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Saturday February 8, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
On this panel, theatre podcast host Charles Kirsch (Backstage Babble) will be joined by some of the most prolific and lauded playwrights working in theatre today to discuss their craft and what inspires them. Don't miss the exclusive chance to learn from the brilliant authors behind Tony and Pulitzer-Prize winning works of art like I Am My Own Wife, Stereophonic, Kimberly Akimbo, and Prelude to a Kiss.
Presenters
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David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang’s works include M. Butterfly, Yellow Face (recently revived on Broadway), Soft Power, Aida, Chinglish, and Flower Drum Song, as well as thirteen opera libretti; Ainadamar (music by Osvaldo Golijov) made its Metropolitan Opera debut in Fall 2024. A professor at... Read More →
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David Adjmi

David Adjmi was awarded the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle Award, Drama League and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards for Stereophonic. He is also the fortunate recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Mellon Foundation grant, the Whiting Writers’ Award, and the Steinberg... Read More →
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Charles Kirsch

Charles Kirsch is the 17-year-old host of the theater podcast Backstage Babble, which has presented over 200 in-depth interviews with theater legends such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Carol Burnett, and Kelli O'Hara. Kirsch has also hosted game night benefits for the non-profit organization... Read More →
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Craig Lucas

Craig Lucas wrote the plays Reckless, Blue Window, Prelude to a Kiss, The Dying Gaul, Ode to Joy (among many others). His screenplays include Longtime Companion (Audience Award/Sundance) and The Secret Lives of Dentists (NY Film Critics Best Screenplay). His musicals include The Light... Read More →
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David Lindsay-Abaire

DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE is a playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, and librettist. Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo with composer Jeanine Tesori (five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score); Rabbit Hole (Pulitzer Prize for Drama); Good People (NY Drama Critics Circle Award... Read More →
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Doug Wright

Broadway credits include Good Night, Oscar starring Sean Hayes (Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Play), I Am My Own Wife (Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award and others), War Paint, Hands on a Hardbody (Drama De
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Jen Silverman

Jen Silverman is a playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Plays include: Spain; Highway Patrol; Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties; The Moors; and Witch. Silverman’s plays have been produced off-Broadway (Second Stage Theatre, MCC Theater, The Playwrights Realm), across the US... Read More →
Saturday February 8, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Trianon Ballroom

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