John Patrick Shanley--who won the Pulitzer and the Tony, among other awards, for
Doubt--has been named as the New School's Distinguished
Artist-in-Residence.
Shanley will begin the post in the fall. An Academy Award-winner for his screenplay for
Moonstruck, his
Doubt closed a few days ago and will embark on a national tour (starring Tony Award-winning original star
Cherry Jones) beginning in September.
Shanley's other plays include
Defiance, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Four Dogs and a Bone, Cellini, Dirty Story and
Beggars in the House of Plenty."The New School for Drama has a legacy of vision. Artistic voices as
distinctive as Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando found their
singularity here, under the wing of founder Erwin Piscator and a
faculty including Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. Since 1994, the
university has offered the MFA Degree
in dramatic arts...With theater in the air and on its streets as surely as on its hundreds of stages, New York City provides an unrivaled
curriculum in observation and a wealth of professional opportunities. Through its interrelated program of acting, directing and playwriting, The New School for Drama is creative in its simplicity and original in its vision," state notes on the New School's website.
The New School for Drama is also currently offering the Summer Music Theater Immersion Experience, featuring instruction from guest artists such as
Donna McKechnie,
Donna Murphy,
Denis O'Hare and more. The program began on June 12th.
For more information, visit
www.drama.newschool.edu for more information.
