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Cori Thomas is an playwright whose works include When January Feels Like Summer.

Early life

Thomas is the daughter of a Liberian ambassador.[1]

Career

The world premiere of Thomas's When January Feels Like Summer was directed by Chuck Patterson, her late husband,[2] at the City Theatre In Pittsburgh in 2010 and won the American Theatre Critics Association Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award for an emerging playwright.[3] It was subsequently co-produced by the Ensemble Studio Theatre and [Page73 Productions] in the Summer of 2014 in New York and directed by Daniella Topol. It was a New York Times Critics Pick and was brought back in October 2014 as a co-production between the Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Women's Project Theater also directed by Daniella Topol.

Other plays include Pa's Hat, which premiered at the Pillsbury House Theatre in Minnesota in 2010, directed by Marion McClinton; and My Secret Language of Wishes, which premiered at the Mixed Blood Theatre in 2011, also directed by McClinton.

Her fellowships and residencies include the Sundance Theatre Lab in 2008.[4]

References

  1. ^ Holloway, Daniel (December 14, 2017). "Dustin Hoffman Accused of Exposing Himself to a Minor, Assaulting Two Women (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Siemaszko, Corky (December 30, 2013). "Chuck Patterson, Broadway star, dead at 68". Daily News. New York City. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  3. ^ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/cori-thomas-when-january-feels-like-summer-wins-osborn-new-play-award-177404
  4. ^ "Sundance Institute Announces Acting Company for 2008 Summer Theatre Lab" (Press release). Sundance Institute. July 1, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018. ...the seven playwrights and plays selected for this year's residency [include] ... Cori Thomas (When January Feels Like Summer; director Chuck Patterson)... {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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