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Review: a Publication of LMDA, the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, Volume 17, Issue 1 Brian Quirt University of Puget Sound Sound Ideas LMDA Review Other Publications Fall 2006 Review: A Publication of LMDA, the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, volume 17, issue 1 Brian Quirt Cristina Killingsworth Adriana Bucz Sarah Stanley Cindy SoRelle See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: http://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/lmdareview Recommended Citation Quirt, Brian; Killingsworth, Cristina; Bucz, Adriana; Stanley, Sarah; SoRelle, Cindy; Brownstein, Illana; Proehl, Geoff; Ciulei, Liviu; Lupu, Michael; Finberg, Melinda C.; Steele, Amy; Bly, Mark; Brown, Leonra; Braslins, Laura; Taylor, Lauren; Edwards, Louise Smith; Moore, Bryan C.; Engelman, Liz; Porteous, Vanessa; Prizant, Yael; Dixon, Michael Bigelow; Oldham, Madeleine; Gorostiza, Felipe J.; Erdman, Harley; and Talenti, Pier Carlo, "Review: A Publication of LMDA, the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, volume 17, issue 1" (2006). LMDA Review. 35. http://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/lmdareview/35 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Other Publications at Sound Ideas. It has been accepted for inclusion in LMDA Review by an authorized administrator of Sound Ideas. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Brian Quirt, Cristina Killingsworth, Adriana Bucz, Sarah Stanley, Cindy SoRelle, Illana Brownstein, Geoff Proehl, Liviu Ciulei, Michael Lupu, Melinda C. Finberg, Amy Steele, Mark Bly, Leonra Brown, Laura Braslins, Lauren Taylor, Louise Smith Edwards, Bryan C. Moore, Liz Engelman, Vanessa Porteous, Yael Prizant, Michael Bigelow Dixon, Madeleine Oldham, Felipe J. Gorostiza, Harley Erdman, and Pier Carlo Talenti This book is available at Sound Ideas: http://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/lmdareview/35 A Publication of LMDA, the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs Review of the Americas Volume 17, Issue 1 Fall/Winter 2006 Editor’s Page 2 A note from LMDA President, Brian Quirt CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: MINNEAPOLIS 2006 Conference Coverage 3 Think Dramaturgically, Act Locally! A Conference Overview, by Cristina Killingsworth 6 I Was Mugged at My First LMDA Conference, by Adriana Bucz 7 First-Timer Fragments, by Sarah Stanley 8 Conference Photos by Cindy SoRelle and Ilana Brownstein The Lessing Award, 2006 9 Introducing The Lessing (and Joe and Michael), by Geoff Proehl 11 A Message Faxed From Romania, by Liviu Ciulei 12 Acceptance Speech, Michael Lupu Elliott Hayes Award, 2006 14 Producing The Belle’s Stratagem, by Melinda C. Finberg 15 Dramaturging Justice: The Exonerated Project at the Alley Theatre, by Amy Steele Past President Liz Engelman: some appreciations 17 A few words from Mark Bly, Lenora Brown, Geoff Proehl, and Cindy SoRelle The Toronto Mini-Conference 18 Coverage by Laura Braslins and Lauren Taylor (reprinted from the LMDA Canada newsletter) The LMDA Delegation to Mexico 21 Reports by Mark Bly and other delegates Suzan-Lori Parks’s In the Blood: Two Articles from ATHE’s 2006 Debut Panel 27 Imag[in]ing Poverty: Creative Critical Dramaturgy, by Louise Smith Edwards 32 Hester, La Negrita in Iowa City, by Bryan C. Moore The Future of Theatre is... 36 Image and texts lmda literary managers and dramaturgs of the americas EDITOR’S PAGE A note from new LMDA President, Brian Quirt demonstrate the valuable perspective of ECDs (though not exclu- sively), along with two terrrific feature articles contributed by ECDs. Dear LMDA... These latter articles are drawn from the Debut Panel of the Dra- At the Minneapolis conference, I spoke about some of my goals for maturgy Focus Group at the Association for Theatre in Higher Edu- LMDA over the next two years. These include further expanding the cation. This juried session always produces high-caliber work, and membership (and opening our doors to colleagues in other disci- the articles here are exceptional examples of what I hope will be a plines), enriching our conversation about the making of theatre, an lasting connection between our organizations. My thanks to Cindy emphasis on international exchange, a commitment to diversity of SoRelle, veteran mentor of ATHE’s Dramaturgy debutantes. form, culture and content, and renewed regional activity across North This early career work stands alongside the work of established fig- America. LMDA’s Board recently ratified a new Three Year Plan ures in our field. Mark Bly has assembled many voices from which will continue to increase LMDA’s profile, accomplishments, LMDA’s delegation to the Gateway to the Americas festival in Mex- and services to its membership. But you have a role in that as well. ico City; and a trio of pieces celebrate the Lessing Award, given to LMDA thrives on the contribution of its members. I urge you to vol- Michael Lupu at the annual conference in Minneapolis. unteer on a committee, drive a new initiative, create a new activity. If Lastly, as part of her new position on Prime Minister Quirt’s new you want to be a part of LMDA, please contact me or Louise or your executive committee, Shelley Orr has been reassigned from Review regional rep, or a member of the Board or Executive. to focus specifically on LMDA’s internal and external communica- There is one thing you can do right now: invite a colleague to tions. Of course, Review is part of the way that LMDA communi- become an LMDA member. We want to expand LMDA’s member- cates, both with its members and with the wider world, so Shelley’s ship, because there are theatre artists across North America whose association with Review is not likely to cease, though you may notice voices should be part of our conversations on the listserv and at our a greater proportion of singular first-person pronouns than in the conferences. Recommend LMDA to a student, an emerging dra- seven issues that Shelley and I produced together. maturg, or to an established artist you’d like to see at an LMDA As always, drop me a line with questions, comments, and your pro- event. posals — what are YOU writing for the next issue of Review? We will benefit from their contribution to our discussions (and, D.J. almost as important, from their membership fee!). Please take a moment to send the LMDA website link to a colleague and help LMDA grow. And take a moment today to put next year’s conference in Toronto Review — June 21–24, 2007 — in your date book. See you then. Editor D.J. Hopkins, San Diego State University Brian. In Print Editor Madeleine Oldham, Berkeley Rep Editorial Assistant Carlenne Lacosta, San Diego State University And, from the Editor… LMDA LMDA Canada Just a brief word of introduction to this issue. For some time now, P.O. Box 728 36 St. Paul Street Village Station Toronto, ON Review has been in the process of outgrowing its previous incarna- New York, NY 10014 M5A3H3 Canada tion as the newsletter of LMDA, and trying to take on a new 212.561.0315 416.214.1992 moniker. Names like “journal” or “magazine” still seem a bit grand www.lmda.org to me, but at well over 30 pages, this is issue joins a growing body of Review is published twice yearly by the Literary Managers and back issues that weigh in at well over the scale of content suggested Dramaturgs of the Americas. Submissions should ideally conform to by the word “newsletter.” MLA format, but we’re not picky. Spelling differences between Canadian and US English will be preserved. As per the name of our organization, This issue also features what I (along with the LMDA administra- “dramaturg” will be the default spelling of this contentious word, but we tion) hope will be regular content: articles of a fairly substantial will preserve the spelling of any submitter who prefers “dramaturge.” The same will hold for “theatre” and “theater,” “chesterfield” and length. Quite a few back issues have included content of more than “couch,” “lorry” and “truck,” “rubbish tip” and “garbage dumpster.” 500 words, but with this issue, Review is making a commitment to Inquiries from prospective contributors are encouraged. All inquiries including two article-length pieces in at least every other issue. A may be directed to D.J. Hopkins. small step, but a significant one for a publication that’s still “hand- “D.J. Hopkins” <[email protected]>. made” by the editor and the occasional helpful volunteer. Review no longer does Regional Updates. Regional Update inquires should be directed to your LMDA regional representative. In terms of content, this issue features the writing of a large number of talented early career dramaturgs. Our conference overview pieces Review Volume 17 number 1, Fall/Winter 2006. Copyright © 2006 Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. All rights reserved. lmda review 2 Think Dramaturgically, Act Locally! A Conference Overview by Cristina Killingsworth Dear LMDA, <http://www.guthrietheater.org/NewGuthrie/PhotoGallery/tabid/153/ Default.aspx> I’ve written this conference wrap-up to best encompass the Min- neapolis LMDA experience, but obviously I can only speak on After our tours were over, we headed to a puppetry performance by behalf of what I’ve experienced. Please excuse the informality of it the Open Eye Figure Theatre. They have put together a series known all! I hope this allows those who couldn’t make it a glimpse into the as ‘The Driveway Tour’ in order to bring together different commu- conference weekend! nities around Minneapolis. A host family is chosen and is obligated to invite everyone in their community (not only the families that they know). Then the puppetry troupe performs a piece such as The Wednesday July 19, 2006 Adventures of Katie Tomatie, the show we were lucky to see. It’s a Heaps of dramaturgs flocked into the twin cities (increasing the per great way to promote community togetherness as well as their new capita IQ level, of course) and found their way to various housing theatre! establishments.
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