Sands Hall
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Sands Hall is an American writer
, theatre director and actor
. The daughter of novelist Oakley Hall
, she was born in La Jolla, California, and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts
in Drama
from the University of California, Irvine
. She earned two Master of Fine Arts
degrees from the University of Iowa
, one in Theatre Arts and the second in Fiction
from the Iowa Writers' Workshop
. She also studied at the American Conservatory Theatre Advanced Training Program.
Hall's writing work includes the play Fair Usehttp://www.sandshall.com, which explores the long debated plagiarism in Wallace Stegner
's Angle of Repose
, and the novel Catching Heavenhttp://www.sandshall.com, a Random House
Reader’s Circle selection and a 2001 Willa Award Finalist for Best Contemporary Fiction. She has taught writing for the University of California at Davis Extension Programs, and the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. She is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Franklin & Marshall College
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and on the staff of the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, California.
Her work in the theatre includes seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
, the Old Globe Theatre
and internationally at the Maxim Gorky Theatre in Vladivostok, Russia. She is currently an Affiliate Artist with the Foothill Theatre Company in Nevada City, California.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, theatre director and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. The daughter of novelist Oakley Hall
Oakley Hall
Oakley Maxwell Hall was an American novelist. He was born in San Diego, California, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and served in the Marines during World War II. Some of his mysteries were published under the pen names "O.M...
, she was born in La Jolla, California, and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
from the University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
. She earned two Master of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
degrees from the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
, one in Theatre Arts and the second in Fiction
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
from the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States...
. She also studied at the American Conservatory Theatre Advanced Training Program.
Hall's writing work includes the play Fair Usehttp://www.sandshall.com, which explores the long debated plagiarism in Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner
Wallace Earle Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist, often called "The Dean of Western Writers"...
's Angle of Repose
Angle of repose
The angle of repose or, more precisely, the critical angle of repose, of a granular material is the steepest angle of descent or dip of the slope relative to the horizontal plane when material on the slope face is on the verge of sliding. This angle is in the range 0°–90°.When bulk granular...
, and the novel Catching Heavenhttp://www.sandshall.com, a Random House
Random House
Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
Reader’s Circle selection and a 2001 Willa Award Finalist for Best Contemporary Fiction. She has taught writing for the University of California at Davis Extension Programs, and the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. She is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Franklin & Marshall College
Franklin & Marshall College
Franklin & Marshall College is a four-year private co-educational residential national liberal arts college in the Northwest Corridor neighborhood of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States....
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and on the staff of the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, California.
Her work in the theatre includes seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October...
, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Colorado Shakespeare Festival
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a Shakespeare Festival each summer at the University of Colorado at Boulder in the outdoor Mary Rippon Theater and indoor University Theatre. The Mary Rippon Theater hosted an annual summer Shakespeare play starting in 1944. The Colorado Shakespeare Festival...
, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival brings the bard to life on the shores of Lake Tahoe.Performing a series of Shakespeare classics and introducing more contemporary works, audience members take their seats on the beach overlooking the lake to enjoy a picnic dinner before the start of the show.-...
, the Old Globe Theatre
Old Globe Theatre
The Old Globe is a professional theatre company located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It produces about 15 plays and musicals annually in summer and winter seasons...
and internationally at the Maxim Gorky Theatre in Vladivostok, Russia. She is currently an Affiliate Artist with the Foothill Theatre Company in Nevada City, California.
Plays
- Fair Use (2001 Premiere, Foothill Theatre Company)
- Little Women, adapted from the novel by Louisa May AlcottLouisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Little Women was set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, and published in 1868...
, (1999 Premiere, Foothill Theatre Company)
Short Fiction
- Silver Dagger, Green Mountains ReviewGreen Mountains ReviewGreen Mountains Review is a literary journal that publishes biannually out of Johnson State College in Vermont and is headed by founder and senior editor, Neil Shepard.Past contributors of note include Agha Shahid Ali, Jacob M...
, Spring 2009 - Hide and Go Seek, Iowa Review, December 2008
Essays
- Snow Tahoe Quarterly Magazine, Winter 2009.
- Two Trees Tahoe Quarterly Magazine, Spring 2008.
- Making Workshops Work, Workshop in a Book, Chronicle BooksChronicle BooksChronicle Books is a San Francisco-based American publisher of books for adults and children.The company was established in 1968 by Phelps Dewey, an executive with Chronicle Publishing Company, then-publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1999 it was bought by Nion McEvoy, great-grandson of...
, 2007. - The Stacks, Open to All, 2007.
- Banning Juliet, Women’s Literary Salon, Spring 2007.
- Dialogue Without Words, Now Write!: Fiction Writing From Today’s Best Writers and Teachers, 2006.
- The Literary Life of Mary Hallock Foote, California State LibraryCalifornia State LibraryThe California State Library collects, preserves, generates and disseminates a wide array of information. It was founded in 1850 by the California State Legislature. Today, it is the central reference and research library for state government and the Legislature. The California State Library...
Foundation Bulletin, Winter/Spring, 2006. - Mary Hallock Foote & Wallace Stegner, Idaho Magazine, Fall 2004.
- Foreword: Sierra Songs and Descants: Prose and Poetry of the Sierra, 2003.
- Fair Game, or Fair Use?, Art Matters, Spring, 2001.
- Abject Naturalism: Lessons from a Tough Workshop, THE WORKSHOP: Seven Decades of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, 1999.
- A Stolen Life, Wild Duck Review, 1996.
- A Tide of Metaphor, Wild Duck Review, 1995.
- The Meanders of Sands: Essays on Writer's Craft, Omnium Gatherum of the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, annual column 1995-2004.