LM Feldman
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LM Feldman (formerly Lauren Feldman) is an American playwright known for her[lower-alpha 1] play, Thrive, or What You Will [an epic].
Early life and education
Feldman graduated from the Cornell University Department of Performing & Media Arts in 2001.[2] She was assigned a writing assignment as part of an acting class. The teacher recommended that she take a playwriting class, which led to Feldman discovering a love for playwriting.[1] She completed her MFA in Playwriting at the Yale University School of Drama.
Career
In 2016, Feldman taught playwriting for PlayPenn.[3] Feldman was named a 2023-25 Venturous Playwright Fellow, alongside Harmon dot aut and Jessica Huang, by The Playwrights’ Center and Venturous Theater Fund.[4]
Works
Full-length plays
- The Egg-Layers (2012)[5]
- Grace, or the Art of Climbing (2013)[6]
- a People [a mosaic play] (2018)[7][8]
- Tropical Secrets, or All the Flutes in the Sea, adapted from the book Tropical Secrets by Margarita Engle (2021)
- S P A C E
- Scribe, or The Sisters Milton, Or Elegy for the Unwritten (formerly Amanuensis[9])
- Another Kind of Silence
- Thrive, or What You Will [an epic] (2022)
- hand foot hand
Devised works
- The Life and Works of JC as Told by the Heretics (formerly The Apocryphal Project) – devised with Michael Walkup, Brian Hastert, Carter Gill, and Alex Knox (2007)
- Now/Not Now {a one-woman play with trapeze} – devised with Diana Y Greiner (2011)
- Lady M – devised with director Adrienne Mackey (2011)
- And If You Lose Your Way, or A Food Odyssey – devised with Pirronne Yousefzadeh, Nick Choksi, and the ensemble (2014)
- Gumshoe (2017)
- War of the Worlds: Philadelphia – devised with Swim Pony and created in collaboration with the Drexel Entrepreneurial Game Studio (2017)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2020 | Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries (American Shakespeare Centre) | n/a | Thrive, or What You Will [an epic] | Won | |
| 2022 | Lambda Literary Awards | Drama | Nominated |
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rutz, Emily (2024-11-18). "LM Feldman Shows that Playwrights Can Truly Thrive". The Quad: Student News Service of WCU. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ↑ "PMA Alum L M Feldman '01 Selected as National Playwrights Conference Finalist and Venturous Playwright Fellow". Cornell Performing and Media Arts. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ↑ Eger, Henrik (2016-11-30). ""Lauren Feldman is a goddess": 10 Philadelphia playwrights describe a beloved PlayPenn teacher". phindie. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ↑ "Playwrights' Center, Venturous Theater Fund Name Playwright Fellows". American Theatre. 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ↑ Solís, Jose (2017-10-12). "Giving New Play Development the College Try". American Theatre. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ↑ Kennedy, Lisa (2013-04-30). "Theater review: "Grace, or the Art of Climbing" rises to the challenge". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ↑ Kelsall, Cameron (2018-05-20). "Orbiter 3's world premiere of L M Feldman's 'A People'". Broad Street Review. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ↑ Crimmins, Peter (2018-05-18). "This fleeting Philly theater company will dissolve on purpose after its seventh play". WHYY. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ↑ Stoltenberg, John (2018-04-22). "Review: 'Amanuensis' at Georgetown University". DC Theater Arts. Retrieved 2024-12-04.