Abbey Joan Burgess
Latest News on Abbey Joan Burgess:
The Tank Unveils Exciting Lineup for Summer 2023 Festivals (Jul 19, 2023)
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: NATIONALS Celebrates 10th Year of Bringing Together Young Artists (Jul 29, 2021)
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: NATIONALS Kicks Off Tonight (Jul 20, 2021)
The Tank Unveils Exciting Lineup for Summer 2023 Festivals (Jul 19, 2023)
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: NATIONALS Celebrates 10th Year of Bringing Together Young Artists (Jul 29, 2021)
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: NATIONALS Kicks Off Tonight (Jul 20, 2021)
Abbey Joan Burgess BIO
Abbey Joan Burgess is a director and playwright from Chicago, IL. Abbey concentrates in new work development, graduated from Yale College in 2019 with a B.A. in Theater Studies and English, where she also served as the President of the Yale Drama Coalition. She is the 2020-2021 Wingspace Theatrical Design Directing Mentee, is a proud directing alumni of the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, and was the 2019-2020 Directing/Producing Apprentice for McCarter Theatre Center, where her assistant credits included Gloria: A Life (dir. Emily Mann), Goodnight Nobody* (dir. Tyne Rafaeli) and Sleuth (dir. Adam Immerwahr).
Building community, accessibility, and creating room for diverse voices are central tenets of her theatrical passion, and belief that theater is an act of service.
Abbey's writing focuses on disability, queerness, and the intricacies of intimacy. She is a featured writer on Longwharf Theatre's blog.
Abbey Joan Burgess News
The Tank Unveils Exciting Lineup for Summer 2023 Festivals
Get ready for an unforgettable summer filled with entertainment as The Tank announces its exciting lineup for the Summer 2023 festivals. Discover the hottest acts and events happening at The Tank's summer festivals, featuring a diverse range of music, comedy, and more. Don't miss out on experiencing the best of entertainment this summer.
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: NATIONALS Celebrates 10th Year of Bringing Together Young Artists
The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, now in its 10th year, once again brought together an extraordinary group of young artists for a free professional intensive culminating in their own production of The 24 Hour Plays — available for streaming through Saturday, July 31.
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: NATIONALS Kicks Off Tonight
The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, now in their tenth year, kicks off their rigorous professional experience for artists 25 and under tonight with their own production of The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues, featuring the 43 program participants and 12 guest writers from previous years of the Nationals program.
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS Announces Line-Up for Nationals 2021
Today, The 24 Hour Plays, creators of The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, The 24 Hour Musicals and the Viral Monologues, announced this year’s company for The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, which will be held as a virtual program.
Carolyn Gage Teams Up With Counterclaim to Present Online Reading of FEMALE NUDE SEATED
Carolyn Gage, an award-winning lesbian-feminist playwright and activist, teams up with counterclaim (c-c), a Brooklyn-based production company, to host an online reading of her latest work: Female Nude Seated, a one-act play about Irish painters Mainie Jellet and Evie Hone.
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