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Ten-Minute Play Festival
Watson Fine Arts - Experimental Theatre Norton, United StatesTen 10-minute plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased.
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Senior Creative Writing Majors’ Reading
Mary Lyon Hall - Woolley Room Norton, MA, United StatesSeniors graduating with a degree in creative writing and literature showcase original works of poetry, fiction and dramatic writing.
Drama Today: Its Forms and Processes
Mary Lyon Hall - May Room Norton, MAEmily Morse, Artistic Director of New Dramatists (NYC), engages in a conversation with Professors Charlotte Meehan and Stephanie Burlington Daniels about her work supporting contemporary playwrights and collaborating on ensemble-made theatre in her own practice as playwright, dramaturg, and performer. New Dramatists has been a major force in the development of US-based playwrights since 1949.
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Readings by the Writer: Sandra Yannone
Mary Lyon Hall - Woolley Room Norton, MA, United StatesWheaton alumna Sandra Yannone’s poetry amplifies the split-second when the everyday turns into catastrophe; the moment of impact when knowing and unknowing collide; the fusion of before and after. And the aftermaths. All constellate here in Yannone’s first full-length collection, Boats for Women, to orient us toward that “choice/to turn toward a sacred face, a turn/toward your own longing to live.”
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Readings by the Writer: Tommy Pico
Mary Lyon Hall - May Room Norton, MATommy “Teebs” Pico describes himself as a poet (he guesses), a screenwriter (or whatever), a co-host of a dumb podcast for jerks, and begrudgingly as a performer. His books, IRL, Nature Poem, Junk and Feed have received numerous accolades including the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a Lambda Literary Award, an American Book Award and the prestigious Whiting Award.
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Where It Used to be Home: Writing Russia and Ukraine under the Trump Administration
Mary Lyon Hall - Holman Room Norton, MA, United StatesPoet Olga Livshin will discuss culture, translation, history, current events, and share her experiences of living as an immigrant under the Trump Administration and with Putin's war on Ukraine looming as this year's Davis Memorial Guest Lecturer.
New Plays Festival
Watson Fine Arts - Experimental Theatre Norton, United StatesLonger form plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased at our annual festival.
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New Plays Festival
Watson Fine Arts - Experimental Theatre Norton, United StatesLonger form plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased at our annual festival.
Free
Featured
Ten-Minute Play Festival
VirtualTen original plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased in our biannual festival.
Free
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Readings by the Writer: Brandon Shimoda
VirtualBrandon Shimoda has been widely recognized for the imaginative spirit he projects in his poetry. His most recent book, The Desert, was published in 2018. He has been awarded the William Carlos Williams prize for his second book, Evening Oracle.
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