Filed under: Career Advising, Dramaturgy, MFA, NYC Theatre, Recent Successes, Script Development | Tags: @AnneHamiltonlit, American Theatre, Anne Hamilton, Dramaturg, Dramaturgy, Educator, Gender parity, Hamilton Dramaturgy, Magda Romanska, THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO DRAMATURGY, www.hamiltonlit.com
American Theater magazine has given a terrific review to THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO DRAMATURGY, edited by Magda Romanska.
My article, “Freelance Dramaturgs in the Twenty-First Century – Journalists, Advocates, and Curators” garnered praise from the reviewer Philippa Kelly: “One of the book’s highlights is Anne Hamilton’s essay on who dramaturgs are and what they do: cross boundaries, multitask, act as officers of public liaison and conduits for outreach…Hamilton aims to inspire dramaturgs to build confidence in their own creative contributions, and to reach deeper, to act more broadly and boldly.”
I am sending many thanks to Magda for including my chapter in this volume. It has sold out in hardcover, and is now available in paperback for $39.99. (ISBN-13: 978-0415658492, ISBN-10: 0415658497)
http://www.americantheatre.org/2015/07/07/dramaturgs-of-the-world-unite-and-parse-this-text/
Filed under: Dramaturgy, HD Clients, HD Staff, NYC Theatre, Script Development, Theatre, TheatreNow! Podcasts, Women Theatre Artists | Tags: Anne Hamilton, Cate Cammarata, Director, Dramaturgy, Educator, Hamilton Dramaturgy, Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow!, HD Staff, http://hamiltondramaturgystheatrenow.com, Playwright, Producer, Production Dramaturgy, Screenplay, Script Development, THE STACY PLAY, TheatreNow!, Translator, Walter Byongsok Chon, www.hamiltonlit.com
Hamilton Dramaturgy has expanded its staff by appointing Walter Byongsok Chon as Associate Dramaturg, and Cate Cammarata as Assistant Dramaturg. Both artists have made significant contributions to the company and its projects, performances and programming for the last two years, leading to their official appointment. Their contract is non-exclusive, and the dramaturgs will continue to develop their careers fully with many other organizations and artists. Hamilton Dramaturgy wiill be able to offer more expertise to serve all the needs of its growing client list. Welcome, Walter and Cate!
BIOS
Walter Byongsok Chon is a doctor of fine arts candidate at the Yale School of Drama, where he is writing his dissertation, “Behind Romantic Irony: How 18th-Century English Self-Reflective Satire Anticipated a New German Drama.” He received his MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from Yale School of Drama, where he was production dramaturg on Yale Rep’s Rough Crossing and Eclipsed and several YSD and Yale Cabaret productions. His other accomplishments include new play development (Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, The Great Plains Theater Conference), translation (Serpent At My Thigh, Inching Towards Yeolha, from Korean into English; Charles Mee’s True Love from English to Korean), conference presentation (ATHE, PTRS), and publication of his articles in Praxis, Theater, The Korean National Theatre Magazine, and The Korean Theatre Review, among others. Walter holds a BA in English from Sungkyunkwan University, and an MA in theatre studies from Washington University in St. Louis. He recently served as Artistic Coordinator at the Yale Repertory Theatre.
Cate Cammarata is a Producer, Director and Dramaturg, and is also an Adjunct Professor at SUNY Stony Brook. She is the Literary Manager for Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) and Jana Robbins Productions, and is in development with MY LIFE IS A MUSICAL as an Associate Producer. Cate has previously worked with the HERE Arts Center, The Active Theater, Hamilton Dramaturgy, Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow!, Hughes/Moss Casting, Syracuse Stage, the Emelin Theater, and the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, Long Island. She holds a MFA in Dramaturgy from SUNY Stony Brook and a BFA in Acting/Directing from Syracuse University, and is a graduate of the Commercial Theater Institute.
Hamilton Dramaturgy is an international consultancy based in New York City. It was founded in 1991 by Anne Hamilton, who holds an MFA from Columbia University of the Arts. The company’s clients have gone on to win the Pulitzer Prize, the MacArthur “Genius” Award, the Tony ® Award, and a Royal Court International Residency. Selected client list: Andrei Serban, the Joseph Papp Public Theater, the Harold Prince Musical Theatre Institute, Michael Mayer, Lynn Nottage, and Classic Stage Company. Hamilton produces and hosts Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow!, a podcast series featuring some of the most important contemporary female theatre artists working in America. http://hamiltondramaturgystheatrenow.com, http://www.hamiltonlit.com, hamiltonlit@ hotmail.com.
Filed under: Dramaturgy, Theatre | Tags: Anne Hamilton, Educator, Hamilton Dramaturgy, Harvey Young
Harvey Young, a professor at Northwestern University, makes a cogent argument about the value of a theatre degree in a Backstage.com article. Thank you, Harvey!
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/3-reasons-theater-degree-important/
Excerpt:
Every year, a magazine or newspaper identifies what it considers to be the most and least valuable college degrees. The determination of value is typically done by imagining a particular career path for majors and then investigating its expected earning potential. To put it simply, such rankings attempt to tell readers which college degree will lead to the job that will pay the most. According to “Forbes,” bioengineering is the major that is most “worth it.” Child and Family Services, the lowest ranked according to a Payscale.com listing cited by the magazine, apparently isn’t. Neither is theater…
Filed under: Dramaturgy, NYC Theatre, TheatreNow! Podcasts, Women Theatre Artists | Tags: Anne Hamilton, Director, Educator, Filmmaker, Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow!, Playwright
- Fran Tarr, Playwright, Filmmaker and Educator
- (Season Two, Episode Four)
Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow! Podcast with Fran Tarr
Please enjoy the interview!
Fran Tarr is a writer, independent documentary filmmaker, and the Founder and Director of BREAKING WALLS. She was Education Director for the Women’s Project and Productions, and currently serves as the Education Coordinator at the Atlantic Theatre Company. Since 2006, she has volunteered leading play-making workshops in Israel, Liberia, and Palestine. She is based in New York City.
You may read the interview here: http://theatrenow.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/interview-with-fran-tarr-playwright-filmmaker-and-educator/
Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow! is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow! must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Filed under: Dramaturgy, Theatre, Women Theatre Artists | Tags: Anne Hamilton, Dramaturg, Educator, League of Professional Theatre Women, New York City theatre, Playwright
Celebrating the Members of the League of Professional Theatre Women
This post appeared on the LPTW’s website: http://networkedblogs.com/soNpV
Anne Hamilton
Dramaturg, Playwright, Educator
Quakertown, Pennsylvania USA
I once asked Judith Malina what she does when she’s not working, and she answered, “I work”. I feel like I take the same approach to life, because I seek out beauty, inspiration, and truth everywhere.
However, to take my mind off of writing, dramaturging and editing, I like to make up new recipes. One of my newest creations this year was a Red Velvet Gingerbread tree sculpture, in which I stacked heart and flower-shaped cookies to make a tree reminiscent of Dr. Seuss’ artwork. Things like that give me great delight.
When my mind is puzzling over a dramaturgical problem, I like to visit the ocean. I particularly enjoy going to Coney Island and watching the beluga whales at the aquarium and laughing at the antics of the otters.
The production which changed my life was GUYS AND DOLLS at St. Joseph’s High School in Metuchen, NJ. When I was a teenager, we would always see the musicals at my brother’s high school, which had a fine arts department. I fell in love with the first musical I saw there. In the “Luck Be A Lady” number, they used black lights. When the costumes and dice glowed in the light during the song and dance number, I fell in love with the theatre. And that was it for me. I’ve been in it ever since.
One of my favorite lines from a play is, “More life” from ANGELS IN AMERICA. I’ve made artwork with the phrase and placed it prominently in my home. I also write my own poetry on the walls of my home, in places appropriate for the content of the poem.
I would like to make a writer’s retreat for my friends in the city to escape to. It is beautiful here in Bucks County and I find it to be very conducive to writing and expanding my thoughts. I’ve already made the invitation to several of my friends in the League and I hope that they take me up on the offer soon.
Anne Hamilton is the Founder of Hamilton Dramaturgy, an international consultancy based in New York City’s professional scene, and located in Bucks County, PA. Anne also write plays, poetry and children’s literature, and give workshops in script development. (www.hamiltonlit.com).
Anne Hamilton/Hamilton Dramaturgy 