Gordin's View

Drama Desk Panel

The Drama Desk presented “Playwrights & Critics: Bridging the Gap,” a conversation with playwrights and critics, followed by a members mingle this past Wednesday, March 16.  Robert Schenkkan, the author of the multi award winning play All the Way and the Pulitzer Prize winning Kentucky Cycle, joined Doug Wright, the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning playwright of I Am My Own Wife, for a lively discussion moderated by Doug with acclaimed playwrights Kia Corthorn, Matthew Lombardo and Sharr White on the relationship between playwrights and critics.Bg1

The Drama Desk presented “Playwrights & Critics: Bridging the Gap,” a conversation with playwrights and critics, followed by a members mingle this past Wednesday, March 16.  Robert Schenkkan, the author of the multi award winning play All the Way and the Pulitzer Prize winning Kentucky Cycle, joined Doug Wright, the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning playwright of I Am My Own Wife, for a lively discussion moderated by Doug with acclaimed playwrights Kia Corthorn, Matthew Lombardo and Sharr White on the relationship between playwrights and critics.Bg1
Sharr White,Mathew Lombardo, Doug Wright, Robert Schenkkan, Kia Corthron Sharr White, Mathew Lombardo, Doug Wright, Robert Schenkkan, Kia Corthron


Drama Desk members contributed their view in the interactive event at the The Episcopal Actors’ Guild in NYC.


Photography: Barry Gordin

Follow Us On Facebook and Twitter
Bg2
Lauren Yarger, William Wolf, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Charles Wright

Bg3

Bg4Mathew Lombardo, Kia Corthron

Bg5 Sharr White,Mathew Lombardo, Doug Wright, Robert Schenkkan, Kia Corthron, Lauren Yarger

Bg6Mathew Lombardo, Sharr White, Kia Corthron, Robert Schenkkan

Bg7Kia Corthron, Robert Schenkkan

Bg8