{"id":13301,"date":"2009-04-08T13:15:23","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T20:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=13301"},"modified":"2015-08-17T14:50:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T21:50:12","slug":"ionescos-absurd-plays-performed-and-discussed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/ionescos-absurd-plays-performed-and-discussed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ionesco’s absurd plays performed and discussed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Pulitzer Prize finalist Tina Howe will be an NAU playwright-in-residence during the productions of Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano<\/em> and The Lesson<\/em>. Photo by Susan Johann<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Break-out sessions
\nwith Tina Howe<\/strong><\/p>\n

NAU playwright-in-residence Tina Howe, translator of the upcoming Eugene Ionesco’s plays performed by NAU Theater, will hold free discussions on campus.<\/p>\n

Howe, who has served on the council of the Dramatists Guild since 1990, is a voting member for the Tony Awards. She is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a longtime visiting professor at Hunter College.<\/p>\n

Howe’s most recent play\u00a0Chasing Manet<\/em>\u00a0opened at Primary Stages in New York City earlier this month.<\/p>\n

“Having a playwright of Tina Howe’s reputation and experience is a coup d’\u00e9tat for NAU,” said Kathleen McGeever, theater chair and director of the plays. “Her lengthy, successful career with the professional theater is a tremendous gift to not only our theater majors but to the entire NAU campus and community of Flagstaff.”<\/p>\n

Howe’s awards include an Obie Award for distinguished playwriting, an Outer Circle Critics Award, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, the William Inge Award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre and the Sidney Kingsley Award.<\/p>\n

In addition to Howe’s session following the opening-night performances of\u00a0The Bald Soprano<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Lesson<\/em>\u00a0on April 17, catch up with her:<\/p>\n