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Carson Kreitzer is an American playwright currently based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1991 with a B.A. in theatre and literature and an M.F.A. from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Austin. Kreitizer is an associated artist with Clubbed Thumb, (New Georges ), the (Fire Department ), and Park Square Theatre, and was a resident playwright with (New Dramatists ) from 2006-2013. She is a member of the Workhaus Collective, the Dramatists Guild, and The Playwrights' Center where, in 2013, she became a board member. Her plays ''The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer'' and ''Self Defense, or death of some salesmen'' are published in the Smith and Kraus collections ''Women Playwrights: Best Plays of'' 2004 and 2002 respectively., and the plays ''Self Defense'', ''Oppenheimer'', ''1:23'', and ''Slither'' are available in one volume from (NoPassport Press ) (2011). == Full-length plays == *''Heroin/e (Keep Us Quiet)'' (1995) is the first play in Kreitzer's ''Women Who Kill'' triptych featuring intertwined monologues spoken by two characters: Anna, the older sister of Sigmund Freud's famous patient, the Wolf Man, who committed suicide by drinking mercury in 1906 and Ellie Nesler, a woman who shot her son's accused molester as he was testifying in court.(''New York Times'' article about Nesler ) NYC premiere by Tiny Mythic Theatre. *''The Slow Drag'' (1996) a "jazz cabaret" with a live band onstage, which features the character, Johnny Christmas, performing the story of his life, a story that reflects that of American jazz musician Billy Tipton, whose successful career as a male crooner made headlines upon his death when it was revealed he was actually a woman. *''Freakshow'' (1999) published in the Playscripts anthology ''Funny, Strange, Provocative: Seven Plays From Clubbed Thumb'' *''Valerie Shoots Andy'' (2001) is the second Women Who Kill play and takes a close look at Valerie Solanas, author of the S.C.U.M. Manifesto and best known for shooting artist Andy Warhol in 1968. NYC Premiere by Reverie Productions at the Present Company Theatorium in NYC. Earlier version workshopped in 1993 at American Place Theatre by 40 Feet Under. *''Self Defense, or death of some salesmen'' (2002) is the final play of Women Who Kill, recounting the story of Aileen Wuornos, who was convicted of shooting six men along Florida's interstate highways in the early 1990s. It depicts the media frenzy surrounding her identification, capture and conviction but with a sympathetic eye towards Wuornos' claims of self-defense at the hands of violent clients she serviced as a prostitute. NYC Premiere by Reverie Productions with New Georges at HERE Arts Center.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Past Seasons )〕 *''The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer'' (2003) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and won the 2003 Lois and Richard Rosenthal New Play Prize, the American Theatre Critics’ Steinberg Citation, and the Barrie Stavis Award. Notable productions Actor's Express (Atlanta, GA) Apr. 2005〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer )〕 *''Slither'' (2003) chronicles five generations of women, from Eve to a contemporary Christian snake-cult member, linked together through their relationship with snakes. 2003 premiere produced by Eye of the Storm Theatre at Minneapolis Theatre Garage (Minneapolis, MN). Received its West coast premiere in 2012 by (Chalk Repertory ) with a staging at the Masonic Lodge inside Hollywood Forever Cemetery.〔 〕 * ''Caravaggista'' traces the early life of the baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi and focuses on the events surrounding the rape trial brought by her father against Agostino Tassi, another artist he had hired to teach his daughter Perspective. Throughout the play Artemisia is guided by the spirit of Caravaggio as she develops her masterwork ''Judith Slaying Holofernes''. This play was workshopped at The Public Theater in New York.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Caravaggista )〕 *''Flesh and the Desert'' (2005) originally commissioned by Clubbed Thumb with a premiere as part of the 2005 David Mark Cohen New Works Festival, this play is a kaledioscopic portrait of Las Vegas featuring showgirls, gangsters, Siegfried and Roy, Elvis, Liberace, nuclear testing, Orson Welles, and the intertwined stories of three couples. Produced in 2012 by the Workhaus Collective and performed at The Playwright's Center in Minneapolis, MN making the Top 10 of 2012 list by the ''Star Tribune'' theater critics. * ''1:23'' (2007) a "theatrical collage" about infamous cases of contemporary infanticide and the public's obsession with women who kill. The play uses characters from the annals of true crime, specifically Susan Smith, Andrea Yates, and the lesser-known (Juana Leija ). Premiered at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's Thompson Shelterhouse theater space in Feb. 2007, directed by Mark Wing-Davey. Notable productions at (Synchronicity Performance Group ) (Atlanta, GA) in May 2009, Perishable Theatre (Providence, RI) in May 2011. *''Enchantment'' (2009) *''Behind the Eye'' (2011) chronicles the career and private life of surrealist muse/model and WWII combat photographer Lee Miller. Premiered at Cincinnati Playhouse in Apr. 2011, directed by Mark Wing-Davey and the production was nominated for 8 (Acclaim Awards ) from the League of Cincinnati Theatres for its direction, acting, and design. Notable productions at Gas & Electric Arts (Philadelphia, PA) in Oct. 2012,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BEHIND THE EYE: PHOTOS )〕 Park Square Theatre (St. Paul, MN) in May 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Behind the Eye )〕 * ''Lasso of Truth'' (2014) commissioned by the (National New Play Network ) for a rolling premiere in the 2014-15 season. This "multimedia theatrical event explores the history of Wonder Woman – from her creation as a comic book superhero character to her lasting influence in American pop culture". Workshop reading at National Play Festival (Australia) Feb. 2013. Premiered Feb. 2014 at Marin Theatre 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lasso of Truth )〕 (Mill Valley, CA), Nov. 2014 at Synchronicity Performance Group (Atlanta, GA),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LASSO OF TRUTH )〕 and Jan. 2015 at the Unicorn Theatre (Kansas City) in Missouri. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carson Kreitzer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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