 | Paula Vogel |
Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel has been named as the Eugene
O’Neill Professor (Adjunct) and chair of the Department of Playwriting
at the Yale School of Drama for a five-year term, effective July 1.
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Paula Vogel to head School of Drama’s playwriting department
“Yale School of Drama’s leadership role in theater training is a
source of pride and celebration for the entire University,” said President
Richard C. Levin. “The appointment of Ms. Vogel reflects our commitment
to attracting not only the most talented students, but also the world’s
leading practitioners to serve as their teachers.”
James Bundy, dean of Yale School of Drama, said: “Paula Vogel has distinguished
herself as a unique and profoundly accomplished playwright and teacher. Her
extraordinary artistic achievements are matched only by her tireless commitment
to, and remarkable track record in, the training and mentoring of young writers.
I am certain that her vital intelligence and creative spirit will inspire not
only the playwriting department, but also the entire Yale School of Drama community,
and I look forward to her influence on our program for years to come.”
Vogel has served as director of the M.F.A. and Undergraduate Playwriting programs
at Brown University since 1984, and is the Adele Kellenberg Seaver Professor
in Creative Writing there. She previously taught courses in the Theatre Arts
and Women’s Studies programs at Cornell University.
One of the most widely produced and honored playwrights of her generation,
Vogel counts among her acclaimed works: “The Long Christmas Ride Home,” “The
Mineola Twins,” “How I Learned to Drive” (which won the Pulitzer
Prize in Drama in 1998), “Hot ‘n’ Throbbing,” “The
Baltimore Waltz,” “Desdemona,” “And Baby Makes Seven” and “The
Oldest Profession.”
Her other honors include the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, New York Drama Critics
Award, Obie Award and the AT&T New Plays Award, among many others. She
has also received fellowships from the Pew Charitable Trust, the National Endowment
for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. She is a member of the
Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her plays are published by Theatre Communications
Group.
Vogel received her bachelor’s degree from Catholic University and completed
her graduate training at Cornell University. She is currently working on a
new play, titled “A Civil War Christmas,” and her memoir, “Beyond
the Beltway.”
“I am delighted and honored to join Yale School of Drama, an institution
with a distinguished history in the American theater, and a vibrant theatrical
community forged by students and faculty alike,” Vogel said. “My
two decades of teaching have convinced me that we have one of the most exciting
generations in playwriting now emerging, and I’m looking forward to re-imagining
as well as helping to remake American theater in the 21st century with younger
artists and my colleagues at Yale.
“Yale is well positioned to launch, sustain and inspire the paths of American
artists in the theater through its dedication to a rigorous, passionate and communal
inquiry and practice of theater,” she added.
Vogel will interview applicants for the playwriting department’s Class
of 2011 this winter and spring, and will assume full-time duties at the School
of Drama in July.
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