Deborah Margolin (right) and E.L. Gibson in a scene from Margolin's play "Three Seconds in the Key," a meditation on illness, love and basketball.

Playwright Margolin to discuss
'Theater of Desire' at master's tea

Deborah Margolin, a lecturer in theater studies, will speak at a master's tea on Monday, Nov. 26. Her talk, titled "Towards a Theater of Desire," will begin at 4 p.m. in the Saybrook College master's house, 90 High St. The tea is free and open to the public. A playwright, performance artist and founding member of Split Britches Theater Company, Margolin is the author of six full-length solo performance pieces, including "O Wholly Night and Other Jewish Solecisms," which was commissioned by the Jewish Museum of New York in 1996. Her plays include "Critical Mass," "Bringing the Fisherman Home," "Three Seconds in the Key" and "Why Cleaning Fails." Margolin has toured throughout the United States and received the 1999-2000 OBIE Award for sustained excellence of performance. She was an artist in residence at Hampshire College, the University of Hawaii and New York University. A 1999 book of her performance pieces and plays, "Of All the Nerve: Deb Margolin SOLO," was a nominee/finalist for the 2000 LAMBDA literary award in drama. T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S University launches review of Yale College curriculum New hires are 'coup' for physics departments Confessions of a 'maverick' President Levin's Charge to the Committee on Yale College Education Arturo Bris named Haas Assistant Professor Yale School of Management bolsters its senior faculty ranks Florencio López-de-Silanes, expert in world finances, to head new institute Tragedy propels media to promote 'us-ness,' says journalist SCHOOL OF NURSING NEWS Fall American Academy of Nursing honors three from YSN New Dorothy Sexton Scholarship honors creator . . . Yale Health Plan members were innoculated . . . Yale Rep's holiday season offering is farcical tale of 'hucksterism' IN FOCUS: Yale Center for International & Area Studies Center 'brings the world to Yale' as it trains global leaders Quarterback Peter Lee honored as an outstanding scholar-athlete Final Tercentennial Tetelman Fellow to speak at events 'Race and Reunion' wins third annual Douglass Prize Authentic duplication of Maya murals is laborious task Emerging Infection Program wins support for study . . . Ackerman to propose 'New Paradigm for Campaign Finance' Rescheduled conference to explore ethnic cleansing in America and Europe Art of the Restoration Concert to feature 18th-century works and instrument Playwright Margolin to discuss 'Theater of Desire' at master's tea A day to remember Yale faculty members celebrate new books Yale aids holiday fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House Yale Books in Brief Bulletin Home|Visiting on Campus|Calendar of Events|In the News|Bulletin Board Yale Scoreboard|Classified Ads|Search Archives|Deadlines Bulletin Staff|Public Affairs Home|News Releases| E-Mail Us|Yale Home Page