Anne Washburn is an American playwright.

Life

Washburn graduated from

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and from

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, with an M.F.A. Her plays have been produced in

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by Cherry Lane Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, The Civilians,

Vineyard Theatre The Vineyard Theatre is a 120-seat Off-Broadway non-profit theatre company, located at 108 East 15th Street in Manhattan, New York City, near Union Square. Founded in 1981 by Barbara Zinn Krieger, the Vineyard states that its goal is "to give ...

, Dixon Place, and Soho Repertory Theatre—and elsewhere by

American Repertory Theater The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is a professional not-for-profit theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1979 by Robert Brustein, the A.R.T. is known for its commitment to new American plays and music–theater explorations; to ne ...

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is a non-profit theatre company located at 641 D Street NW in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1980, it produces new plays which it believes to be edgy, challenging, and thought-provok ...

, New Jersey's Two River Theater Company, Washington DC's Studio Theater, and London's

Gate Theatre The Gate Theatre is a theatre on Cavendish Row in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1928. History Beginnings The Gate Theatre was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir with Daisy Bannard Cogley and Gearóid Ó Lochla ...

and

Almeida Theatre The Almeida Theatre is a 325-seat producing house located on Almeida Street off Upper Street in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre opened in 1980, and produces a diverse range of drama. Successful plays are often transferred to West E ...

. Her 2012 play '' Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play'' received a

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nomination for Outstanding Production and was praised by ''

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'' as "downright brilliant." Her play ''A Devil at Noon'' was featured at the 2011

Humana Festival of New American Plays Humana Festival of New American Plays was an internationally renowned festival which celebrated the contemporary American playwright. Produced annually in Louisville, Kentucky by Actors Theatre of Louisville, the festival showcased new theatrical ...

and the play ''Sleep Rock Thy Brain''—written with

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and Lucas Hnath—was featured at the 2013 Festival. In 2015, ''10 Out of 12'' played at the Soho Rep theater. Washburn is a member of 13P, an associated artist with The Civilians and New Georges, and an alumna of New Dramatists. Her work has been published in

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Awards and honors

*2007

Guggenheim fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...

*2015

Whiting Award The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, ...

*2015 PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award, American Playwright in Mid-Career *2016 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts in Theatre

Plays

* 2019 ''Shipwreck'' * 2018 ''Little Bunny Foo Foo'' * 2017 ''The Twilight Zone'' * 2016 ''Antlia Pneumatica'' * 2015 ''Iphigenia in Aulis, a transadaptation'', based on Euripides' ''Iphigenia in Aulis'' * 2015 ''10 Out of 12'' * 2012 '' Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play'' * 2011 ''A Devil at Noon'' * 2010 ''The Small'' * 2010 ''Orestes, a transadaptation'', based on Euripides' ''Orestes'' * 2008 ''October/November'' * 2006 ''I Have Loved Strangers'' * 2004 ''The Internationalist'' * 2004 ''The Ladies'' * 2003 ''Apparition'' * 2001 ''The Communist Dracula Pageant'' * 1999 ''Everything Not Forbidden Is Permitted (Or Vice Versa)'' * 1998 ''Refreshment of the Spirit''

References

External links

Anne Washburn
at the Internet Off Broadway Database
doollee.com: Plays by Anne WashburnProfile and Production History at The Whiting Foundation
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