Bathsheba Doran Explained

Bathsheba Doran
Birth Place:England, UK
Education:Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (BA, MA)
University of Oxford (MA)
Columbia University (MFA)
Juilliard School (GrDip)
Occupation:Playwright, TV scriptwriter
Relatives:Susan Doran (mother)

Bathsheba Sarah Lee "Bash" Doran is a British-born playwright and TV scriptwriter living in New York City.

Life & Education

Bathsheba Doran, nicknamed "Bash", grew up in London and her mother is the Elizabethan historian, Susan Doran. She became interested in comedy and writing early on. Doran says she fell in love with theatre when she found Peter Pan's shadow in the backstage at a theatre when she was a little girl and realised that it was made of pantyhose.[1]

Doran studied at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where she received a B.A. and M.A. in English literature. She went on to study at the University of Oxford where she also an M.A.[2] In 2000, Doran moved to the United States on a Fulbright Scholarship.[3] She studied and received a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University in 2003,[4] and was selected as a playwriting fellow at Juilliard School.[5]

Career

Doran was a contemporary of Robert Webb and David Mitchell. Her first job as a professional writer was comedy sketch writing for their BBC2 show Bruiser.[6] She worked for several years in London as a comedy writer, writing for shows such as Smack the Pony and TV to Go.

Doran's work has been developed by the O'Neill Playwriting Center, Lincoln Center, Manhattan Theatre Club and Sundance Theatre Lab, among others. She helped Lear deBessonet with her play transFigures.[7] She has had plays commissioned by the Atlantic Theater Company and Playwrights Horizons.[8]

Doran's play, Kin, described as "exquisitely wrought" by the New York Times,[9] premiered at off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons from 25 February – 3 April 2011, under the direction of Sam Gold.[10]

Her play The Mystery of Love and Sex, directed by Sam Gold, opened at Lincoln Center in New York on 2 March 2015.[11] It was described as "perfectly wonderful" by the New York Times.

The play was subsequently produced at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles[12] and the Signature Theater, Arlington VA,[13] among other national and international venues.

Doran was nominated for a 2012 Writers Guild Award for her work on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.[14] She also wrote episodes for season 2 of the NBC show Smash. She was a writer and co-producer of season 2 of the Showtime show Masters of Sex. She was co-executive producer and writer of Hulu's adaptation of The Looming Tower.[15]

She co-wrote the Netflix feature film Outlaw King,[16] starring Chris Pine and directed by David Mackenzie.

She created and wrote the Channel 4 show Traitors (originally named Jerusalem).[17]

Personal life

She lives with her wife, Katie, and two children in Brooklyn, New York.[18]

Awards

Works

Television writing credits

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Szymkowicz, Adam . 20 September 2009 . I Interview Playwrights Part 57: Bathsheba Doran . Adam Szymkowicz.
  2. Web site: Bathsheba Doran Writers Theatre . 2024-03-06 . www.writerstheatre.org.
  3. Web site: Sincere, Rick . 21 March 2006 . Signature Theatre Announces 2006–2007 Season . Rick Sincere News and Thoughts.
  4. Web site: Bathsheba Doran . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203102024/http://arts.columbia.edu/alumni/bathsheba-doran . 3 December 2013 . 30 November 2013 . Columbia University . '03 SOA.
  5. Web site: Alumni News: May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613024815/http://www.juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2010-2011/1105/index.php . 13 June 2011 . Juilliard.edu . Bathsheba Doran (Playwrights '05).
  6. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1096313/ "Bathsheba Doran"
  7. Web site: Soloski, Alexis . Sick With God . The Village Voice . 17 April 2007 . 12 March 2010 . 4 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604205024/http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-04-17/theater/sick-with-god/ . dead .
  8. Web site: Staff . Playwrights Horizons . 21 September 2013.
  9. Web site: Isherwood . Charles . No Connection Is Too Far, or Unlikely. The New York Times. 21 March 2011.
  10. Web site: Kin . 25 February 2011 . Playwrights Horizons . 21 September 2013.
  11. Web site: Lincoln Center Theater Adds Bathsheba Doran's THE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND SEX and Nick Jones' VERITE to 2014–15 Season.
  12. Web site: The Mystery of Love & Sex. Center Theatre Group. 2016-10-22.
  13. Web site: The Mystery of Love & Sex — Signature Theatre. Signature Theatre. 2016-10-22.
  14. Web site: Writers Guild Awards: 2012 Nominations . Writers Guild of America . https://web.archive.org/web/20120525010101/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id%3D1516. dead . 25 May 2012.
  15. News: Hulu Nears Series Order For 9/11 Drama 'The Looming Tower' From Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney & Legendary TV. Andreeva. Nellie. 2016-09-14. Deadline. en-US. 2016-10-22.
  16. News: First Look At Chris Pine In Netflix's 'Outlaw King'. Evans. Greg. 2017-09-08. Deadline. 2018-07-16. en-US.
  17. News: Emma Appleton & Luke Treadaway To Star In Bash Doran's C4 Drama 'Jerusalem'. White. Peter. 2018-03-02. Deadline. 2018-07-16. en-US.
  18. Web site: 2016-02-06 . Bathsheba Doran gains clarity in writing 'The Mystery of Love & Sex' . 2024-03-06 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  19. Web site: Purcell . Carey . Bathsheba Doran and Lucy Kirkwood Are Winners of First Annual Berwin Lee Playwright Awards . Playbill.com . 26 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130428065509/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/177387-Bathsheba-Doran-and-Lucy-Kirkwood-Are-Winners-of-First-Annual-Berwin-Lee-Playwright-Awards- . 28 April 2013 . dmy .
  20. http://www.nycommunitytrust.org/Newsroom/NewsandAnouncements/AnnouncementsArticles/tabid/515/smid/1061/ArticleID/48/reftab/515/t/Eight-Playwrights-Win-Helen-Merrill-Award/Default.aspx "Eight Playwrights Win Helen Merrill Award"
  21. Sterling . Kristin . Graduate Student of Theatre Arts Becomes Columbia's First Liberace Scholar . Columbia University Record . 30 November 2011 . 27 . 7 . 11.
  22. Web site: Bathsheba Doran . Dramatic Publishing . 21 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130923005537/http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/AuthorBio.php?titlelink=10301 . 23 September 2013 . dead .

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