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Jennifer Gibbs

JENNIFER GIBBS

  
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GIBBS, Jennifer. (Dubuque, IA-- ). Actress and playwright. Gibbs, a 1988 [[STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL]] graduate was a member of the Harvard class of 1992 and graduated from that prestigious college magma cum laude. A Mellon Fellow in the Humanities, she received her graduate degree in Comparative Literature from NYU. In 2009, she worked as an actress and playwright in New York City. Gibbs' solo show ''IMMORTALITY'' (Edna St. Vincent Millay) won the 2005 New York Fringe Festival Overall ExcEllence Award (Outstanding Performance). Her mini-musical ''HOT'' was part of ''the AUDIENCE'', a full-length co-created a group of playwrights, composers and lyricists that received three Drama Desk nominations (Transport Group). Jennifer's plays - which also include ''2GEtheR'', ''DIARY OF A PROPHET'', ''the SWEATER GIRL'' and the screenplay ''the STRANGER'' - have been developed/presented at Cherry Lane, Williamstown. ''E.S.T.'' ''Joe's Pub'', ''the Public'', ''Makor Center'', ''Voice & Vision Lab NYC'', ''the Lark'', ''Hypothetical'', ''Manhattan Theater Source'', ''Access'', ''Working Artists'', ''Transport Group'' have been presented elsewhere. Her play, ''the Sweater Girl'', is based on the [[WORLD WAR II]] bomber pilot, Lt. Breitbach, from Dubuque who survived twenty-five missions over Germany before his [[BOMBER CRASH]] near [[CENTER GROVE]] on a routine training mission. As an actor, Gibbs played many roles off-Broadway and regionally. In 2009 she was a HARP artist in residence at HERE Arts Center. Past residencies included Voice & Vision ENVISION and Atlantic Center for the Arts. She was an Associated Artist at Transport Group and an Affiliated Artist at New Georges. Jennifer founded collective First Fig to encourage artists from different backgrounds. Among other projects, she produced the First Fig series at Joe's Pub. - http://encyclopediadubuque.org/

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below is a list of Jennifer Gibbs's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         167 Tongues         2Gether         Diary Of A Prophet         Edna St Vincent Millay Speaks To the Committee On Immortality         Hawk/Mouse         Hot         Immortality         Sounding         Sweater Girl, The

167 Tongues

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167 Tongues explores the emotional geography of Jackson Heights, the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the world. Intermittent street scenes weave together alongside continuous stories in this 37-character play. an Indian sweet shop vendor struggles to keep her store going and her suitors at bay, a Nepali woman and a Mexican man fall in love across a linguistic divide, an Irish ghost befriends an troubled ecuadorian girl and her Bangladeshi best friend, a Dominican manicurist wonders whether her Jewish Chinese boyfriend will propose before she is deported by the INS, and a Rwandan night nurse attempts to understand the 167 distinct languages spoken in the local emergency Room. This theatrical experience combines street scenes with continuous narratives, found sounds, and movement in an exploration of Jackson Heights, Queens, the most diverse neighborhood in the world.
- nytheatre.com

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conceived And directed by Ari Laura Kreith. the piece is written by 11 writers: Jenny Lyn Bader, Meny Beriro, Alvin eng, Steven Fechter, Jennifer Gibbs, Les Hunter, Anna Kushner, Rehana Mirza, Jeffrey Solomon, Suzanne Sheptock, And Stefanie Zadravec.

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P.S. 69, 77-02 37th Ave, Jackson Heights (Queens), NY    07 May 2010

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2Gether

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Diary Of A Prophet

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Edna St Vincent Millay Speaks To the Committee On Immortality

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Hawk/Mouse

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Hot

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part of ''the AUDIENCE'', a full-length co-created a group of playwrights, composers and lyricists that received three Drama Desk nominations (Transport Group)

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Immortality

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won the 2005 New York Fringe Festival Overall Excellence Award (Outstanding Performance)

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Sounding

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Sounding follows the story of Leda, a former New York City art-rock goddess who now finds herself in a very different life as the wife of a Cape Cod psychiatrist. Despite Leda's departure from her days as a performer, a Dionysian musician from her past, the Stranger, refuses to release her. While Leda mourns the death of her infant child, she confronts the chaos and outsized desire that the Stranger brings over the course of one wild weekend where ex-lovers collide and realign at an astounding rate. although an original work, Sounding draws inspiration from Ibsen's Lady From the Sea, notably its structure and characters.
- nytheatre.com

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Sweater Girl, The

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based on the [[WORLD WAR II]] bomber pilot, Lt. Breitbach, from Dubuque who survived twenty-five missions over Germany before his [[BOMBER CRASH]] near [[CENTER GROVE]] on a routine training mission.

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