Anthony Clarvoe
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Anthony Clarvoe is an American playwright born in 1958.
), commission from Chautauqua Theatre Co. 2007 Chautauqua Theatre Company, Ethan McSweeny, dir.
THE ART OF SACRIFICE, commission from Playwrights Horizons
. 2005 Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Charles Towers, dir.
RAMAYANA, commission from University of North Carolina
& North Carolina School of the Arts
. 2003 University of North Carolina, John Dillon, dir.
CTRL+ALT+DELETE, commission from Wharton Center for the Arts. 2001 San Jose Repertory, San Jose, CA, Ethan McSweeny, dir.; 2002 George St Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ, Ethan McSweeny, dir.
CITY OF LIGHT (from Lauren Belfer
), commission from Studio Arena Theatre. 2001 Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, Gavin Cameron-Webb, dir.
THE WILD DUCK (from Henrik Ibsen
), commission from Great Lakes Theater Festival
. 2000 Great Lakes Theater Festival, Cleveland, OH, Bill Rauch, dir.
WALKING OFF THE ROOF, commission from Signature Theatre Co. 1998 South Coast Repertory
, Costa Mesa, CA, Bill Rauch
, dir.; 1999 Signature Theatre Co., New York, NY, Darrell Larson, dir.
AMBITION FACING WEST, commission from Mark Taper Forum
. 1997 Trinity Repertory Company
, Providence, RI, Oskar Eustis
, dir.; 1997 Intiman Theatre, Seattle, WA, Warner Shook, dir.; 1997 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Melia Bensussen, dir.; 2000 Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble, Mark Ramont, dir.; 2007 TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley)
, Palo Alto, CA, Kent Nicholson, dir.; 2007 Theater Alliance, Washington, DC, Jeremy Skidmore, dir.
GHOSTS (from Henrik Ibsen
), Commission from, Rep Theatre of St. Louis & Cincinnati Playhouse. 1996 Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
, Madeline Pabis, dir.; 1996 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, John Dillon, dir.; 1996 Intiman Theatre, Richard E.T. White, dir.
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, commission from Rep Theatre of St. Louis. 1995 Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
, Brian Kulick, dir.; 1995 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Brian Kulick, dir.; Cincinnati Playhouse, Otterbein College; 2003 12 Miles West Theatre, Montclair, NJ, Jason King Jones, dir.; 2006 Circle X Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, John Langs, dir.
THE LIVING. Over 40 professional and amateur productions including: 1993 Denver Center for the Performing Arts
, Nagle Jackson, dir.; 1993 Theatre of the First Amendment, Rick Davis, dir.; 1994 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Steve Woolf, dir.; 1994 San Jose Stage, San Jose, CA, Ken Kelleher, dir.; 1996 The Fritz Theatre, San Diego, CA, Christina Courtenay, dir.; 1997 Famous Door Theatre Company, Chicago, IL, Cal MacLean, dir.; 1997 Florida Stage, Manalapan, FL, Lou Tyrell, dir.; 1999 Colony Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, David Rose, dir.
LET’S PLAY TWO, commission from South Coast Repertory
. 1992 South Coast Repertory, Michael Bloom, dir.; 1994 Horizon Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA, Jeff Adler, dir.; 1994 Encore Productions, San Francisco, CA, David Maier, dir.; 1996 B Street Theatre, Sacramento, CA; 1999 Incite Productions/29th St. Rep, New York, NY, Miky Wolf, dir.
SHOW AND TELL, commission from South Coast Repertory
. 1992 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Susan Gregg, dir.; 1994 Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, NY, Mary O’Brady, dir.; 1997 San Jose Stage, San Jose, CA.; 1999 Circle X Theatre
, Los Angeles, CA, Luck Hari, dir.; 2000 Incite Productions/78th St. Thtr, New York, NY, Miky Wolf, dir.; 2003 Raleigh Ensemble Players, Raleigh, NC, Glen Matthews, dir.; 2003 Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View, CA, Rebecca Ennals, dir.
PICK UP AX. 1990 Eureka Theatre Co., San Francisco, CA, Susan Marsden, dir.; 1990 South Coast Repertory
, David Esbjornson
, dir.; 1990 Northlight Theatre, Chicago, IL, Richard E T White, dir.; 1991 San Jose Repertory, San Jose, CA, John McCluggage, dir.; 1994 Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA, Daniel Farmer, dir.; 1996 29th Street Repertory, New York, NY, Jim Abar, dir.; 1998 Pacific Theater Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA; 2003 Metropolitan Playhouse, New York, NY, Alex Roe, dir.; 2009 Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View, CA Ray Renati, dir.
grant for THE WILD DUCK at Great Lakes Theater Festival
, 2000
Theater Communications Group/Pew Charitable Trusts Artist in Residence Grant for residency with Signature Theatre Company, 1998–99
Berrilla Kerr Foundation grant for playwriting, New York, NY, 1996
Ohio Joint Program in Arts and Humanities grant for THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV] at Otterbein College, 1994
Kennedy Center/Fund for New American Plays grant award for THE LIVING at Denver Center Theatre Co., 1993
W. Alton Jones Foundation
grant for THE LIVING at Denver Center Theatre Co., 1993
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Fellowship in Playwriting, 1992–93
McKnight Foundation
Advancement Grant, Minneapolis, MN, 1992–93
Jerome Foundation Fellowship in Playwriting, Minneapolis, MN, 1990–91
National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship in Playwriting, 1990–91
, Best Adaptation for THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV] at Circle X Theatre
, 2007
Back Stage West Garland Award, Best Adaptation for THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV at Circle X Theatre, 2007
LA Weekly Theater Award
finalist, Best Production for THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV at Circle X Theatre, 2006
San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle Award for CTRL+ALT+DELETE at San Jose Repertory, 2002
Elliot Norton (New England Critics') Award for Best New Play, for AMBITION FACING WEST, 1998
Joseph Jefferson Award (Chicago Critics') for Best Production, for THE LIVING at Famous Door Theatre, 1997
Denver Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Play, for THE LIVING at Denver Center Theatre Co., 1993
Drama-Logue Award
, Los Angeles, CA, for LET’S PLAY TWO at South Coast Repertory
, 1992
Drama-Logue Award, Los Angeles, CA, for PICK UP AX at South Coast Repertory, 1990
Will Glickman (San Francisco Critics') Award for Best New Play, for PICK UP AX Eureka Theatre Co., 1990
American Theatre Critics Award Citation, for PICK UP AX at Eureka Theatre Co., 1990
Barry and Bernice Stavis Award for Most Promising Playwright, National Theatre Council, 1990
, A.B. English, magna com laude, 1981 (studied with Daniel Seltzer, Michael Goldman, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Carol Rosen, Lawrence Danson)
Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, apprenticeship, 1988 (studied with Maria Irene Fornes
, David Henry Hwang
, John O’Keefe, Martin Epstein)
, 2005. Team-taught graduate seminar in dramatic writing based on adaptation from a variety of genres.
University of North Carolina/North Carolina School of the Arts
, 2003. Worked in collaboration with student actors and designers and professional director in creation of new theater production based on The Ramayana, using Open Theatre-derived improvizations and exercises.
The Playwrights’ Center/McKnight Foundation
and Jerome Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, 1990-2. Served as dramaturg one-on-one and as feedback session leader for member and student playwright projects in progress as part of national residency grant program.
Mendocino Arts Center/James Irvine Foundation
, Mendocino, CA, 1990. Taught series of exercise-based master classes in dramatic writing for adult writers from other media.
THE CASKET AND THE SWORD 1996 Mirage enterprises/Paramount Pictures
LOOKING GLASS 1994 Mirage Enterprises/Universal Studios
2008 (forthcoming)
THE ART OF SACRIFICE. Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 2005
CTRL+ALT+DELETE. Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 2005
THE LIVING, excerpts, in AMERICAN THEATRE BOOK OF MONOLOGUES FOR MEN. Stephanie Coen, ed. Theatre Communications Group
. 2003
AMBITION FACING WEST. Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 2003
THE WILD DUCK]. Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 2001
WALKING OFF THE ROOF. Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 1999
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV. Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 1997
PLAYS BY ANTHONY CLARVOE (THE LIVING, SHOW AND TELL, LET’S PLAY TWO). Broadway Play
Publishing, Inc. 1996
PICK UP AX, excerpt, in STRANGE ATTRACTION: THE BEST OF TEN YEARS OF ZYZZYVA. Howard Junker
, ed. University of Nevada
Press. 1995
THE LIVING, in American Theater magazine, November 1993
THE LIVING, Act II, in Kenyon Review, Spring 1993
PICK UP AX, Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 1991
PICK UP AX, excerpt, in THE BURNS MANTLE
THEATRE YEARBOOK 1989-1990.
Play commissions and productions
THE JUST (from Albert CamusAlbert Camus
Albert Camus was a French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was opposed to some tendencies of the Surrealist movement of André Breton.Camus was awarded the 1957...
), commission from Chautauqua Theatre Co. 2007 Chautauqua Theatre Company, Ethan McSweeny, dir.
THE ART OF SACRIFICE, commission from Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work....
. 2005 Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Charles Towers, dir.
RAMAYANA, commission from University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...
& North Carolina School of the Arts
North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts , formerly the North Carolina School of the Arts, is a public coeducational arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that grants high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is one of the seventeen constituent campuses of the...
. 2003 University of North Carolina, John Dillon, dir.
CTRL+ALT+DELETE, commission from Wharton Center for the Arts. 2001 San Jose Repertory, San Jose, CA, Ethan McSweeny, dir.; 2002 George St Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ, Ethan McSweeny, dir.
CITY OF LIGHT (from Lauren Belfer
Lauren Belfer
Lauren Belfer is an American author fromBuffalo, New York, where she attended the Buffalo Seminary, which would later become the girls boarding-school depicted in her debut novel, City of Light, about Buffalo, NY during the Pan-American Exposition....
), commission from Studio Arena Theatre. 2001 Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, Gavin Cameron-Webb, dir.
THE WILD DUCK (from Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
), commission from Great Lakes Theater Festival
Great Lakes Theater Festival
Great Lakes Theater Festival is Cleveland, Ohio's professional classic theater company. Founded in 1962, the Festival is the second-largest regional theater in Northeast Ohio. It specializes in large-cast classic plays with a strong foundation in the works of Shakespeare and features an...
. 2000 Great Lakes Theater Festival, Cleveland, OH, Bill Rauch, dir.
WALKING OFF THE ROOF, commission from Signature Theatre Co. 1998 South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson and now under the leadership of Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Paula Tomei, is widely...
, Costa Mesa, CA, Bill Rauch
Bill Rauch
Bill Rauch is an American artistic director. Rauch succeeded Libby Appel as the fifth artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in June 2007...
, dir.; 1999 Signature Theatre Co., New York, NY, Darrell Larson, dir.
AMBITION FACING WEST, commission from Mark Taper Forum
Mark Taper Forum
The Mark Taper Forum is a 739 seat thrust stage at the Los Angeles Music Center built by Welton Becket and Associates on the Bunker Hill section of downtown Los Angeles...
. 1997 Trinity Repertory Company
Trinity Repertory Company
Trinity Repertory Company is a non-profit regional theater located in Providence, Rhode Island. The theater is a member of the League of Resident Theatres. Founded in 1963, the theater is "one of the most respected regional theatres in the country"...
, Providence, RI, Oskar Eustis
Oskar Eustis
Oskar Eustis is the artistic director at the Public Theater and has worked as a director, dramaturg, and artistic director for theaters around the country.-Career:...
, dir.; 1997 Intiman Theatre, Seattle, WA, Warner Shook, dir.; 1997 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Melia Bensussen, dir.; 2000 Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble, Mark Ramont, dir.; 2007 TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley)
TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley)
TheatreWorks is a non-profit, professional theater company based in Menlo Park, California and founded in July, 1970. The company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres and employs some 300 artists annually, including Equity and non-Equity actors, directors, designers and specialty artists...
, Palo Alto, CA, Kent Nicholson, dir.; 2007 Theater Alliance, Washington, DC, Jeremy Skidmore, dir.
GHOSTS (from Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
), Commission from, Rep Theatre of St. Louis & Cincinnati Playhouse. 1996 Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
The was founded in 1959 by college student Gerald Covell and was one of the first regional theatres in the United States. Located in Eden Park, the first play that premiered at the Playhouse on October 10, 1960, was Meyer Levin's Compulsion...
, Madeline Pabis, dir.; 1996 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, John Dillon, dir.; 1996 Intiman Theatre, Richard E.T. White, dir.
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, commission from Rep Theatre of St. Louis. 1995 Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
The was founded in 1959 by college student Gerald Covell and was one of the first regional theatres in the United States. Located in Eden Park, the first play that premiered at the Playhouse on October 10, 1960, was Meyer Levin's Compulsion...
, Brian Kulick, dir.; 1995 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Brian Kulick, dir.; Cincinnati Playhouse, Otterbein College; 2003 12 Miles West Theatre, Montclair, NJ, Jason King Jones, dir.; 2006 Circle X Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, John Langs, dir.
THE LIVING. Over 40 professional and amateur productions including: 1993 Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts ' is an organization in Denver, Colorado which provides a showcase for live theatre, a nurturing ground for new plays, a preferred stop on the Broadway touring circuit, a graduate-level training school for actors, acting classes for the community and rental...
, Nagle Jackson, dir.; 1993 Theatre of the First Amendment, Rick Davis, dir.; 1994 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Steve Woolf, dir.; 1994 San Jose Stage, San Jose, CA, Ken Kelleher, dir.; 1996 The Fritz Theatre, San Diego, CA, Christina Courtenay, dir.; 1997 Famous Door Theatre Company, Chicago, IL, Cal MacLean, dir.; 1997 Florida Stage, Manalapan, FL, Lou Tyrell, dir.; 1999 Colony Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, David Rose, dir.
LET’S PLAY TWO, commission from South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson and now under the leadership of Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Paula Tomei, is widely...
. 1992 South Coast Repertory, Michael Bloom, dir.; 1994 Horizon Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA, Jeff Adler, dir.; 1994 Encore Productions, San Francisco, CA, David Maier, dir.; 1996 B Street Theatre, Sacramento, CA; 1999 Incite Productions/29th St. Rep, New York, NY, Miky Wolf, dir.
SHOW AND TELL, commission from South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson and now under the leadership of Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Paula Tomei, is widely...
. 1992 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Susan Gregg, dir.; 1994 Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, NY, Mary O’Brady, dir.; 1997 San Jose Stage, San Jose, CA.; 1999 Circle X Theatre
Circle X Theatre
Circle X is an award winning not-for-profit ensemble theatre company located in Hollywood, California. Circle X's productions have been described by critics as "refreshingly original and imaginative" and "consistently stellar".-Overview:...
, Los Angeles, CA, Luck Hari, dir.; 2000 Incite Productions/78th St. Thtr, New York, NY, Miky Wolf, dir.; 2003 Raleigh Ensemble Players, Raleigh, NC, Glen Matthews, dir.; 2003 Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View, CA, Rebecca Ennals, dir.
PICK UP AX. 1990 Eureka Theatre Co., San Francisco, CA, Susan Marsden, dir.; 1990 South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson and now under the leadership of Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Paula Tomei, is widely...
, David Esbjornson
David Esbjornson
David Esbjornson is an award-winning director and producer who has worked throughout the United States in regional theatres and on Broadway, and has established strong and productive relationships with some of the profession’s top playwrights, actors, and companies...
, dir.; 1990 Northlight Theatre, Chicago, IL, Richard E T White, dir.; 1991 San Jose Repertory, San Jose, CA, John McCluggage, dir.; 1994 Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA, Daniel Farmer, dir.; 1996 29th Street Repertory, New York, NY, Jim Abar, dir.; 1998 Pacific Theater Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA; 2003 Metropolitan Playhouse, New York, NY, Alex Roe, dir.; 2009 Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View, CA Ray Renati, dir.
Fellowships and grants
National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
grant for THE WILD DUCK at Great Lakes Theater Festival
Great Lakes Theater Festival
Great Lakes Theater Festival is Cleveland, Ohio's professional classic theater company. Founded in 1962, the Festival is the second-largest regional theater in Northeast Ohio. It specializes in large-cast classic plays with a strong foundation in the works of Shakespeare and features an...
, 2000
Theater Communications Group/Pew Charitable Trusts Artist in Residence Grant for residency with Signature Theatre Company, 1998–99
Berrilla Kerr Foundation grant for playwriting, New York, NY, 1996
Ohio Joint Program in Arts and Humanities grant for THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV] at Otterbein College, 1994
Kennedy Center/Fund for New American Plays grant award for THE LIVING at Denver Center Theatre Co., 1993
W. Alton Jones Foundation
W. Alton Jones Foundation
The W. Alton Jones Foundation was a charitable foundation, and a sponsor of environmental causes. It was originally involved in sponsoring the arts, particularly theatre....
grant for THE LIVING at Denver Center Theatre Co., 1993
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died April 26, 1922...
Fellowship in Playwriting, 1992–93
McKnight Foundation
McKnight Foundation
The McKnight Foundation is a philanthropic organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. The foundation's interests lie in the environment, the arts, community development, and other areas....
Advancement Grant, Minneapolis, MN, 1992–93
Jerome Foundation Fellowship in Playwriting, Minneapolis, MN, 1990–91
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellowship in Playwriting, 1990–91
Awards
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle AwardLos Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards is an annual awards program presented by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle . Established in 1969, the awards recognize excellence in theatre in the Greater Los Angeles Area....
, Best Adaptation for THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV] at Circle X Theatre
Circle X Theatre
Circle X is an award winning not-for-profit ensemble theatre company located in Hollywood, California. Circle X's productions have been described by critics as "refreshingly original and imaginative" and "consistently stellar".-Overview:...
, 2007
Back Stage West Garland Award, Best Adaptation for THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV at Circle X Theatre, 2007
LA Weekly Theater Award
LA Weekly Theater Award
LA Weekly Theater Award is an annual critics' award established in 1979, given by the LA Weekly for outstanding achievements in small theatre productions in Southern California...
finalist, Best Production for THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV at Circle X Theatre, 2006
San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle Award for CTRL+ALT+DELETE at San Jose Repertory, 2002
Elliot Norton (New England Critics') Award for Best New Play, for AMBITION FACING WEST, 1998
Joseph Jefferson Award (Chicago Critics') for Best Production, for THE LIVING at Famous Door Theatre, 1997
Denver Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Play, for THE LIVING at Denver Center Theatre Co., 1993
Drama-Logue Award
Drama-Logue Award
The Drama-Logue Award was a theater award established in 1977, given by the publishers of Drama-Logue newspaper, a weekly west-coast theater trade publication. Winners were selected by the publication's theater critics, and would receive a certificate at an annual awards ceremony...
, Los Angeles, CA, for LET’S PLAY TWO at South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson and now under the leadership of Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Paula Tomei, is widely...
, 1992
Drama-Logue Award, Los Angeles, CA, for PICK UP AX at South Coast Repertory, 1990
Will Glickman (San Francisco Critics') Award for Best New Play, for PICK UP AX Eureka Theatre Co., 1990
American Theatre Critics Award Citation, for PICK UP AX at Eureka Theatre Co., 1990
Barry and Bernice Stavis Award for Most Promising Playwright, National Theatre Council, 1990
Education and training
Princeton UniversityPrinceton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, A.B. English, magna com laude, 1981 (studied with Daniel Seltzer, Michael Goldman, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Carol Rosen, Lawrence Danson)
Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, apprenticeship, 1988 (studied with Maria Irene Fornes
María Irene Fornés
María Irene Fornés is a Cuban-American avant garde playwright and director who is associated with the establishment of the Off-off-Broadway movement in the 1960s. Fornes themes focused on poverty and feminism. In 1965, she won her first Obie Award for Promenade and her second for The Successful...
, David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang is an American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American dramatist in the U.S.He was born in Los Angeles, California and was educated at the Yale School of Drama and Stanford University...
, John O’Keefe, Martin Epstein)
Teaching
Sarah Lawrence CollegeSarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
, 2005. Team-taught graduate seminar in dramatic writing based on adaptation from a variety of genres.
University of North Carolina/North Carolina School of the Arts
North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts , formerly the North Carolina School of the Arts, is a public coeducational arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that grants high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is one of the seventeen constituent campuses of the...
, 2003. Worked in collaboration with student actors and designers and professional director in creation of new theater production based on The Ramayana, using Open Theatre-derived improvizations and exercises.
The Playwrights’ Center/McKnight Foundation
McKnight Foundation
The McKnight Foundation is a philanthropic organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. The foundation's interests lie in the environment, the arts, community development, and other areas....
and Jerome Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, 1990-2. Served as dramaturg one-on-one and as feedback session leader for member and student playwright projects in progress as part of national residency grant program.
Mendocino Arts Center/James Irvine Foundation
James Irvine Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation is a philanthropic nonprofit organization established to benefit the people of California. It seeks to promote social equity and enrich the cultural and civic life of America’s most populous state through its grants in three areas: the arts, youth and education, and...
, Mendocino, CA, 1990. Taught series of exercise-based master classes in dramatic writing for adult writers from other media.
Screenplays
BACKSTAGE 1998 Cort-Madden Productions/Universal StudiosUniversal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
THE CASKET AND THE SWORD 1996 Mirage enterprises/Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
LOOKING GLASS 1994 Mirage Enterprises/Universal Studios
Selected publications
GHOSTS, Broadway Play Publishing Inc.Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
Broadway Play Publishing Inc, along with Dramatists Play Service, Playscripts, Inc., and Samuel French Inc., is one of the four major New York play publishers and licensors of stage rights...
2008 (forthcoming)
THE ART OF SACRIFICE. Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 2005
CTRL+ALT+DELETE. Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 2005
THE LIVING, excerpts, in AMERICAN THEATRE BOOK OF MONOLOGUES FOR MEN. Stephanie Coen, ed. Theatre Communications Group
Theatre Communications Group
Theatre Communications Group is an organization dedicated to the promotion of non-profit professional theatre in the United States. TCG has over 450 member theatres located in 47 states; 17,000 individual members; and a growing number of University, Funder, Business and Trustee Affiliates...
. 2003
AMBITION FACING WEST. Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 2003
THE WILD DUCK]. Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 2001
WALKING OFF THE ROOF. Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 1999
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV. Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 1997
PLAYS BY ANTHONY CLARVOE (THE LIVING, SHOW AND TELL, LET’S PLAY TWO). Broadway Play
Publishing, Inc. 1996
PICK UP AX, excerpt, in STRANGE ATTRACTION: THE BEST OF TEN YEARS OF ZYZZYVA. Howard Junker
Howard Junker
Howard Junker is a writer and the author of An Old Junker. He blogs on weekdays at www.howardjunker.comHe founded the literary magazine ZYZZYVA: West Coast Writers & Artists in 1985 and retired in 2010....
, ed. University of Nevada
University of Nevada, Reno
The University of Nevada, Reno , is a teaching and research university established in 1874 and located in Reno, Nevada, USA...
Press. 1995
THE LIVING, in American Theater magazine, November 1993
THE LIVING, Act II, in Kenyon Review, Spring 1993
PICK UP AX, Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. 1991
PICK UP AX, excerpt, in THE BURNS MANTLE
Burns Mantle
Robert Burns Mantle was a well-known American drama critic. He founded the Best Plays annual publication in 1920.. , The New York Times...
THEATRE YEARBOOK 1989-1990.