Constance S. Congdon (born 1944) is an American playwright and librettist. She has won grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the W. Alton Jones Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation,[1] and is the recipient of a 2019 Lilly Award, which recognizes extraordinary women in theatre. In 2021 she was honored with the Legacy Playwrights Initiative Award by the Dramatists Guild Foundation, for her sustained achievement, enduring excellence and influence on the American theater. Congdon was described by Tony Kushner as "one of the best playwrights our country, and our language, has produced."[2]
Tales of the Lost Formicans No Mercy One Day Earlier Casanova Facing Forward Dog Opera Losing Father's Body Lips Native American A Mother Moontel Six The Automata Pietà
Notable awards
Guggenheim Fellowship Lilly Award Legacy Playwrights Initiative Award Arnold Weissberger Award Berilla Kerr Award The Helen Merrill Award
The scope of Congdon's plays has been described as "epic." Her first play had 30 scenes and 57 characters, and her 2001 play Casanova covered 73 years in 19 scenes set between Paris and Venice.[3][4]
Her most well-known plays and adaptations include: Tales of the Lost Formicans, Casanova, Lips,Losing Father's Body,The Misanthrope, A Mother, No Mercy, The Servant of Two Masters, Tartuffe and Paradise Street.[5] She has written a number of opera libretti and seven plays for the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis.[6][7] Her playwriting career includes an adaptation of Maxim Gorky'sA Mother with Olympia Dukakis in the lead role.[8]
^Arkatov, Janet (November 7, 1989). "Present, Future Collide in Congdon's 'Lost Formicans' : Stage: Her play, which is coming to the Matrix, is of single mothers, aliens and disillusioned youth". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
^Duke, Katherine (2015). "My Life: Constance Congdon | Amherst College". amherst.edu. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
^Fisher, James (2015). "Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010". books.google.com. ISBN9780810879508. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
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December 07, 2023
constance, congdon, constance, congdon, born, 1944, american, playwright, librettist, grants, awards, from, national, endowment, arts, alton, jones, foundation, guggenheim, foundation, recipient, 2019, lilly, award, which, recognizes, extraordinary, women, the. Constance S Congdon born 1944 is an American playwright and librettist She has won grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts the W Alton Jones Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation 1 and is the recipient of a 2019 Lilly Award which recognizes extraordinary women in theatre In 2021 she was honored with the Legacy Playwrights Initiative Award by the Dramatists Guild Foundation for her sustained achievement enduring excellence and influence on the American theater Congdon was described by Tony Kushner as one of the best playwrights our country and our language has produced 2 Constance CongdonBornRock Rapids IowaNationalityAmericanAlma materUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstNotable worksTales of the Lost Formicans No Mercy One Day Earlier Casanova Facing Forward Dog Opera Losing Father s Body Lips Native American A Mother Moontel Six The Automata PietaNotable awardsGuggenheim Fellowship Lilly AwardLegacy Playwrights Initiative AwardArnold Weissberger AwardBerilla Kerr AwardThe Helen Merrill AwardThe scope of Congdon s plays has been described as epic Her first play had 30 scenes and 57 characters and her 2001 play Casanova covered 73 years in 19 scenes set between Paris and Venice 3 4 Her most well known plays and adaptations include Tales of the Lost Formicans Casanova Lips Losing Father s Body The Misanthrope A Mother No Mercy The Servant of Two Masters Tartuffe and Paradise Street 5 She has written a number of opera libretti and seven plays for the Children s Theatre Company of Minneapolis 6 7 Her playwriting career includes an adaptation of Maxim Gorky s A Mother with Olympia Dukakis in the lead role 8 Congdon was born in Rock Rapids Iowa Her first play Gilgamesh was produced in 1977 Congdon received her M F A from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1982 9 She taught playwriting at Amherst College from 1993 to 2018 as its Playwright in Residence 10 Now retired from academia Congdon continues to write from her home Current projects include a novel and works of poetry References edit Playwright s Center Profile pwcenter org 2015 Retrieved 2015 08 22 Kushner Tony 1999 Tales of the Lost Formicans Introduction New York Samuel French Company ISBN 9780881450910 Retrieved 29 August 2015 Bomb Magazine Interview bombmagazine org 2015 Retrieved 2015 08 22 A Mother sfweekly com 2015 Retrieved 2015 08 22 Broadway Play Publishing broadwayplaypub com 2015 Retrieved 2015 08 22 Samuel French samuelfrench com 2015 Retrieved 2015 08 22 Arkatov Janet November 7 1989 Present Future Collide in Congdon s Lost Formicans Stage Her play which is coming to the Matrix is of single mothers aliens and disillusioned youth Los Angeles Times Retrieved 29 August 2015 A Mother sfweekly com 2015 Retrieved 2015 08 22 Duke Katherine 2015 My Life Constance Congdon Amherst College amherst edu Retrieved 29 August 2015 Fisher James 2015 Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater 1930 2010 books google com ISBN 9780810879508 Retrieved 2015 08 22 External links editCenterStage Playwright In Residence Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Constance Congdon amp oldid 1061397299, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
