Acting and Writing for the Theatre
Let Me Down Easy
Second Stage Theatre, Fall 2009
Zachary Scott Theatre, 2009
American Repertory Theatre, 2008
Long Wharf Theatre, 2007
House Arrest
The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, 2000
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles
Cort Theatre on Broadway, 1996
The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 1996
Various theatres around the U.S.
Fires in the Mirror
Crown Heights, Brooklyn and other Identities
The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival
Royal Court Theatre (London, England)
Melbourne International Festival (Melbourne, Australia)
Various theatres around U.S.
Current Academic Appointment
New York University, University Professor (Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Performance Studies)
Affiliated with New York University School of Law
Founder and Director, The Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue, New York University (previously at Harvard University 1997-2000)
Previous Academic Positions
Stanford University (Ann O’Day Maples Professor of the Arts, Department of Drama, 1990-2000)
University of Southern California (Assistant Professor of Drama, 1986-1989)
Carnegie Mellon University (Assistant Professor of Drama, 1978-1979)
Visiting Professorships
Yale School of Medicine, Daniel James Visiting Professor, 2000
UCLA, Artist-in-Residence, Center for Afro-American Studies, 1989-1990
Special Commissions
2009 World Science Festival – a performance entitled “Watching Wilson and Watson” based on interviews of two renowned
scientists: James Watson (Nobel Laureate and co-discoverer of DNA) and E.O. Wilson (Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist)
Arizona State University - a performance based on interviews regarding women and law, in honor of the dedication of the
Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law
Select Fellowships, Grants, and Residencies
Center for American Progress, Artist in Residence, 2009
Alphonse Fletcher Sr. Fellowship, 2006
The MacArthur Award Fellowship, 1996
Ford Foundation Planning Grant, to launch and support Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue, 1993-2005
Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence, The Aspen Institute, 2006
MTV Networks, Artist in Residence, 2001-2004
The Ford Foundation, First Artist in Residence, January – July 1997
Select Television Acting
Doctor Akalitis (Recurring Role), Nurse Jackie, Showtime
Nancy McNally (Recurring Role), The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin, NBC
Dr. Letty Jordan (Series Regular), Presidio Med, John Wells, CBS
Select Film Acting
Carol, Rachel Getting Married, Jonathan Demme, director
Mrs. Silk, The Human Stain, Robert Benton, director
Robin McCall, The American President, Rob Reiner, director
Paralegal, Philadelphia, Jonathan Demme, director
Select Awards and Honors
MacArthur Award, 1996
Two Tony Award nominations, 1994 (Best Play, Best Actress)
Two Obie Awards, 1991-92, 1993-94 (Best Play, Special Citation)
Two Drama Desk Awards, 1992-94 (Outstanding Solo Performance, Solo Performance/One Person Show)
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, 1992
Alphonse Fletcher Sr. Fellowship, 2006
New York Drama Critics Circle Special Citation, 1993-1994
Outer Critics Circle Award, Special Award, 1993-1994
Publications
Letters to a Young Artist, January 2006
Piano and House Arrest: Two plays, Vintage
Talk to Me, Random House, 2000 (Los Angeles Times Best Seller List)
Essay for Lyle Ashton Harris’ catalogue for exhibition of 2003
House Arrest, Dramatists Play Service Inc., 2003
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Dramatists Play Service Inc., 2003
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Doubleday, Anchor Books, 1994
Fires In the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities, Doubleday, Anchor Books, 1993, Dramatist Play Service
Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities, Applause Best Plays Theater Yearbook of 1991-92, edited by Otis L. Guernsey, Jr. and Jeffrey Sweet, Applause, 1992
Piano, Plays-in-Progress series, Theatre Communications Group, 1989
“Roslyn Malamud: The Coup,” in the Oxford Book of Women’s Writing in the United States, ed. Jane Wagner-Martin and Cathy N. Davidson, Oxford, 1995
“Love Chat,” Labyris Journal, 1983
“Elegy,” Hard Pressed, 1980
Honorary Doctorates
The Juilliard School (New York, NY, 2008); Haverford College (Haverford, PA, 2008); Cooper Union (New York, NY, 2006); Bryn Mawr (Bryn Mawr, PA, 2004); Smith College (Northampton, MA, 2003); Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY 2003); Macalester College (Saint Paul, MN, 2003); Bates College (Lewiston, ME, 1999); Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA, 1999); Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY, 1998); Radcliffe College, (Graduate Society Medal of Honor, Cambridge, MA, 1997); Holy Cross College (Worcester, MA, 1997); Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT, 1997); School of Visual Arts (New York, NY, 1997); Northwestern University (Chicago, IL, 1997); Colgate University (Hamilton, NY, 1997); California State University (Sacramento, CA, 1996); University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC, 1995); Wheelock College (Boston, MA, 1995); Beaver College (Glenside, PA, 1993)
Boards
The Aspen Institute, The Museum of Modern Art, The Center for American Progress, Studio in the School
Education
B.A.,Beaver College (M.F.A., American Conservatory Theater)
