Liz Duffy Adams Explained

Liz Duffy Adams is an American playwright who has written many plays including Born With Teeth; Or,; Dog Act; The Salonnieres; A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World; The Broken Machine, and others.

Her play Born With Teeth won a 2021 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.[1] She was rewarded the 2012 "Women of Achievement Award" from the Women's Project Theater [2] as well as a 2010 Lily Award and a 2008 Weston Playhouse Music-Theatre Award, among other honors.

Early life and education

Adams is an American playwright originally from Ipswich, Massachusetts, who holds dual Irish and American citizenship.[3] She has a BFA from NYU's Experimental Theater Wing, and an MFA in Playwriting from Yale School of Drama.[4]

She was the 2012–13 Briggs-Copeland Visiting Lecturer in Playwriting at Harvard University.[5] She is an alumna of New Dramatists (2001-2008).[6]

Reviews

Charles Isherwood wrote in his New York Times review of her historical play Or, "Ms. Adams fares remarkably well. Her language has a natural period flavor and a formidable wit; her characters possess the spark of fully animated spirits; and she weaves into her story both biographical detail and cultural context with grace."[7]

In the Houston Chronicle, Robert Donahoo wrote of Born with Teeth that it "can’t decide if it is about literature, history, political intrigue, religious persecution, or the wide varieties of love, and that’s a good — no, make that glorious — thing. The play grabs them all and squeezes them into a trim, tight, electric production…. [a] jewel of a script."[8]

The DC Theatre Scene review of her Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World, by Debbie Minter Jackson, says, "Adams has a way of transforming ominous situations into thought provoking entertaining experiences, and she handles the premise of the Salem witch trials with care that ends up being thoughtful, mysterious, and if I dare say – startlingly funny."[9]

Robert Hurwitt wrote in his SF Gate review of her Dog Act, "It's a bright dystopian blend of pop and high culture –– Brecht's Mother Courage as a vaudeville troupe leader wandering a Waiting for Godot world as transmuted through generations of Mad Max–Road Warrior movies with some lingering influences from Peter Pan –– peppered with astonishing and exhilarating eruptions of storytelling and wondrous plays within the play."[10]

Notable works

Awards

Awards include a 2021 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.[1] 2012 Women of Achievement award from the Women's Project Theater,[19] a 2010 Lily Award for Playwrighting,[20] a 2008 Weston Playhouse Music-Theatre award,[21] a 2006 NYFA award, a 2017 Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council,[22] and the Will Glickman award for Best New Play in 2004 (for Dog Act).[23] She has held residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Millay Colony for the arts, and the Djerassi Resident Artists program. She was profiled in American Theatre Magazine in December 2004.

Selected works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harms . Talaura . New Works by Shaina Taub, Lauren Yee, Duncan Sheik, Kyle Jarrow, and More Receive 2021 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards . Playbill . 2021-06-21 . 2022-09-29.
  2. Web site: Women of Achievement Honorees - Women's Project Theater. 24 April 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170509020514/http://wptheater.org/special-events/award-recipients/. 9 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Small pirates with big ideas. Star Tribune. April 24, 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150120073849/http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/stageandarts/170202826.html?refer=y. 20 January 2015.
  4. Web site: Liz Duffy Adams - Playscripts, Inc.. April 24, 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130507121026/http://www.playscripts.com/author.php3?authorid=283. May 7, 2013.
  5. Web site: Creative Writing. April 24, 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130304201726/http://english.fas.harvard.edu/programs/undergraduate/creative-writing/creative-writing-faculty. March 4, 2013.
  6. Web site: Liz Duffy Adams. April 24, 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213090355/http://newdramatists.org/liz-duffy-adams. December 13, 2013.
  7. News: Isherwood . Charles . All They Need Is Love (and Freedom and Theater) (Published 2009) . November 22, 2020 . The New York Times . November 9, 2009.
  8. Web site: Robert Donahoo . Marlowe, Shakespeare trade barbs in Alley's 'Born with Teeth' . Houston Chronicle . 2022-05-25 . 2022-09-29.
  9. News: Jackson . Debbie Minter . A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World . November 22, 2020 . dctheatrescene.com . July 9, 2013.
  10. News: Hurwitt . Robert . It's man eat dog-man in a wild world . November 22, 2020. SFGATE.com. September 25, 2004.
  11. Web site: BORN WITH TEETH . Alley Theatre Official Website . 2022-06-25 . 2022-09-29.
  12. Web site: Season . Magic Theatre // San Francisco's Home for Bold New Plays . 2022-09-27 . 2022-09-29.
  13. https://www.greaterbostonstage.org/thesalonnieres.html Greater Boston Stage Company
  14. Web site: Or, « Magic Theatre. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222021410/http://magictheatre.org/about/past-productions/or . 2014-02-22 . February 22, 2014.
  15. Web site: San Diego Playbill - Theatre News. artsdig.com. March 31, 2024.
  16. Web site: Listener of Junk City Named Weston's New Musical Award Winner - Playbill.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222215600/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116760-Listener-of-Junk-City-Named-Westons-New-Musical-Award-Winner . 2014-02-22 . February 22, 2014.
  17. Web site: Clubbed Thumb's Train Play, About Strange Fellow Travelers, on Track for Jan. 11 in NYC - Playbill.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20140224150122/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/67101-Clubbed-Thumbs-Train-Play-About-Strange-Fellow-Travelers-on-Track-for-Jan-11-in-NYC . 2014-02-24 . February 24, 2014.
  18. Web site: The Reckless Ruthless Brutal Charge of It . Rob Melrose . 2022-09-29.
  19. Web site: Women's Project Home Page. 24 April 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131021004225/http://www.womensproject.org/awards.htm. 21 October 2013.
  20. Web site: The Lilly Awards. 24 April 2017. usurped. https://archive.today/20130415231121/http://www.thelillyawards.org/awards/2010-awards/. 15 April 2013.
  21. Web site: New Musical Award New Works Weston Playhouse . westonplayhouse.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200427144116/https://www.westonplayhouse.org/new-works/nma . 2020-04-27.
  22. News: Check out Liz Duffy Adams's work on @masscultural's gallery!. Mass Cultural Council.
  23. Web site: WILL GLICKMAN AWARD. theatrebayarea.org. March 31, 2024.
  24. Web site: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. dramatists.com. March 31, 2024.
  25. Book: New Playwrights: The Best Plays 2010. .
  26. Book: 978-0985893460 . Geek Theater . Gunnels . Jen . Underwood . Erin . 2014 . Underwords .
  27. Web site: Dog Act by Liz Duffy Adams. playscripts.com. March 31, 2024.
  28. Web site: The Reckless Ruthless Brutal Charge of It, or, The Train Play by Liz Duffy Adams. playscripts.com. March 31, 2024.
  29. Book: The Best American Short Plays 2000-2001. Glenn. Young. Mark. Glubke. September 29, 2002. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9781557834805 . Google Books.
  30. Web site: Poodle With Guitar and Dark Glasses by Liz Duffy Adams. playscripts.com. March 31, 2024.
  31. Web site: The Last Woman on Earth by Liz Duffy Adams | Playscripts Inc.. playscripts.com.
  32. Web site: Aphra Does Antwerp by Liz Duffy Adams | Playscripts Inc.. playscripts.com. March 31, 2024.
  33. Web site: Neon Mirage by Liz Duffy Adams | Playscripts Inc.. playscripts.com. March 31, 2024.

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