Vitae:

Address:

LAVONNE MUELLER
Moved to New York:
P.O. Box 1820
New York City, New York 10023
E-mail:

Education:

• Indiana State University BA Degree (major English and Theatre) High School and Junior High Teaching certificate)
  
• Northern Illinois University MA (major English and Drama)
  
• Northern Illinois University 30 graduate hours beyond Masters

Teaching Experience:

• Downers Grave Junior High School English Teacher one year
  
• Villa Park Junior High School English Teacher one year
  
• DeKalb High School, DeKalb, Illinois English Teacher 10 years
  
• Columbia University, New York City, New York. adjunct professor, Theatre 5 years 1985-1990
  
• Writers' Voice. Teacher of Playwriting Westside YMCA New York City 1983-1990
  
• CURRENT: Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow. Guest professor to colleges around the United States. 1985--to present.
  
• Editor for Applause Books and Heinemann Books 1990 to present

Awards:

• Hotel Splendid. Winner of an international peace prize. Presented by PEACEHOPE and the Consortium for Research, Education and Development. University of Arkansas. 2001.
• Confession of Many Strangers one of the Best Short Plays chosen for 1997-98 in the collection, BEST SHORT AMERICAN PLAYS. 1997-98, Applause Books, New York City, 1998.
  
• Confessiion of Many Strangers voted best original play, Critics Choice, Columbus, Ohio, 1996.
  
• American Dreamers one of the Best Short Plays for 1995-96 in the collection, BEST SHORT
• AMERICAN PLAYS, 1995-96, Applause Books, New York City, 1996.
  
• Colette's Cat nominated for a Pushcart Prize in Poetry by POET MAGAZINE, Jan. 1996.
  
• Little Victories, nominated for best foreign play in Japan. 1994.
  
• Berilla Kerr Award for Contribution to Contemporary American Theatre. Circle Repertory Theatre.
  1994.
  
• Critic's Choice: Violent Peace. Time Out Magazine, London, March, 1993
  
• John F. Kennedy Center New American Funds Award, Awarded at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, 1992.
  
• 1st Prize: Unicorn Theatre International Playwriting Award, Kansas City, MO, 1992.
  
• 1st Prize: A Drink Before the Storm. Lamia Ink Short Play Competition, May, 1991.
  
• Grand Prize: "A Tourist in Romania: Spring, 1990." American Poetry Association, November, 1990.
  
• "Pick of the Fringe." Only Woman General. Edinburgh Festival, August/September, 1988.
  
• Columbia Theatre Players Playwriting Award. Hammond, LA, August, 1988.
  
• New York Drama League Award, 1987.
  
• 1984 N.O.W. (National Organization for Women) Award for Little Victories. City Hall, New York, NY, March, 1984.
  
• Little Victories selected for PIP by TCG, Theatre Communications Group, 1983.
  
• Finalist for Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for Drama, 1980, for Killings on the Last Line.
  
• 1st Runner-up, Illinois Teacher of the Year Award, 1980.
  
• Outstanding Educator of the Year Award, 1980.
  
• Nathaniel West Essay Award, 1980.
  
• Writer's Digest Award, 1980.

Grants:

• Djerassi Artist Program. Residency Fellowship. Woodside, California. July, 1998.
  
• Funduncio Valperasio. Residency Fellowship. Spain. 1998.
  
• Knight Foundation Grant. Visiting Lecture. Aberdeen, South Dakota. October, 1997.
  
• Richard Joshua Reynolds Lectureship in the Humanities. Emory and Henry College. March, 1997.
  
• Edward Albee Foundation Residency Award. Montauk, Long Island, New York. July, 1996.
  
• Hawthornden International Fellowship. Scotland. Hawthornden Castle Residency. May, 1966.
  
• Saison Foundation Grant, Workshop/Symposium on Playwriting. August, Tokyo, 1995.
  
• Fourth Freedom Foundation. Commission Grant to write a peace play. September, 1995.
  
• Saison Foundation Grant, Workshop/Symposium on Playwriting, August-September, Tokyo, Japan, 1994.
  
• Reappointed as a Woodrow Wilson Scholar, 1994 to present.
  
• Fulbright to the Middle East (Jordan), 1994.
  
• National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship to Japan, 1993 (six months).
  
• Asian Culture Council Grant (Rockefeller Foundation) to visit Calcutta, India, February, 1993, (two months).
  
• Mary Brodbeck Humanities Fellowship. University of Iowa, May, 1992.
  
• Thurber Playwright-in-Residence. Thurber House, Ohio State University, April/June, 1992.
  
• Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writing Fellow, 1991-92.
  
• National Endowment for the Arts Residency Grant, 1991-92.
  
• Woodrow Wilson Visiting Scholar, 1985 to present.
  
• Fulbright to Argentina, 1990, (three months).
  
• U.S. Information Agency Lecture tour to Finland, Yugoslavia, Romania: Arts America Speaker, March, 1990.
  
• National Endowment for the Arts, Playwrighting Fellowship, 1989.
  
• Kentucky Foundation for Women Grant, 1987.
  
• New York Foundation for the Arts in Playwriting, 1987.
  
• Yaddo, artist Residency Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY, August, 1987.
  
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Sumer Seminar, Columbia University, NY, 1987.
  
• Illinois Arts Council Arts Residency, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, April, 1987.
  
• Grant from Children's Museum of Manhattan, to teach playwriting , 1987.
  
• Robert Redford's Sundance Institute, Sundance, UT, 1986.
  
• Artists-in-the-Schools Program, New York, NY, 1986, workshop, 1982.
  
• Guggenheim Fellow for Playwriting, 1981.
  
• Rockfeller Grant for Playwriting, 1980.

Visiting Playwright:

• Alma College, Alma, Michigan. January/February 1999.
  
• Northern State College, Aberdeen, South Dakota, October, 1997, 1999.
  
• William and Henry College, Abington, Virginia, March, 1997.
  
• Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, April, 1996.
  
• Austin College. Sherman, TX, October, 1994.
  
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, April, 1993.
  
• Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, April/June, 1992
  
• Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA, October-November, 1991.
  
• Columbia University, New York City, NY,1980 to 1990.
  
• William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ, 1990.
  
• Bradford College, Bradford, MA, 1990.
  
• Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, April, 1990.
  
• Bedford Prison, Dobbs Ferry, NY, April, 1990.
  
• University of California at Santa Barbara, November, 1989.
  
• Wartburg College, Waverly, IA, March, 1989.
  
• Playwriting Workshop, Women in Theatre Festival, Boston, MA, July,1987.
  
• Instructor: Illinois Wesleyan Writers' Conference, July, 1986; July, 1987.
  
• New England College, Henniker, NH,1987.
  
• Writers' Voice Program, Westside YMCA, New York, NY, 1984.
  
• Film and Dramatic Writing, New York University, New York, NY.
  
• Skidmore College, 1984-1986.
  
• Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA, 1986.
  
• Illinois Wesleyan University, Summer, 1986.

Administration:

• Playwright In Residence: Women's Project, New York, NY, 1980 to present.
  
• Helped set up first Creative Writing Workshop in Yugoslavia for the United States Information Service, March, 1990.
  
• Conducted the first Creative Writing Workshop in Japan. Tokyo. August-September, 1994, August-September, 1995

Plays Produced:

• Hotel Splendid. Boston Unbound 2001: A Festival of New Plays. Boston, Mass. April, 2001.
  
• The American Way. Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon. April, 2001.
  
• God's Highway. U Rock Players. University of Wisconsin. Janesville, WI. April, 2000.
  
• Incident in Baghdad. Chez Laroe Theatre. New York City. February, 2000.
  
• Elvis Monologues. New Salem Chautauqua SEries. Petersburg, Illinois. October, l999.
  
• Carrying The Light. Theatre Classics Company. Tokyo, Japan. November, l998.
  
• Little Victories, Sctors Renaissance Theatre. CrossRoads Theatre. St. Louis, Missouri. March, l998.
  
• Green Gold. Love Creek Productions. Theatre Row Studios, New York City. December, l997.
  
• The Confession of Many Strangers. The White Barn Theatre. Stamford, Conn. August, l997.
  
• Little Victories. Studio Theatre. University of Texas. Arlington, TExas. April-May, 1996.
  
• The American Way. Bart's Bard. The Parish Activity Center. Cinti,. Ohio. November, l995
  
• The Confession of Many Strangers. Goshen College,Unble Center, October, l995.
  
• The Confession of Many Strangers. Milo Arts Space. Comumbus, Ohio. July/August, 1995.
  
• The Mothers. Brandeis University, MA., Merrick Theater, Spingold Theatre Arts Center, April l994.
  
• The Mothers. Windmill Productions, Margo Jones Theatre. Dallas, TX, Nov/Dec, 1993
  
• Colette in Love. Mendocino Theatre Company, Mendocino, CA, February, 1993.
  
• Five in the Killing Zone. Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City, KS, January/February, 1993
  
• Colette in Love. University of California/Berkeley, November, 1992.
  
• Violent Peace. Regional Premiere, Pittsburg, KS, May, 1992.
  
• Colette In Love. Antioch College, May, 1992.
  
• The Mothers. Chameleon Productions, Chicago, 1992.
  
• The Mothers. Festival of New Plays. Addison Theatre Center, Dallas, TX, 1992
  
• Little Victories. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1992
  
• A Drink Before the Storm. La Mama Galeria, La Mama Theatre, May, 1991.
  
• Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code. Marshall, TX, 1991.
  
• Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code. Lousville, KY, 1991
  
• War and Things. William Redfield Theatre, May/June, 1991, New York, NY
  
• Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code. Tyler, TX. 1991.
  
• Little Victories. St. Cloud, MI, 1990.
  
• Violent Peace. Apple Corps Theatre, February, 1990, New York, NY.
  
• Little Victories. Wayne, NJ, 1990.
  
• Little Victories. Chapel Hill, NC, 1990.
  
• Little Victories. William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ, 1990.
  
• Little Victories. University of California, November, 1989.
  
• Colette in Love. Williams College, Williamsburg, MA., October, 1989.
  
• Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code. Mountain Lake, MN, February, 1989.
  
• Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code. Carthage, TX, March, 1989.
  
• Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code. Miami, FL, April, 1989.
  
• Letters to a Daughter from Prison. Apple Corps Theatre, New York, NY, 1988.
  
• Little Victories. Artswatch Productions, Louisville, KY, December, 1988.
  
• Little Victories. Temple University, October, 1988.
  
• The Assassination of Federico Garcia Lorca. Academy Theatre, Atlanta, GA, August, 1988.
  
• War and Things. Nat Horne Theatre, New York, NY, July, 1988.
  
• Letters to a Daughter from Prison. Bunbury Repertory, Louisville, KY, 1989.
  
• Colette in Love. Westminster College, April, 1988.
  
• Five in the Killing Zone. New England College, Henniker, NH, April, 1988.
  
• Little Victories. Bettendorf, IA, November, 1987.
  
• Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, October/November, 1987.
  
• Little Victories. Roundhouse Theatre, Washington, DC, May/June, 1987.
  
• Little Victories. Trinity Square Ensemble, Evanston, IL, 1987.
  
• Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code. South Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, April, 1987.
  
• Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code. New England College, March, 1987.
  
• The Snicker Factor (Cabaret). American Place Theatre, New York, NY, February, 1987.
  
• Colette in Love (starring Shirley Knight). Samuel Beckett Theatre, New York, NY, 1986; Westside YMCA, Women's Hero Night, April, 1987; New York Public Radio, 1987.
  
• Colette in Love. Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL., November, 1986.
  
• Little Victories. Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA., March, 1986.
  
• The Assassination of Federico Garcia Lorca. Horace Mann Theatre, New York, NY; Columbia University, 1986.
  
• Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code. American Place Theatre, New York, NY, November, 1985.
  
• The Only Woman General (starring Colleen Dewhurst). American Place Theatre, New York, NY, 1984; Video film, Lincoln Center Library, New York, NY, Illinois Association
• Theatre Convention, 1984.
  
• The Only Woman General. Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, March, 1984.
  
• Little Victories (starring Linda Hunt). American Place Theatre, New York, NY, 1983.
  
• Killings on the Last Line (starring Ellen Barken). American Place Theatre, New York, NY, May/June, 1980.
  
• Crimes and Dreams (starring Maxwell Caulfield). Theatre Four, New York, NY, April, 1980; Fisher Foundation.
  
• Oyster Crackers, Undershirts, and Mauve Lemonade. Produced by community theatres across the U.S., 1980 to date.
  
• Warriors from a Long Childhood. American Place Theatre, New York, NY, May, 1979.
  
• Oyster Crackers, Undershirts, and Mauve Lemonade. Baker's Plays, Boston, MA. Produced by various community theatres across the U.S.,1975 to the present.

Plays produced in Foreign Countries:

• The Goddess And The Yankee Clipper. Bravo. Army Theatre Touring Company. Hungry, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Germany. December to March, 2001.
  
• Carrying The Light. Theatre Classics Company. Tokyo, Japan. November, 1998.
  
• Colette In Love. Exposure Bilingual Theatre. Prague, The Czech Republic, May/June, l995.
  
• Little Victories. Theatre Classic Production. Tokyo, Japan. May/June, l993.
  
• Violent Peace. Duke of Cambridge Theatre, London, February 20 - March 20, 1993.
  
• The Mothers (starring Susannah York and Rosemary Harris). Theatre Museum, London, September, 1992.
  
• Violent Peace. Theatre Museum, London, November, 1992.
  
• Letters to a Daughter from Prison. National Center of Performing Arts, Bombay/New Delhi, India, 1989.
  
• The Only Woman General. Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer, 1988.
  
• Little Victories. NEC (New England College Touring Company), toured England & Scotland, January to August, 1988.

Plays Produced on Radio:

• The Mothers. (Excerpts) BBC Radio, London, September, 1992.
  
• A Drink Before the Storm. Radiowa, Radio Iowa, 1991.
  
• Letters to a Daughter from Prison. All India Radio, New Delhi, India, May, 1989.
  
• Colette in Love. WNYE 91.5 FM, National Radio, December 10, 1987.
  
• Little Victories; Game Show Girl. New American Plays Project, WGVU, Grand Rapids, MI, 1988-1989.

Plays Produced on Television:

• Colette in Love, tape and video, CTV in Staten Island; Manhattan Public Access, l995.
  
• Little Victories, Lifetime Television, Lifetime's Women"s History Month Vignettes, March, l995.
  
• Letters To A Daughter From Prison, Indian Television, Bombay, l990.

Poems Produced on Stage:

• "Advice to an Actor." New Deal Theatre Company, Raft Theatre, New York, NY., November, 1990.

Plays Published:

• Confession Of Many Strangers in the collection, BEST SHORT AMERICAN PLAYS, 1997-98, Applause Books, New York City, New York.
  
• American Dreamers in the collection, BEST SHORT AMERICAN PLAYS, 1995-96, Applause Books, New York City.
  
• The Goddess and The Yankee Clipper. Published in the book, BASEBALL MONOLOGUES, Heinemann Books, l996.
  
• Little Victories, Jiritsu Shobo Publishing Company. Tokyo. (Published in Japanese) August, l995.
  
• The Mothers. Applause Books. Fall, l995.
  
• Violent Peace. Heinemann Books. Fall, l995.
  
• Jim's Commuter Airlines. Broadway Play Publishing, 1995.
  
• Florence Commuter Airlines and A Drink After The Storm in MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN, edited by Tori Haring-Smith, Heinemann Books, l994.
  
• A Drink After the Storm. In the Anthology One on One, Applause Books, 1993.
  
• Violent Peace. Heineman Books, 1992; also, Bill Rose Theatre Collection. Lincoln Center, New York, NY.
  
• A Drink After the Storm. Collages & Bricolages, University of Pennsylvania, Spring, 1992.
  
• A Drink After the Storm. Lamia Ink, New York City, 1992.
  
• The Only Woman General. 13th Moon Magazine, City University of New York, Spring, 1992.
  
• Five in the Killing Zone. Women's Project Anthology, Applause Books, 1989.
  
• American Way. In the book, One Act Plays for Acting Students, N. Bert (Ed.), Meriwether Press, 1987.
  
• Colette in Love. Published by Applause Books in the Anthology, Women's Heroes, New York, NY, 1986; also on video film, Lincoln Center.
  
• Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code. Published by Dramatist Play Service, 1986; Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Lincoln Center, New York, NY; Scholastic Magazine, New York, NY, January, 1986.
  
• Little Victories. Published by Theatre Communications Groups, May, 1983; also published by the Dramatist Play Service, New York, NY, 1983; Women's Project
• Anthology, Performing Arts Journal, New York, NY, 1984; Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Lincoln Center, New York, NY.
  
• Killings on the Last Line. In Performing Arts Journal, New York, NY, 1980; also, Samuel French, New York, NY; Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Lincoln Center; and New
• York Public Library, New York, NY.
  
• Oyster Crackers, Undershirts, and Mauve Lemonade. Baker's Plays, Boston, MA, 1980.

Monologues Published:

• CONFESSIONS OF MANY STRANGER in Best Men's Stage Monologues of l997, Smith and Kraus Book, North Stratford, NH., l998.
  
• Scene from VIOLENT PEACE in Women's Monologues for the 90's, Applause Books, New York City, l993.
  
• Scenes from Little Victories and The Only Woman General in Scenes and Monologues: Best New Plays, Meriwether Press, Fall, 1992
  
• Monologue from Little Victories, in One Hundred Stage Monologues from the 1980's, Smith & Kraus, 1991.
  
• Monologue from Five in the Killing Zone. In The Actor's Scenebook: Great Monologues and Dialogues from Contemporary and Classical Theatre. N. Bert, (Ed.), Meriwether Press, 1990.
  
• Also published by The Fireside Theatre, Indianapolis, IN, 1991.
  
• Monologues from Snicker Factor, Pair of Jacks, Game Show Girl, Five in the Killing Zone, in Competition Monologues II, R. Ellis (Ed.), University Press of America, 1989.
  
• Monologues from Little Victories and Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code. In Competition Monologues, R. Ellis (Ed.), University Press of America, 1987.
  
• Advice to a Young Actor. A poetic monologue published in the book, One Act Plays for Acting
  
• Students, N. Bert, (Ed.), Meriwether Press, 1987.
  
• Monologue from Little Victories. Published by Applause Books, New York, NY, 1987

Movie Scripts:

• Violent Peace. Optioned by Lee Grant, New York, NY, 1993.
  
• Lost Parallel. Optioned by Miles/Philips, New York, NY, January, 1982.
  
• Pair of Jacks. Optioned by Miles/Tolan Productions, New York, NY, February, 1992.

Books:

• Monologues From The Road. Heinemann Books, l999.
  
• Elvis Monologues. Heinemann Books, l998.
  
• Baseball Monologues. Heinemann Books, l997.
  
• Duo: Scenes for the 90's. Applause Books, l995.
  
• Creative Writing:Forms and Techniques. National Textbook Company. l990.
  
• Creative Writing. Laidlaw Brothers, Textbook Division of Doubleday, 1980.

Interviews:

• "Lavonne Mueller: Writing About Viet Nam." Kansas Star, Kansas City, MO, 1993.
  
• "Lavonne Mueller and The Mothers." Strong Coffee, Chicago, 1992.
  
• "Why the Mothers Still March." BBC Radio, September, 1992.
  
• "Writing about the Mothers." National Public Radio, May, 1992.
  
• "An American in Bombay." The Times of India, May 7, 1989.
  
• "Writing About Men." On New Hampshire Public Radio, April, 1988.
  
• Author cited in Helen Chinoy's book on Women in American Theatre, 1987.
  
• "The Author of Prairie Wolf." Published in Scholastic Magazine, January, 1986.
  
• "The Women's Project." Published in Theatre, Yale University, New Haven, CT, March, 1986.
  
• "Little Victories." Published in The New York Times, February 11, 1983, by Leslie Bennetts.
  
• "Lavonne Mueller-Playwright." Published in the book, Breaking In, James Tinen, (Ed.), Doubleday, 1982.

Articles:

• "A Playwright In India" in the book Tanzania On Tuesday: Writing by American Women Abroad. Edited by Kathleen Coskran and C.W. Truesdale. New Rivers Press, Minneapolis, Mn. l997.
  
• "Playwriting and Oral History." Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Fall, 1994.
  
• "Whose Joan Is It Anyway?" Applause Theatre Review, New York, NY, Summer, 1989.
  
• "Advice to Playwrights." Writer's Handbook, Sylvia K. Burnack, (Ed.), The Writer, Inc., 1987.
  
• "A Snapper Test for Playwriting." The Writer, September, 1986.
  
• "7 Points for Playwriting." Writer's Handbook, Sylvia K. Burnack, (Ed.), The Writer, Inc., 1986.
  
• "Researching Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code." Dialogue Newsletter, New York, NY, November, 1985.
  
• "Major Points in Playwriting." The Writer, February, 1984.
  
• "Name Language," Illinois English Bulletin, 1978.
  
• "The Drama of the Mask." Media and Method, 1977.
  
• "Language as Art and Art as Language." English Journal, 1977.
  
• "Filming a Happening." Audio-Visual Communication, 1976.
  
• "The Silent Treatment." American Education, 1978.
  
• "Silence is Golden--and it Teaches Grammar." Psychology Today, 1986.
  
• "In a Dark Time." English Journal, 1986.
  
• "A Class in Silence." Illinois English Journal, 1985.
  
• "Swift and Oldenburg: Satire of the Colossal." Berger & Smith (Eds.), Classroom Practices in Teaching English. Urbana, IL, National Council of Teachers of English.
  
• "Liberation." Chicago Daily News, August 5, 1984.
  
• "The Word Museum." English Journal, 1984.
  
• "Malamud and Nathaniel West: Tyranny of the Dream Dump." In D. Madden (Ed.), The Cheaters and the Cheated, New York NY, Everett/Edwards Press.
  
• "Creative Writing Tips." Scholastic Magazine, 1984.
  
• "Special Creative Writing Techniques to be Used with the Newspaper." Modern People, 1984.
  
• "Creative Writing for All Students." Language and Language Behavior Abstracts, University of Michigan, 1983.
  
• "Creative Writing." In S. Judy (Ed.), Convention Concerns. 61st Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Las Vegas, NA, 1982.
  
• "Saul Steinberg and High School Composition." English Journal, 1981.
  
• "Happenings: A Motivation for Writing." In Fagan & Vandell (Eds.), Classroom Practices in Teaching English, National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL.
  
• "Concrete Poetry: Creative Writing for all Students." English Journal, 198l.
  
• "A Portrait of the Artist as a Headless Horseman." Rocky Mountain Review, 198l.
  
• "Henry James: The Phenomenal Self as the Real Thing." Forum, University of Texas, 198l.
  
• "A Wind-schlemiel in the Museyroom." Finnegans Wake Newsletter, University of South Wales, 198l.
  
• "Book Reviews." Scholastic Teacher, Fall, 1980.
  
• "Book Reviews." Scholastic Teacher, Spring, 1980.
  
• "The Contemporary Gap in the High School Curriculum." English Journal, 1979.

Poems:

• "Marching With The Mothers." 2000: Here's To Humanity. The People's Press. 2000.
  
• "Maching With The Mothers." Blue Mesa Review. Number 9. Literature from the Border, l997.
  
• "Dr. Chekhov Treats You For Cancer." Visions International, Number 55, l997.
  
• "Embalming Evita." Blue Mesa Review. Number 9. Literature from the Borderlands. l997.
  
• "Colette's Cat." Poet's Magazine. Spring, l995.
  
• To A Casting Director." In the Anthology A Bird In the Heart, edited by Scott Rains and Bernice Zamora, Santa Clara University Press, 1993.
  
• "To A Casting Director." California Quarterly. Vol. 19, No. 3, Summer, 1992.
  
• "Colette's Cat." Apalachee Quarterly. Fall, 1992.
  
• "To A Casting Director Dead From AIDS." Western Journal of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, 1992.
  
• "Banana Boat Days." The Caribbean Writer, Caribbean Research Institute, University of the Virgin Islands, 1991.
  
• "Christine." Confluence Magazine, Volume 2, Belpre, OH, 1991.
  
• "The Actor's First Day in New York." The Westside Spirit, New York, NY, September 11, 1988.
  
• "Advice to a Young Actor." In the book, Acting Exercises, Meriwether Publishers, 1987.
  
• "Songs from the Killing Zone." Iowa Review, 1985.
  
• "Day Tripper." Caribbean Review, 1983.
  
• "Last Jitney to Bay Street." New York Quarterly, 1983.
  
• "The Day Walt Whitman's Brain Dropped to the Floor." English Journal, 1983.
  
• "Fear of Strangers." Bitteroot, 1983.
  
• "Rat." New Voices, 1983.
  
• "Old Woman." Seven Stars Poetry, 1983.
  
• "Symbol Poetry." Design, 1982.
  
• "Caribbean Woman." Caribbean Review, 198l.
  
• "Down by the Wharf." Nassau Review, 1980.
  
• "An Infant Dying at My Lai." Seven Stars Poetry, 1980.
  
• "Decision." Poet's Corner: Rockford Register Star, 1980.
  
• "Unspeakable Rhyme." National Observer, 1980.
  
• "A Linguist Goes Slumming in Chicago." Monmouth Review, 1979.
  
• "Christine." New York Quarterly, 1979.
  
• "Some Darker Arrow." Poetry Review, 1979.

Presentations:

• National Endowment for the Arts Panel. Nancy Hanks Center. Washington, D.C. Sept. l999.
  
• National Endowment for the Arts Panel, Chair. Nancy Hanks Center. Washington, D.C. l998.
  
• National Endowment for the Arts Panel. Nancy Hanks Center. Washington, D.C. , October, l996.
  
• National Endowment for the Arts Panel. Nancy Hanks Center, Washington, D.C. September, l994.
  
• Speaker: "Research in Theatre in Higher Education." l994 National Conference of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), July 26, l994.
  
• Playwriting Workshop. Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture in Jordan. Amman, Jordan, June, l994.
  
• "The Globalization of Lady Murasaki: Finding Mr. Bovary in Japan." A paper delivered at the conference GLOBALIZATION OF JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE, April 22-23, 1994, Teikyo Loretto Heights University, Denver, Colorado.
  
• Speaker: "The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo." Spingold Theater Arts Center. Brandeis University, April 8, l994.
  
• Invitation to speak at the 3rd International "Women's Playwright Conference, Adelaide, Australia, July, l994.
  
• Invitation to speak at the Fourth World Conference for Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica, January, l994.
  
• Speaker: "Writing Political Plays." International House of Japan. October 20, l993. Tokyo, Japan.
  
• Speaker: "Themes in Contemporary Drama." U.S. Information Service, Japan, June-November, 1993.
  
• Speaker: "When Women Write About Men." ATHE (The Association for Theatre in Higher Education) Philadelphia, l993.
  
• "Writing the Mini-Play." United States Information Service, U.S. Embassy, Calcutta, February, 1993
  
• Speaker: "Docudrama: The Real Thing?" Mid-America Theatre Confeence, March 11, 1993, Kansas City, MO.
  
• Speaker: London's Amnesty International. London, September, 1992.
  
• Invitation to Speak at the 3rd International Women Playwrights Conference, Adelaide Australia, July, l994.
  
• Speaker: "Contemporary Playwrights." Florida Studio Theatre, Sarasota, FL, May, 1991.
  
• Speaker: "When Women Write About Men." William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ, 1990.
  
• Speaker: Interview on Violent Peace. Radio WBOX-FM, New Rochelle, NY, 1990.
  
• Speaker: New York International Festival of the Arts, New York, NY, July, 1988.
  
• Workshop: Women in Theatre Festival, Boston, MA, March, 1988.
  
• Interview: New York Public Radio, 1987.
  
• "On Being a Woman Playwright." John-Michael Williams Television Show, New York, NY, 1987.
  
• "Writing about Lorca." Columbia University Festival on Lorca, October, 1985.
  
• Drama Consultant: University of Iowa Festival of New Plays, Iowa City, IA, 1986.
  
• Speaker: "On Being a Playwright." Arts: New York, New York, NY, 1986.
  
• Speaker: Winterfest--Women Onstage. Barnard College, 1986.
  
• Dramatist Consultant: First Stages Play Festival, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1986.
  
• Lecture: "On Being a Woman Playwright." Columbia University, 1986.
  
• Panel Discussion: "Pioneer Women in Drama." American Place Theatre, New York, NY, 1985.
  
• Playwright's reading: "Works in Progress." Presented by Poets & Writers, American Place Theatre, New York, 1985.
  
• "Visual Literacy--An Approach to Playwriting." Presented at the American Place Theatre for the New York Arts Council, January, 1985.
  
• Speaker: "Making the Transition from Fiction to Drama." Minneapolis Playwright's Center, Women's Playwrighting Conference in the Midwest, January 23-26, 1985.
  
• Television Speaker: "Theme of the play: Killings on the Last Line." Channel 13, New York, NY, May, 1984.
  
• Speaker: "Women Breaking Into the Theatre." Illinois Theatre Association, Chicago, IL, August, 1984.
  
• Speaker: "Women and Theatre." American Theatre Association, San Diego, CA., August, 1983.
  
• Speaker: "The Woman Playwright." Dramatist Guild Symposium, New York, NY, June, 1983.
  
• Speaker: "The Happening as Drama." Illinois Teacher Association, Springfield, IL, November, 1983.
  
• Speaker: "Symbol Poetry and the Mini-play." National Council of Teachers of English, Chicago, IL, November, 1982.
  
• Speaker: "Writing Drama." National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia, PA, November, 1982.
  
• Television Speaker: "Energizing Creativity." Channel 39, Allentown, PA, October, 198l.
  
• Speaker: "Creative Writing for All Students." National Council of Teachers of English, Las Vegas, November, l98l.

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