Boston Playwrights' Theatre PRESENTS The Salt Girl written by and featuring John Kuntz directed by David R. Gammons November 5 - 22, 2009
PRESS NIGHT: November 7th, Saturday night at 8 pm.WHERE: Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue.EMAIL: mdsmith@bu.edu for press tickets.John is the author of 14 full-length plays, including The Superheroine Monlogues (co-written with Rick Park), Sing Me to Sleep, Freaks, Starfuckers, After School Special, My Life with the Kringle Kult, Miss Price, The Hotel Nepenthe, Glitterati, Emerald City, Jasper Lake, Jump/Rope and Actorz with a Z.
He received both an Elliot Norton Award and New York International Fringe Festival Award for his solo show Starfuckers, and his plays Sing Me To Sleep and Freaks! both received Elliot Norton Awards for "Outstanding Fringe Production."
He was an inaugural Playwriting Fellow with the Huntington Theatre Company and a Fellow at the O'Neill Center 2007. His play Jasper Lake received both the Michael Kanin and Paula Vogel National Playwriting Awards, with productions at the Kennedy Center (Washington DC) and the New York Fringe Festival. He teaches at Suffolk University and is on the faculty of The Boston Conservatory.
David R. Gammons' (Director) recent directing projects include Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at The American Repertory Theatre; the Boston premiere of Blackbird at SpeakEasy Stage Company; The Duchess of Malfi and Titus Andronicus for Actors' Shakespeare Project (2007 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director); and the New England premieres of The Lieutenant of Inishmore and My Name is Rachel Corrie at The New Repertory Theatre. Past directing credits include Eric Bogosian's subUrbia at MIT; Romeo and Juliet at The Boston Conservatory; a revival of Arthur Kopit's Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad as the inaugural production at Harvard University's New College Theatre; and original works for Pig Iron Theatre Company, Headlong Dance Theatre, and Vermont's Phantom Theatre. Mr. Gammons' recent productions have been nominated for eight Elliot Norton Awards and seven Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards. Mr. Gammons has served as the Director of the Theatre Program at Concord Academy for the last ten years, where he has taught courses in acting, directing, playwriting, and design, and where he directs a Company of student artists committed to creating original experimental work for the stage.
VENUE INFORMATION
Boston Playwrights' Theatre
949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Green Line "B" to Pleasant Street, 57 Bus from Kenmore and Watertown.
Some street parking is available. Patrons are welcome to park in the lot beneath Harry Agganis Arena next door. Parking is just $1 an hour on most days but may be as much as $25 during concert events. Please visit agganisarena.com for parking rates.
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