Lee Wochner
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Lee Wochner is a Los Angeles, California-based playwright
, producer, and theatre director.
In 1992 he co-founded Moving Arts theatre, where he served as founding artistic director from 1992 to 2002. While at Moving Arts, he produced or directed plays by Luis Alfaro
, John Belluso
, Sheila Callaghan
, Michael T. Folie, Trey Nichols, Werner Trieschmann and many others. Moving Arts has also produced a number of Wochner's plays including "All Undressed with Nowhere to Go" for the critically acclaimed Car Plays series.
His plays, including Anapest, Happy Fun Family, The Size of Pike, Remember Frank Zappa, and others, have been produced in New York, London, Los Angeles, and elsewhere.
In 1999 he co-executive-produced the Regional Alternative Theatre Conference (or "rat conference") in Los Angeles.
From 2001 to 2003 he was President and CEO of LA Stage Alliance, and from 2002 to 2004 he was president of California Arts Advocates.
He has taught playwriting since 1990, first at various writers conferences, then at Pierce College, California State University Northridge, Glendale Community College, and in his private Words That Speak workshop. Since 2001 he has taught playwriting in the Master of Professional Writing Program
at the University of Southern California
, where he received his masters degree in 1990.
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, producer, and theatre director.
In 1992 he co-founded Moving Arts theatre, where he served as founding artistic director from 1992 to 2002. While at Moving Arts, he produced or directed plays by Luis Alfaro
Luis Alfaro
Luis Alfaro is a renowned Chicano performance artist, writer, theater director, and social activist. His plays and fiction are set in Los Angeles's Chicano barrios, including the Pico Union district, and often feature gay and lesbian and working-class themes. Many of Alfaro's plays also deal with...
, John Belluso
John Belluso
John Belluso was an American playwright best known for his works focusing on the lives of disabled people.He also directed a writing program for disabled people....
, Sheila Callaghan
Sheila Callaghan
Sheila Callaghan is a New York City-based playwright and screenwriter who emerged from the RAT movement of the 1990s. Her work is considered to be part of the downtown theater scene, and is known for its unusual use of language and narrative structure...
, Michael T. Folie, Trey Nichols, Werner Trieschmann and many others. Moving Arts has also produced a number of Wochner's plays including "All Undressed with Nowhere to Go" for the critically acclaimed Car Plays series.
His plays, including Anapest, Happy Fun Family, The Size of Pike, Remember Frank Zappa, and others, have been produced in New York, London, Los Angeles, and elsewhere.
In 1999 he co-executive-produced the Regional Alternative Theatre Conference (or "rat conference") in Los Angeles.
From 2001 to 2003 he was President and CEO of LA Stage Alliance, and from 2002 to 2004 he was president of California Arts Advocates.
He has taught playwriting since 1990, first at various writers conferences, then at Pierce College, California State University Northridge, Glendale Community College, and in his private Words That Speak workshop. Since 2001 he has taught playwriting in the Master of Professional Writing Program
Master of Professional Writing Program
The Master of Professional Writing Program is a graduate creative writing program which offers a variety of courses at the University of Southern California's College of Letters, Arts & Sciences....
at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, where he received his masters degree in 1990.