Myrna Lila Lamb (August 3, 1930, Newark, New Jersey – September 15, 2017, Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey) was an American playwright.

Career

Myrna Lamb graduated from The New School and Rutgers University. Anselma dell'Olio, film critic and director,[1] selected her work for a feminist Theater production at the Martinique Theater in May 1969.[2] Several of her works were produced by the Women's Interart Theatre in New York City, which had started around 1969. This theatre showcased work by women playwrights and directors.[3]

Myrna Lamb died of heart disease on September 15, 2017, aged 87.[1]

Awards

  • 1971 Biennale de Paris production grant
  • 1973 Rockefeller Fellowship residency grant for New York Shakespeare Festival
  • 1973 Guggenheim Fellowship[4]
  • 1974, 1975 National Endowment for the Arts Music Program grant
  • 1977 New York Shakespeare Festival grant (Playwrights on Payroll)

Works

  • Apple Pie, 1976, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City[5]
  • Ballad Of Brooklyn, 1979, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York[6]
  • But What Have You Done for Me Lately, Washington Square Church, NYC 1968
  • The Butcher Shop, Oberlin College, OH
  • The Comeback Act, Interart Theatre, NYC
  • Crab Quadrille, Interart Theatre, NYC, 1976
  • I Lost A Pair Of Gloves Yesterday, Manhattan Theatre Club, NY
  • In The Shadow of The Crematoria, Martinique Theatre, NYC
  • Jillila
  • Mod Donna, 1970, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City[7]
  • Monologia:The Mod Donna and Scylon Z, Interart Theatre, NYC 1971
  • Mother Ann
  • Olympic Park, New York Shakespeare Festival, NYC (reading)
  • Pas de Deux, Oberlin College, OH
  • The Sacrifice, AMDA Theatre, NYC
  • The Serving-Girl and the Lady, Martinique Theatre, NYC
  • Two Party System

Screenplays

  • Balloon
  • Blood Alley
  • Dead Center
  • Point Pleasant America
  • Treatments for King of the Blitz

References

  1. 1 2 Genzlinger, Neil. "Myrna Lamb, Feminist Playwright in an Unwelcoming Era, Dies at 87" The New York Times, September 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ Rachel Blau DuPlessis; Ann Snitow, eds. (2007). The Feminist Memoir Project: Voices from Women's Liberation. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3973-7.
  3. ↑ Krich Chinoy, Helen; Walsh Jenkins, Linda, ed. "Feminist Theatre", Women in American Theatre, Theatre Communications Grou, 2006, ISBN 1559362634, pp. 268, 283
  4. ↑ "Myrna Lamb - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Gf.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  5. ↑ Apple Pie lortel.org, retrieved September 24, 2017
  6. ↑ "A Salute to Brooklyn's Past" The New York Times, October 12, 1979
  7. ↑ Mod Donna lortel.org, retrieved September 24, 2017
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