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Brett Neveu is an American
playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just Readin ...
, and ensemble member at
A Red Orchid Theatre A Red Orchid Theatre is located in the Old Town district of Chicago, founded in 1993. Kirsten Fitzgerald has been the artistic director since 2008. Notable productions Notable productions include a revival of Sam Shepard's '' Simpatico'' and EugĂ ...
in
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Work

Theatre productions include ''Traitor'' with A Red Orchid Theatre (Chicago), ''To Catch a Fish'' with Timeline Theatre (Chicago) "To Catch A Fish," Timeline Theatre, accessed December 7, 2018, https://timelinetheatre.com/events/to-catch-a-fish/ and ''Her America'' with The Greenhouse Theatre (Chicago). Film/TV productions include '' Night's End'' with AMC/Shudder, the short ''Convo'' with Breakwall Pictures and the feature ''The Earl'' with Intermission Productions. Past work includes productions with 59e59 Theatre in New York; The Royal Court Theatre and The Royal Shakespeare Company in London; The Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, The House Theatre, The Inconvenience, TimeLine Theatre Company, A Red Orchid Theatre and American Theatre Company in Chicago. A Sundance Institute Ucross Fellow, Brett is also a recipient of the Marquee Award from Chicago Dramatists, the Ofner Prize for New Work, the Emerging Artist Award from The League of Chicago Theatres, an After Dark Award for Outstanding Musical (''Old Town''). He is a resident-alum of Chicago Dramatists, a proud ensemble member of
A Red Orchid Theatre A Red Orchid Theatre is located in the Old Town district of Chicago, founded in 1993. Kirsten Fitzgerald has been the artistic director since 2008. Notable productions Notable productions include a revival of Sam Shepard's '' Simpatico'' and EugĂ ...
, a founding member of the playwright collective MC-10, and an alumni member of TimeLine Theatre Company's Writers Collective and Center Theatre Group's Playwrights’ Workshop in Los Angeles. Brett has taught writing at DePaul University, Second City Training Center and currently teaches writing for the screen and stage at Northwestern University. He adapted his play ''Eric Larue'' into a screenplay to be directed as a feature film by A Red Orchid Theatre founding member
Michael Shannon Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974) is an American actor. Shannon received two Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations, for '' Revolutionary Road'' (2008), and '' Nocturnal Animals'' (2016). He received Screen Actors Guil ...
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Reviews


Traitor
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The Meek
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Detective Partner Hero Villain"


Publication

*Harmless: Part I of Trilogy '04, 05' '06 (2016) *Weapon of Mass Impact: Part II of Trilogy '04, '05, '06 (2016) *Old Glory: Part III of Trilogy '04, '05, '06 (2016) *Drawing War (2007) *Eagle Hills, Eagle Ridge, Eagle Landing (2007) *The Last Barbecue (2007) *Megacosm all by Broadway Play Publishing Inc. *The Opponent *Detective Partner Hero Villain *American Dead *Eric Larue all b
Dramatic Publishing
*Redbud by Nick Hern Publishing


References


External links


Artist Conversational: Playwright Brett Neveu

Sunday Breakfast with Brett Neveu
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