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Welcome Michael A. Wartell IPFW Chancellor

Introduction Larry L. Life Chair, Department of Theatre

Lecture 'A Life in the Theatre" Wendy Wasserstein

Cosponsored by the Dr. Harry W. Salon Foundation and the Fort Wayne Jewish Federation

Media sponsors: "WBNI 89.1 and NewsChannel 15

The Omnibus lecture Series is funded by a grant from the English, Bonter, Mitchell Foundation. Wendy Wasserstein

en by many as the voice of a ration, Windy Wasserstein has used her art to chronicle the staggering social changes that have transformed modern life. Wasserstein's most recent Broadway production An American Daughter was nominated for several Tony Awards. She recently completed Old Money, a play that will be produced this fall at Lincoln Center, and authored the children's book Pamela's First Musical. She wrote The Festival of Regrets for the New York City Opera and is working on a new libretto, The Merry Widow, for the San Francisco Opera. Her off-Broadway play, Uncommon Women and Others, was produced in 1978. In 1989 Wasserstein was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, a New York Drama Critics Circle Prize, a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and a Tony Award for her play The Heidi Chronicles. Her other credits include Isn't It Romantic and Miami. Her adaptation of The Nutcracker was performed at the American Ballet Theater at The Met. Her play The Sisters Rosensweig has been produced on Broadway and London's West End, and An American Daughter opened on Broadway in 1997. She wrote screenplay adaptations of several plays and musicals and wrote the screenplay The Object of My Affection, made into a major motion picture featuring Jennifer Aniston. Wasserstein received a bachelor's degree from Mount Holyoke College and a master's degree in fine arts from the Yale School of Drama. She received an honorary doctorate from Mount Holyoke College. Omnibus ^£ectuze (levies 2000-01

All lectures are at 7:30 p.m. in Walb Student Union Ballroom.

Jim Hightower "If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates" Tuesday, Sept. 19,2000

Mitzi Gaynor "An Evening with Mitzi Gaynor" Tuesday, Oct. 10,2000

David S. Broder "What's Next in American Politics?" Monday, Nov. 13, 2000

Brent Staples "The Crisis in Education" Thursday, Feb. 8,2001

Wendy Wasserstein "A Life in the Theatre" Monday, March 19, 2001

Jules Feiffer "My Life and Funny Times" Thursday, April 26, 2001

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"A Life in the Theatre"

Seen by many as the voice of a generation, playwright Wendy Wasserstein has used her art to chronicle the staggering social changes that have transformed modern life. Wasserstein's most recent Broadway production, An American Daughter, was nominated for several Tony Awards.

Monday, March 19, 2001 7:30 p.m. IPFW Walb Student Union Ballroom

Free public lecture Free parking in the garages and B lots Cosponsored by the Dr. Harry W. Salon Foundation ^'p^ and the Fort Wayne Jewish Federation. ^$ • IPFW % < American Sign Language interpreter provided upon request. < Lecture funded by a grant from the English, Bonter, Mitchell Foundation. %

Media sponsors: WBNL89.1 and NewsChannel 15. Affirmative action/Equal opportunity (ymnibntous lecture Series

QUmdy Wasserstein

"A Life in the Theatre"

Seen by many as the voice of a generation, playwright Wendy Wasserstein has used her art to chronicle the staggering social changes that have transformed modern life. Wasserstein's most recent Broadway production, An American Daughter, was nominated for several Tony Awards.

Monday, March 19, 2001 7:30 p.m. IPFW Walb Student Union Ballroom

Free public lecture Free parking in the garages and B lots Cosponsored by the Dr. Harry W. Salon Foundation ^'p^ and the Fort Wayne Jewish Federation. ^$ • IPFW % < American Sign Language interpreter provided upon request. < Lecture funded by a grant from the English, Bonter, Mitchell Foundation. %

Media sponsors: WBNL89.1 and NewsChannel 15. Affirmative action/Equal opportunity (ymnibntous lecture Series

QUmdy Wasserstein

"A Life in the Theatre"

Seen by many as the voice of a generation, playwright Wendy Wasserstein has used her art to chronicle the staggering social changes that have transformed modern life. Wasserstein's most recent Broadway production, An American Daughter, was nominated for several Tony Awards.

Monday, March 19, 2001 7:30 p.m. IPFW Walb Student Union Ballroom

Free public lecture Free parking in the garages and B lots Cosponsored by the Dr. Harry W. Salon Foundation ^'p^ and the Fort Wayne Jewish Federation. ^$ • IPFW % < American Sign Language interpreter provided upon request. < Lecture funded by a grant from the English, Bonter, Mitchell Foundation. % °#r WA"<

Media sponsors: WBNL89.1 and NewsChannel 15. Affirmative action/Equal opportunity