World Premiere of Dark Room by George Brant
A theatrical response to the haunting photographs of Francesca Woodman, a singular artist who flourished in the 70's before taking her own life at the age of 22.
Elemental is thrilled to be developing Dark Room with George, one of our favorite playwrights, and is currently searching high and low for the perfect space to house it. Once we find it, we'll be able to tell you more details about the production! In the meantime, here's some info on George:
George Brant’s plays include Elephant’s Graveyard, The Mourners' Bench, Any Other Name, Grizzly Mama, Grounded, Salvage, Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile, Defiant, Dark Room, Little Sir Echo, Good on Paper, Ashes, NOK, The Lonesome Hoboes, One Hand Clapping, Terminal One, The Royal Historian of Oz, Lovely Letters, Three Men in a Boat, Borglum! The Mount Rushmore Musical, Tights on a Wire and Night of the Mime.
His work has been produced and developed by such companies as Trinity Repertory Company, the Kennedy Center, Cleveland Play House, Asolo Repertory, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, the Playwrights’ Center, Dobama Theatre, Hangar Theatre, WordBRIDGE Playwright’s Lab, Theatre 4, Florida Studio Theatre, ATHE, Premiere Stages,Trustus Theatre, Balagan Theatre, Elemental Theatre Collective, the Drama League, Debutantes and Vagabonds, Terrific New Theatre, the Disney Channel, Circle Theatre, Factory Theatre, StreetSigns Theatre Company, and zeppo theater company.
His plays have been awarded the Keene Prize for Literature, the David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award from the Kennedy Center, the Smith Prize, an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for 2012, a citation of “Best New Play” from the Austin Critics’ Table, the Clauder Competition State Winner, a Playwright's Center Core Apprentice Workshop, and the Premiere Stages New Plays Festival.
He has received writing fellowships from the James A. Michener Center for Writers, the MacDowell Colony, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program and the Blue Mountain Center, and commissions from Dobama Theatre and Theatre 4.
George received his Masters in Writing from the University of Texas at Austin and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
His plays are published by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus, and Chicago Plays.
George's website
Press for George, including an article about his recent 2012 Smith Prize
Elemental is thrilled to be developing Dark Room with George, one of our favorite playwrights, and is currently searching high and low for the perfect space to house it. Once we find it, we'll be able to tell you more details about the production! In the meantime, here's some info on George:
George Brant’s plays include Elephant’s Graveyard, The Mourners' Bench, Any Other Name, Grizzly Mama, Grounded, Salvage, Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile, Defiant, Dark Room, Little Sir Echo, Good on Paper, Ashes, NOK, The Lonesome Hoboes, One Hand Clapping, Terminal One, The Royal Historian of Oz, Lovely Letters, Three Men in a Boat, Borglum! The Mount Rushmore Musical, Tights on a Wire and Night of the Mime.
His work has been produced and developed by such companies as Trinity Repertory Company, the Kennedy Center, Cleveland Play House, Asolo Repertory, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, the Playwrights’ Center, Dobama Theatre, Hangar Theatre, WordBRIDGE Playwright’s Lab, Theatre 4, Florida Studio Theatre, ATHE, Premiere Stages,Trustus Theatre, Balagan Theatre, Elemental Theatre Collective, the Drama League, Debutantes and Vagabonds, Terrific New Theatre, the Disney Channel, Circle Theatre, Factory Theatre, StreetSigns Theatre Company, and zeppo theater company.
His plays have been awarded the Keene Prize for Literature, the David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award from the Kennedy Center, the Smith Prize, an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for 2012, a citation of “Best New Play” from the Austin Critics’ Table, the Clauder Competition State Winner, a Playwright's Center Core Apprentice Workshop, and the Premiere Stages New Plays Festival.
He has received writing fellowships from the James A. Michener Center for Writers, the MacDowell Colony, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program and the Blue Mountain Center, and commissions from Dobama Theatre and Theatre 4.
George received his Masters in Writing from the University of Texas at Austin and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
His plays are published by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus, and Chicago Plays.
George's website
Press for George, including an article about his recent 2012 Smith Prize
