Nationality American Education New York University Role Playwright | Name Anne Washburn Genre playwright | |
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Alma mater Reed College,
New York University Books Mr. Burns and Other Plays, Mr Burns Plays Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, The Internationalist Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada | ||
Interview with anne washburn on mr burns a post electric play
Anne Washburn is an American playwright.
Contents
- Interview with anne washburn on mr burns a post electric play
- On the road with anne washburn
- Life
- Awards and honors
- References
On the road with anne washburn
Life
Washburn graduated from Reed College and from New York University, with an M.F.A.
Her plays have been produced in New York City by Cherry Lane Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, The Civilians, Vineyard Theatre, Dixon Place, and Soho Repertory Theatre—and elsewhere by American Repertory Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, New Jersey's Two River Theater Company, Washington DC's Studio Theater, and London's Gate Theatre and Almeida Theatre.
Her 2012 play Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play received a Drama League Award nomination for Outstanding Production and was praised by the New York Times as "downright brilliant." Her play A Devil at Noon was featured at the 2011 Humana Festival of New American Plays and the play Sleep Rock Thy Brain—written with Rinne Groff and Lucas Hnath—was featured at the 2013 Festival. In 2015, 10 Out of 12 played at the Soho Rep theater.
Washburn is a member of 13P, an associated artist with The Civilians and New Georges, and an alumna of New Dramatists. Her work has been published in American Theatre magazine.