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ALICE AUSTEN

ALICE AUSTEN's plays have been seen in London, New York, Brussels and Milwaukee, and have been developed and produced by numerous theatres in Chicago. She is a member of Shanghai Low Theatricals, the recipient of a 2007 Jeff Award Nomination for her play "Water," and was awarded a Residency by the Royal Court Theatre (London) in 2006. Ms. Austen holds degrees in French and English Literature, is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, and a Resident Playwright with Chicago Dramatists.

ALICE AUSTEN is teaching the following courses:

ARLENE MALINOWSKI

ARLENE MALINOWSKI has been performing her critically-acclaimed solo shows across the country, including St. Louis Center, Ojai Solo Series, The L.A. Women's Theatre Festival, HBO Workspace, Blue Sphere Alliance, West Coast Ensemble, colleges nationwide, and the 16th Street Theater in Berwyn, IL. She is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists, which workshopped her newest play "Aiming For Sainthood" as part of the "In the Works" theatre lab series of Millennium Park last spring. "Aiming For Sainthood" will be produced in fall 2010 at Victory Gardens Theater.

ARLENE MALINOWSKI is teaching the following courses:

CHERYL COONS

CHERYL COONS has co-written more than a dozen musicals that have received professional productions, including "At Wit's End" (Carbonell Award for Best New Work) "River's End" (ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Musical Theatre Award, Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award). A Resident Playwright with Chicago Dramatists, she was the lyricist for "Female Problems" (After Dark Award), and "Phantom of the Country Opera," published by Music Theater International.

CHERYL COONS is teaching the following courses:

DANA LYNN FORMBY

DANA LYNN FORMBY is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists where she co-manages the Instant Theatre program. Her recent plays have been read at the 2009 WordBRIDGE play lab, The Public Theater, Alliance Theatre, Premiere Stages, and Victory Gardens Theater. She holds an MFA in playwriting from Ohio University. Her play "Inherit the Whole" received its world premiere last spring in Chicago with Mortar Theatre, where she is an ensemble member.

DANA LYNN FORMBY is teaching the following courses:

M.E.H. (Margaret) LEWIS

M.E.H. (Margaret) LEWIS is a two-time Illinois Arts Council fellow whose work has been seen at The New Theatre in Melbourne, Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles and Cherry Lane Theatre in New York. A Resident Playwright with Chicago Dramatists, she has been nominated for two Jeff Awards and received one. Last winter, Stage Left Theatre produced her play "Here Where It's Safe."

M.E.H. (Margaret) LEWIS is teaching the following courses:

MARY RUTH CLARKE

MARY RUTH CLARKE co-wrote and starred in the original "Meet the Parents" and co-adapted it into the blockbuster version, starring Robert De Niro. Her screenplay "Chimney Rock" is under option, and she has been a script doctor for many screenplays, including "A Guy Thing," "Desperation Boulevard," and "The Godfather of Green Bay." She is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists and a member of the Writer's Guide of America East.

MARY RUTH CLARKE is teaching the following courses:

ROBERT KOON

ROBERT KOON is a Resident Playwright and staff Dramaturg with Chicago Dramatists, where his play "St. Colm's Inch" was produced. He won a Jeff Citation for New Work for his play "Vintage Red and the Dust of the Road," and his play "Odin's Horse," was also nominated for a non-Equity Jeff Award for New Work. His new play "Menorca" will premiere at 16th Street Theatre in fall, 2010.

ROBERT KOON is teaching the following courses:

WILL DUNNE

WILL DUNNE has led nearly 1,600 playwriting workshops, served as a dramaturg at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, and twice attended the Australian National Playwrights Conference as guest instructor. A Resident Playwright with Chicago Dramatists, his plays have been selected by the O'Neill for three National Playwrights Conferences, and generated a Charles MacArthur Fellowship and presentations in Russia, Europe and Australia. West coast productions of his plays have earned four Bay Area Theatre Critics Awards and two DramaLogue Playwriting Awards.

WILL DUNNE is teaching the following courses:


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