- John Walch
John Walch is an American
playwright based inNew York City .Work
John Walch has written award-winning plays, such as "Circumference of A Squirrel", "Aisle 17B", and "The Rebirth of Beautiful". Other plays include "The Dinosaur Within", "Jesting with Edged Tools", "Craving Gravy", "The Elements of Style" (an adaptation), as well as numerous collaborations and one-acts. [http://www.playscripts.com/author.php3?authorid=156]
His plays have been produced at theatres such as The Mark Taper Forum,
Actors Theatre of Louisville , Zachary Scott Theatre Center, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, the State Theater, Kitchen Dog Theatre, and off-Broadway at Urban Stages; and they have been developed through the Public Theater New Works Now,Manhattan Theatre Club , A.S.K. Theatre Projects, Shenandoah International Playwright's Retreat, The Playwrights' Center of Minneapolis/PlayLabs, WordBRIDGE, the Mark Taper Forum, and theTheatre Royal Haymarket inLondon . [http://www.playscripts.com/author.php3?authorid=156]Recognition
Walch received a Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays award for "The Dinosaur Within"; the Marc Klein Playwriting Award for "Jesting with Edged Tools"; three Austin Critics Table Awards for "Best Original Script" for "Craving Gravy, Circumference of a Squirrel", and "The Dinosaur Within"; the James Michener Fellowship from the Michener Center for Writers at
University of Texas , where he earned his MFA in Playwriting; the 2003 Osborn Award from the American Theatre Critics Association, recognizing an emerging American playwright; and the Charlotte Woolard Award from theKennedy Center , recognizing a promising new voice in the American theatre. He served as artistic director of Austin Script Works and has taught playwriting at the University of Texas at Austin and theUniversity of Iowa . [http://www.playscripts.com/author.php3?authorid=156]Commissions include:
Manhattan Theatre Club , where he was anAlfred P. Sloan playwriting fellow, The Playwrights' Center of Minneapolis, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Mr. Walch currently lives inBrooklyn ,New York and is at work on the book for a musical.
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