus: Emerging Artists Assembly.  I am production dramaturg on two world premieres in the Festival, Good Fences and Drama: Pilot Episode by Karen Hines.”

Feb 6-12: Molly Marinik 

Feb 6-12: Molly Marinik  

Focus: "This is going to be a busy week: we are choosing our line-up of plays for Planet Connections Theatre Festivity's 2012 season, and I am expecting a fight for some of the scripts I'm excited about. We'll see how the literary manager stacks up against a team of artistic directors. I also just started my spring semester at Brooklyn College which includes a theatre theory class and my first TA experience. And we start rehearsals this week for Nicky Silver's The Altruists, directed by MFA Directing candidate Josh Penzell - I am the dramaturg. Also also, I am knee deep in thesis land, so I'm trying to write a coherent and meaningful argument about metatheatre and contemporary musicals."

Jan 30-Feb 5: Heather Helinsky 

Jan 30-Feb 5: Heather Helinsky  

Jan 23-Jan 30: Danielle Mages Amato 

Jan 23-Jan 30: Danielle Mages Amato 

Bio: Danielle Mages Amato is the current President of LMDA. In May 2011 she became Literary Manager/Dramaturg at The Old Globe in San Diego. She holds a PhD in Drama and Theatre from the University of California, San Diego, where she also earned an MFA in Dramaturgy. She previously served as the Literary Manager/Dramaturg of The Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, and she has worked freelance as a dramaturg, theatre critic, and university instructor.

 
 
 
 
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