Bruce Bonafede Explained

Bruce Bonafede is an American playwright.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He is a Lifetime Member of the Dramatists Guild.

Bonafede's first produced play, Advice to the Players, is a drama that studies the relationship between art and politics.[2] [3] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] The play's inspiration was an incident at the 1981 International Theater Festival in Baltimore, where two acclaimed South African actors were caught up in an international boycott of South Africa's apartheid policies.[2] [3] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] The play was first produced as part of Actors Theatre of Louisville's "Shorts" Festival in November 1984, the original production starred Delroy Lindo and Joe Morton.[2] [4] [8] [9] [13] The play was produced again at the Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival for New American Plays in April 1985, and won the Heideman Award as best one-act play of the festival.[1] [4] [6] [14] Following the production at Actors Theatre of Louisville, a 90-minute version without intermission was produced at the Philadelphia Festival of New Plays in 1986.[2] [4] [6] Advice to the Players was published in Literary Cavalcade, a Scholastic magazine, and the anthology Best Short Plays-1986.[15] [16] The 90-minute version of the play was published by Samuel French in 2015.[14]

Ghostwriting

Bonafede is a contributor and editor for the business book Manager's Guide to Crisis Management by Jonathan Bernstein (Briefcase Books Series), published in 2011.[17]

Other writing projects remain confidential due to contractual agreements.

Awards

Advice to the Players, his first produced play, won the Heideman Award at the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville in 1985.[1] [4] [6] [14]

Published works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bruce Bonafede. Samuel French. October 15, 2013.
  2. Web site: Art And Politics In Bonafede's 'Advice'. The New York Times. Mel Gussow. April 27, 1986. October 15, 2013.
  3. Theater: Wild Turkeys. Edwin Wilson. The Wall Street Journal. April 5, 1985.
  4. Web site: Mixing Art And Politics. Philly. William B. Collins. April 14, 1986. October 15, 2013.
  5. Web site: Bruce Bonafede. Amazon. October 15, 2013.
  6. Web site: New-play Festival Examines Apartheid. Philly. William B. Collins. April 18, 1986. October 15, 2013.
  7. News: 2 Plays Explore South Africa's Underside. Chicago Tribune. Richard Christiansen. April 27, 1988. October 15, 2013.
  8. News: Arts: Review of Humana Drama Festivalin Louisville, Kentucky. B A Young. Financial Times. March 28, 1985.
  9. Critic's Notebook; In New Plays, Mystical Visions And Broken Glass. Mel Gussow. The New York Times. March 28, 1985.
  10. News: Success Story. Megan Rosenfeld. The Washington Post. December 3, 1984.
  11. New troupe springs to life with local playwright fest. "The Washington Times. Hap Erstein. 28 June 1990.
  12. Web site: 'Advice to Players' at the Shepard; 'Very Nearly Pinter' and 'Marmots' at Actors Alley; 'Kathe Kollwitz' in Ocean Park; 'The Eye of the Beholder' at Flight; 'Perpetual Care' at Cast. "L.A. Times. Ray Loynd. May 5, 1989. October 15, 2013.
  13. Book: Advice to the Players: A Play in One Act. 9780573620317. October 15, 2013. Bonafede. Bruce. 1985. Samuel French .
  14. Web site: Bruce Bonafede. October 15, 2013.
  15. Book: The Best Short Plays 1986. 1986. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780936839134. October 15, 2013.
  16. Bruce Bonafede: "Advice to the Players". Literary Cavalcade by Scholastic. April 1986.
  17. Book: Manager's Guide to Crisis Management. McGraw Hill Professional. Jonathan Bernstein. October 17, 2011. 9780071776134. October 15, 2013.

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