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Christopher Durang |
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CHRISTOPHER DURANG has a B.A. from Harvard College, and an M.F.A. in Playwriting from Yale School of Drama. His most recent works include Miss Witherspoon at Playwrights Horizons, Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge, which premiered at City Theatre in Pittsburgh in 2002, and the musical Adrift in Macao (music by Peter Melnick and book and lyrics by Durang), which opened at the Philadelphia Theatre Company this past October. Other credits include A History of the American Film (Tony nomination, Best Book of a Musical, 1978), The Actor's Nightmare, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You (Obie award; Off-Broadway run 1981-83), Beyond Therapy (on Broadway in 1982, with Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow), Baby with the Bathwater (Playwrights Horizons, 1983), The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Public Theatre, 1985; Obie award; Dramatists Guild Hull Warriner Award), Laughing Wild (Playwrights Horizons, 1987), Durang/Durang (an evening of six plays at Manhattan Theatre Club, 1994, including the Tennessee Williams' parody, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls), Sex and Longing (Lincoln Center Theatre production at the Cort Theatre, 1996, starring Sigourney Weaver), and Betty's Summer Vacation (Playwrights Horizons, 1999; Obie award). Mr. Durang is also a performer who has acted in his own plays (Laughing Wild; The Marriage of Bette and Boo; his satirical revue Chris Durang and Dawne; and with Sigourney Weaver in their acclaimed Brecht-Weill parody, Das Lusitania Songspiel). His film appearances include The Secret of My Success, Mr. North, The Butcher's Wife, Housesitter and The Cowboy Way, among others. Since 1994 he has been co-chair with Marsha Norman of the Playwriting Program at the Juilliard School in Manhattan.
Bio as of February, 2006.
Working in the Theatre (video)
The Playwright - February, 2006
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1998
Performance - April, 1993
Downstage Center (audio)
Christopher Durang - December, 2005
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
Website:
www.christopherdurang.com
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