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Melissa James Gibson is a Canadian-born playwright based in New York.

Life

The child of former BC Liberal MLA Gordon Gibson and his journalist wife Valerie, Gibson grew up in North Vancouver.[1] She graduated from Columbia University and from the Yale School of Drama with an M.F.A. in Playwriting. She is working on commissions for the La Jolla Playhouse and The Adirondack Theatre Festival. She has received fellowships from the Jerome Foundation and the MacDowell Colony.[2] The New York Times theatre critic Charles Isherwood wrote that, with her play This, Gibson “graduates into the theatrical big leagues with this beautifully conceived, confidently executed and wholly accessible work.” [3]

Awards

Works

  • God's Paws (1993).
  • Six Fugues (1995).
  • [sic], Steppenwolf Theatre Company commission, New York Premiere: Soho Rep (2001).
  • Suitcase, or Those That Resemble Flies From A Distance (NEA/ TCG Theatre Residency Program), Soho Rep (2004).
  • Brooklyn Bridge, music by Barbara Brousal (The Children's Theater Company/New Dramatists Playground program commission) (2005).
  • Current Nobody, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, DC, (2007).
  • Nuda Veritas, Philadelphia Fringe Festival (2009).
  • This, Playwrights Horizons, (2009).[6] Canadian Premiere: Vancouver Playhouse, January 2011, directed by Amiel Gladstone.
  • What Rhymes With America, Atlantic Theater Company (2012).
  • Placebo, Playwrights Horizons (2015).
  • Given Fish (Steppenwolf Theatre Company commission, grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Greenwall Foundation)

References

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ "Alumni Playwrights". New Dramatists. Archived from the original on September 2, 2009. Retrieved 2013-05-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ [2][dead link]
  4. ^ "New York Search Obies Theater Awards". Villagevoice.com. 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  5. ^ "2002 Winner in Drama". whiting.or. Whiting Foundation.
  6. ^ "Melissa James Gibson's This Extends at Playwrights Horizons Through January 3 – Theater News – Dec 7, 2009". Theatermania.com. 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2013-05-22.


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