Dael orlandersmith biography
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Artist Bio
(Bio as of October )
Dael Orlandersmith (Playwright and Performer) first performed Stoop Stories in at The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival and Apollo Theater’s Salon Series; Washington, D.C.’s Studio Theatre produced its world premiere in Her play Monster premiered at New York Theatre Workshop in The Gimmick, commissioned by McCarter Theatre, premiered in their Second Stage OnStage series in and went on to Long Wharf Theatre and New York Theatre Workshop. Orlandersmith won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for The Gimmick in Yellowman was commissioned by and premiered at McCarter Theatre in a co-production with The Wilma Theater and Long Wharf Theatre. Orlandersmith was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and Drama Desk Award nominee for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Actress in a Play for Yellowman in The Blue Album, in collaboration with David Cale, premiered at Long Wharf Theatre in Bones was commissioned by the Mark Taper Forum, where it premiered in She wrote and performed the solo memoir play Forever at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, the Long Wharf, New York Theatre Workshop, Portland Center Stage in and the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. In , Orlandersmith wrote and performed Until the Flood, commissioned b
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Dael Orlandersmith
(Bio as of March )
Dael Orlandersmith is a Goodman Artistic Associate and Artist-in-Residence at the new Alice Rapoport Center for Education and Engagement at the Goodman.
Ms Orlandersmith has collaborated with the Goodman on Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men during the / Season and Stoop Stories during the / Season. Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men was developed as a co-commission between the Goodman and Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where it was staged in May Ms. Orlandersmith first performed Stoop Stories in at The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival and Apollo Theater’s Salon Series; Washington, D.C.’s Studio Theatre produced its world premiere in Her play Forever, commissioned by the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, was performed at the Mark Taper Forum in fall The show was then performed at the Long Wharf Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop and Portland Center Stage in Her play Until the Fall will play the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in fall Her play Horsedreams was developed at New Dramatists and workshopped at New York Stage and Film Company in , and was performed at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in Bones was commissioned by the Mark Taper Fo
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Dael Orlandersmith
American actress, poet snowball playwright
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Early life
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Career
[edit]- Beauty's Daughter
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