|
Ellen McLaughlin (born November 9, 1957) is an American playwright and actor for stage and film. Her plays include ''Septimus and Clarissa'', ''Ajax in Iraq'', ''Days and Nights Within'', ''A Narrow Bed'', ''Infinity's House'', ''Iphigenia and Other Daughters'', ''Tongue of a Bird'', ''The Trojan Women'', ''Helen'', ''The Persians'' and ''Oedipus''. Producers include: Actors' Theater of Louisville, The Actors’ Gang L.A., Classic Stage Co., N.Y., The Intiman Theater, Seattle, Almeida Theater, London, The Mark Taper Forum, L.A., the Public Theater in NYC, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The National Actors’ Theater, N.Y.,and The Guthrie Theater, MN, among many other venues. Grants and awards include: Great American Play Contest, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the NEA, the Writer's Award from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, the Berilla Kerr Award for playwrighting, and the NEA/TCG Theatre Residency Grant. McLaughlin is also an actor. She has worked on and Off Broadway as well as extensively in regional theater. She is most well known for having originated the part of the Angel in Tony Kushner's ''Angels in America'', appearing in every U.S. production from its earliest workshops through its Broadway run. Other favorite roles include The Homebody in ''Homebody/Kabul'' (Intiman Theater, Seattle), Pirate Jenny in ''Threepenny Opera'' (Trinity Rep. Elliot Norton Award), Mrs. Alving in ''Ghosts'' (Berkeley Rep.) Titania in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at the McCarter and the Paper Mill Playhouse, ''A Delicate Balance'', (Arena Stage, Yale Rep.) ''Good People ''(George St. Playhouse, Seattle Rep.), ''Dear Elizabeth'' (People's Light and Theater) and ''Outside Mullingar'' (George St. Playhouse.) Her on-screen credits include ''Everything Relative'', ''The Bed You Sleep In'', with guest appearances on ''Law & Order''. She has taught playwrighting in numerous venues, from Yale School of Drama to Princeton University. She has been teaching at ''Barnard College'' since 1995. She is a member of New Dramatists and has served on the board of T.C.G. Her most recent publication, by T.C.G., is ''The Greek Plays''. She is married to Rinde Eckert, a theatre artist and composer. She attended The Potomac School in McLean, Virginia for elementary school (through 9th grade). She subsequently attended and graduated from Sidwell Friends School, in Washington, DC. She graduated from Sidwell Friends School in 1976. She graduated from Yale University in 1980, ''summa cum laude.'' == External links == * * 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「Ellen McLaughlin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|