Sibyl Kempson
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Sibyl Kempson (born 1973 Pequannock, NJ) is an American playwright, and performer, who received the 2018 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for an American Playwright in Mid-career.[1]
Academics and Fellowships
- She received her B.F.A. in 1995 from Bennington College.
- She received her M.F.A. in 2007 from Brooklyn College.
- She is a MacDowell Colony Fellow.[2]
- She has taught at Brooklyn College, The New School, and Sarah Lawrence College.
- She is a 2014 USA Rockefeller Fellow.
Collaborators
New York City Players, Elevator Repair Service, Big Dance Theater,[3] Advanced Beginner Group, Mike Iveson, Rude Mechanicals (theater company), Salvage Vanguard, Physical Plant, Rubber Rep.
- She is a member of New Dramatists, class of 2017.[4]
Plays
- The Wytche of Problymm Plantation
- Bad Girls, Good Writers
- The Secret Death of Puppets (or) How Do Puppets Die? (or) Puppets Die In Secret[5]
- Ich, Kürbisgeist[5]
- Potatoes of August[6]
- Crime or Emergency[7]
- Restless Eye[8]
- So Much To Go Crazy
- River of Gruel, Pile of Pigs: The Requisite Gesture(s) of Narrow Approach
References
- ^ "2018 PEN America Lifetime and Career Achievement Honorees". PEN America. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Index of Fellows on Portable MacDowell | The MacDowell Colony". www.macdowellcolony.org. Archived from the original on 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
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- ^ "Sibyl Kempson". New Dramatists. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ^ a b "Sibyl Kempson: Ich, KürbisGeist + Secret Death of Puppets - 53rd State Press". www.53rdstatepress.org. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ^ "Potatoes of August". New Dramatists. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ^ available at Soho Rep Bookstore
- ^ Published by PAJ
External links
- "Baby, They Were Born To Run (Faster!)", NYTimes
- "It Could Be a Garden Party, Even the Final One", NYTimes
- "What's Afoot in a Garbled Pumpkin Patch", NYTimes
- New York City Players official website, Sibyl Kempson bio
- Elevator Repair Service Theater official website
- Soho Rep Bookshop
- 53rd State Press official website