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Joanne Akalaitis

JOANNE AKALAITIS

  (1937 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Abrams Artists Agency  

Born in Chicago, Illinois, 29 June 1937. educated at the University of Chicago, B.A. in philosophy 1960. Married Philip Glass (divorced); one daughter. Presented work and taught playwriting throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Nicaragua, Israel, and Japan. Co-founder of Mabou Mines, New York, 1970, and performer, designer, and director, 1970-90; playwright-in-residence, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 198485; artistic associate, Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York, 1990-91; artistic director, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1991-93. Recipient: Obie award, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1984; Guggenheim fellowship, 1981; Rosemund Gilder award, 1981; Drama Desk award, 1983; Rockefeller grant, 1984. agent: Flora Roberts, 157 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, U.S.A.

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         Dead End Kids: A History Of Nuclear Power         Green Card         Iphigenia Cycle, The         Southern Exposure         Ti Jean Blues         Voyage Of the Beagle, The

Dead End Kids: A History Of Nuclear Power

Synopsis:
a lot of violence, but its neutral violence, it neither really improves nor worsens things, Sainer

Notes:
Music by David Byrne

1st Produced:
New York    1980

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Green Card

Synopsis:
the Haves (citizens of the USA) versus Have Nots (refugees seeking asylum in the USA)

Notes:
music, slides, song And dance

1st Produced:
Los Angeles    1986

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1st Published:
Broadway Play Publishing, New York, 1991   -

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Genre:
Satire

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Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Iphigenia Cycle, The

Synopsis:
the Iphigenia Cycle actually consists of two plays, both written by the great Greek tragedian euripides near the end of his life. the first is Iphigenia at aulis, which tells how agamemnon, leader of the Greek army, comes to sacrifice his eldest daughter Iphigenia to the goddess artemis, in return for a promised victory over his enemies in Troy. Over the objections of his brother Menelaos, his wife Clytemnestra, and the young soldier achilles, he manages to convince Iphigenia of the nobility of her sacrifice and she agrees to it, only to be rescued at the last minute by the goddess herself. the second play, Iphigenia in Tauris, picks up the story ten years later. Iphigenia has been taken by artemis to the barbaric land of Tauris, where she serves as the priestess of her temple. the custom here is to kill any Greek who ventures on Taurian soil, and it is Iphigenia's duty to supervise these killings, which are sacrifices to the goddess. One day two Greek travelers show up, who Iphigenia discovers are in fact her younger brother Orestes and his friend Pylades. Orestes, who murdered Clytemnestra to avenge that lady's murder of agamemnon, is being pursued by the Furies. To free him of this miserable torture, the god apollo has commanded him to steal the statue of artemis housed at this very temple. He and Iphigenia reunite and contrive to steal the statue and indeed Iphigenia herself from the temple at Tauris. at the end of the play, the goddess athena affirms the victory of the Greeks over the Taurians, leaving us with the promise of Orestes's just return to rule over his people.
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Notes:
Original Playwright - euripides

1st Produced:
New York    1998

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Genre:
adaptation

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Southern Exposure

Synopsis:
A couple in bed recount the story of Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic mission

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1st Produced:
New York    1979

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Genre:
Drama

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Ti Jean Blues

Synopsis:
In his writing, Jack Kerouac poured forth memory, passion, the wonder of turbulent cities, a restless search for spirituality and the wild freedom of travel, drugs and sex. adapter/director Joanne akalaitis weaves the life and writing of Kerouac into an exuberantly brilliant Dramatic fabric. Using stylised movement and both individual and choral expressions of Kerouac's dynamic language, TI Jean Blues captures the sizzle of the Beat Poet's life journey. This avant-garde work also features a score sampled from jazz greats Young, Mingus and Parker with original music by Philip Glass

Notes:
music by Philip Glass. Adapted from the works of Jack Kerouac

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1st Published:
Humana Festival 1998: the Complete Plays, ed Michael Bigelow Dixon & amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus, 1998   -

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Voyage Of the Beagle, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
music Jon Gibson

1st Produced:
New London, Connecticut    1986

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Genre:
Opera

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