Tina+Howe

=Tina Howe =

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Tina Howe(born November 21, 1937 in [|New York City] ) is an [|American] [|playwright]. "For more than thirty years she has captivated audiences with comedic plays that exploit fear, humor, as well as the innate ability to take bold and daring risks on stage." =====

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She is the daughter of CBS broadcast journalist [|Quincy Howe], the granddaughter of biographer [|Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe] and the great-granddaughter of the [|first Episcopal Bishop of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]. Howe graduated from [|Sarah Lawrence College] in [|Bronxville], [|New York] .[|[3]] She is married to historian Norman Levy and has two children. Her plays premiered at the Public Theater, the Kennedy Center, Second Stage, The Old Globe Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, The Actors Theatre of Louisville the Atlantic Theater Company and Primary Stages. Among her many awards are an Obie for Distinguished playwriting, a Tony nomination for best Play, an Outer Circle Critics Award, a Rockefeller Grant, two N.E.A. Fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, the Sidney Kingsley Award, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, two honorary degrees and the William Inge Award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre. =====

She is best known for her plays //[|Painting Churches] // and //[|Coastal Disturbances] //; the latter received a Tony Award nomination for best play in 1987. Howe also penned English translations of [|Eugene Ionesco] 's "[|The Bald Soprano] " and "<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|The Lesson] " which was produced at the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Atlantic Theater Company] in 2004. The Atlantic Theater Company produced her play "Birth After Birth" as part of its 2006-2007 mainstage season at the Linda Gross Theater. She has received a Rockefeller grant (1984), a Guggenheim fellowship (1990), the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature (1993), New York Drama Critic's Award for Best Play (1997–1998), Madge Evans and Sidney S. Kingsley Award (1998), William Inge Award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater (2005), and honorary degrees from Whittier College (1997) and Bowdoin College (1998).<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[|[4]] <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">She has also taught master classes at NYU, UCLA, Columbia and Carnegie Mellon and she currently teaches playwrighting at <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Hunter College] in New York City<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[|[3]] and has been a member of the council of <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #cc2200; text-decoration: none;">[|The Dramatists Guild of America] since 1990. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Howe)



<span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">//Museum// 1976 <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">//The Art of Dining// 1979 <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">//Painting Churches// 1983 <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">//Coastal Disturbances// 1986 <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">//Approaching Zanzibar// 1989 <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">//One Shoe Off// 1993 <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">//Pride's Crossing// 1997 <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">//Rembrandt's Gift// 2002 <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">//The Bald Soprano// 2004 <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">//The Lesson// 2004 //Birth After Birth// 2006 <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">//Chasing Manet// 2009
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