Hello listeners! We are so excited for you to listen to this new episode of Beckett's Babies! We had an amazing conversation discussing all-things playwriting with fellow Iowa playwright DEBORAH YARCHUN!
Deborah Yarchun’s honors include two Jerome Fellowships at the Playwrights’ Center, a Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellowship, the 2020 Neukom Literary Arts Award for Playwriting, an EST/Sloan Commission, the Kennedy Center’s Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, and the Kernodle New Play Award. She’s been a playwright-in-residence at the William Inge Center for the Arts and a member of the Civilians’ R&D Group. Deborah’s a graduate of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop where she was an Iowa Arts Fellow.
GLISTENS:
Sarah - Andy Warhol's 25 Cats Name Sam and One Blue Pussy
Sam - Spaulding’s Rock
Deborah - HBO’s Lovecraft Country
To learn more about Deborah and her work, be sure to check out the following websites:
Website: www.DeborahYarchun.com
NPX page: newplayexchange.org/users/114/deborah-yarchun
Be sure to check out Deborah's article "Staying Focused in the Time of COVID: 22 Tips and Strategies to Finding Focus" on the Playwright Center website:
https://pwcenter.org/playwriting-toolkit/staying-focused-time-covid-22-tips-and-strategies-finding-focus
Deborah also shared with us her favorite playwriting exercise. Check out our website www.beckettsbabies.com to learn more!
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