Paul Lucas (playwright) explained

Paul Lucas
Birth Date:October 15, 1961[1]
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Death Date:August 12, 2020 (Aged 58)
Death Place:Sparta Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse:Kendall Messick (Husband, m. 2020)

Paul Lucas was an American playwright and producer based in New York City. He was best known for his play, Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women, which won a Fringe First award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe[2] [3] and a High Commendation from Amnesty International for Freedom of Expression,[4] and was performed by the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University.[5] [6] [7]

Career

Lucas attended Dwight-Englewood School and graduated in 1979.[8]

He performed and worked in several theatrical offices in New York City before joining Paul Szilard Productions, where he booked for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. While still working with Szilard, he produced several plays off-Broadway, including Messages for Gar[9] which featured John Epperson and Alex McCord; TimeSlips, written by Anne Basting;[10] Nosferatu, which starred Nikolai Kinski; and Son of Drakula, written and performed by David Drake.[11] [12] [13] After a fellowship in Arts Administration at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lucas became the Director of Press and Marketing for Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Lucas founded Paul Lucas Productions, a production, management, and touring organization that specializes in international work.[14] His productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have included What I Heard About Iraq, an anti-Iraq War play by Simon Levy adapted from a prose poem by Eliot Weinberger. The play received a Fringe First award at the festival and toured in the UK.[15] [16] In 2006, he and associate Gail Winar produced The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac, which starred Taylor Mac.[17] It won a Herald Angel Award in Edinburgh, and played in various cities.[18] [19] [20] He produced Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie, which starred David M. Lutken first at the festival in 2007 and later on tour in Europe[21] [22] and the United States.[23] He produced the Edinburgh Festival Fringe presentation of Dai (enough), a one-woman show written and performed by Iris Bahr, about characters in a Tel Aviv cafe moments before a suicide bomber enters.[24] [25] He has also worked with American comedian and drag performer Miss Coco Peru.[26]

In 2012, Lucas turned his attention to creating his own work, beginning with the play Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women, with the assistance of dramaturge Morgan Jenness, produced at the Pleasance Theater during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2015, directed by Linda Ames Key. It received a Fringe First Award,[27] [28] [29] a High Commendation from Amnesty International for Freedom of Expression, and nominations for the Best of Edinburgh Award, the Holden Street Theaters Award, and the Feminist Fest Award.[30] [31] [32] In 2015, the American Repertory Theater sponsored a one-night reading of the script at Harvard University[33] and produced the play in 2017,[34] [35] with support from grants by the National Endowment for the Arts.[36] [37]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cooper . Neil . Obituary: Paul Lucas, theatre producer whose Fringe show about trans people became an acclaimed hit . 20 August 2024 . The Herald . 7 September 2020 . en.
  2. Web site: Trans Scripts. Trans Scripts. April 6, 2017.
  3. Web site: Scotsman Fringe First Winners 2015. August 27, 2015. Joyce McMillan - Online. April 6, 2017.
  4. News: A Girl is a Half Formed Thing wins Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award. August 27, 2015. Fest Magazine. April 6, 2017. April 8, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170408082130/https://www.festmag.co.uk/features/103107-a-girl-a-half-formed-thing-wins-amnesty-freedom-expression. dead.
  5. Web site: A.R.T.'s Trans Scripts Receives $50,000 from NEA. Playbill. en. April 6, 2017.
  6. News: NEA Awards $50,000 for Trans Scripts: Part I, The Women. January 4, 2017. Color Magazine. April 6, 2017. en-US.
  7. Web site: Statement Regarding the Proposed Elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts . americanrepertorytheater.org. April 6, 2017.
  8. Web site: IDEA Week Sparks Arts Awareness, Ambitions. April 7, 2011. d-e.org. December 12, 2017.
  9. Book: Theatre World 1999-2000. Willis. John. Lynch. Tom. Hodges. Ben. March 1, 2003. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9781557834775.
  10. Web site: Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - TimeSlips - 11/4/01. www.talkinbroadway.com. April 6, 2017.
  11. News: Theater Review; You Look Thirsty, Count. Care for a Little Drink?. Dewitt. David. June 6, 2000 . The New York Times. April 6, 2017. 0362-4331.
  12. News: Nosferatu. TheaterMania.com. April 6, 2017.
  13. News: Forward in Reverse . Feingold . Michael . November 5, 2002. Village Voice. April 6, 2017.
  14. Web site: Paul Lucas - About Us. www.paullucasproductions.com. 2018-04-21.
  15. News: Edinburgh Fringe Festival Roundup. Lyall. Sarah. August 26, 2006. The New York Times. April 6, 2017. 0362-4331.
  16. News: What I Heard About Iraq. Gardner. Lyn. August 15, 2006. The Guardian. April 6, 2017 . 0261-3077.
  17. Web site: The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac. TAYLOR MAC . April 10, 2016.
  18. Web site: Changing lives with a ukulele. PressReader. December 12, 2017.
  19. Web site: Taylor Mac review at Baby Belly - Review - Theatre - The Stage. thestage.co.uk. December 12, 2017.
  20. Web site: Taylor Mac. Broadway Baby. December 12, 2017.
  21. Web site: WoodySez.com . www.woodysez.com. December 12, 2017.
  22. Web site: Archived copy . December 12, 2017 . September 10, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150910174156/http://www.asolorep.org/editor_files/files/Press%20Release%20-%20Woody%20Sez%20-%202015.pdf . dead .
  23. Web site: Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie . timeout.com. December 12, 2017.
  24. News: Theater as Russian Roulette, With a Blast That's Soon to Sound. New York Times . November 30, 2006. November 17, 2006 . Genzlinger . Neil.
  25. Web site: Dai review at Pleasance Cavern Edinburgh - Review - Theatre - The Stage . thestage.co.uk. December 12, 2017.
  26. Web site: Review: Miss Coco Peru is Present – Feast Festival 2012 - Glam Adelaide. November 22, 2012 . www.glamadelaide.com.au. December 12, 2017.
  27. Web site: Theatre review: Trans Scripts at Pleasance Courtyard. www.britishtheatreguide.info. April 7, 2017.
  28. Web site: Theatre review: Trans Scripts. WOW247. April 7, 2017.
  29. News: Trans Scripts at Edinburgh festival review – six timely stories from transgender women. Gardner. Lyn. August 16, 2015. The Guardian. April 7, 2017 . 0261-3077.
  30. News: Trans Scripts at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh. April 7, 2017.
  31. News: Trans Scripts at the Edinburgh Fringe (Review). August 24, 2015. Travels of Adam (Hipster Blog). April 7, 2017.
  32. News: Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Trans Scripts, Pleasance Courtyard. August 31, 2015. A Younger Theatre. April 7, 2017.
  33. Web site: Jo Bonney directs a reading of Paul Lucas' new play Trans Scripts, November 23 at A.R.T.'s OBERON space. thestagereview. October 27, 2015. the Stage Review. April 7, 2017.
  34. News: Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women. TheaterMania.com. April 7, 2017.
  35. News: Paul Lucas' TRANS SCRIPTS Sells Out at American Repertory Theater . BWW News Desk. BroadwayWorld.com . April 7, 2017.
  36. News: Photo Flash: Diane Paulus, Eve Ensler and More Celebrate TRANS SCRIPTS, PART I: THE WOMEN Opening at A.R.T.. BWW News Desk. BroadwayWorld.com. April 7, 2017.
  37. News: 20 Years Ago, Eve Ensler Gave Us The Vagina Monologues. She's Still Waiting for the Revolution.. February 8, 2017. ELLE. April 7, 2017.

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