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IN MEMORIAM
Brian Anthony Nelson
(1958-2009)

We mourn the passing of Brian Anthony Nelson, a former Managing Director of the Lark, after a long battle with cancer which he chronicled in his blog, briananelson.blogspot.com and in the New York Times.

We extend our sympathy and love to his wife, Diane Reiners, also a member of the Lark community, and to his family and friends.

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Henry Godinez's essay
How Voices From Across the Border Can Speak to Us

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LARK-DEVELOPED PLAYS!!!

Kathleen Cahill's CHARM received an Edgerton Award. It was also chosen to be part of the National Showcase of New Plays at the National New Play Network meeting in Atlanta in December.

Chisa Hutchinson's SHE LIKE GIRLS will be produced by Working Man's Clothes at the Ohio Theatre from December 3 - 30. For more information: workingmansclothes.com.

Aditi Kapil's LOVE PERSON was awarded the National Theatre Conference's Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwright Award. For more info:
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Jessica Litwak’s WIDER THAN THE SKY is a Lark born project (it began in Playground) and part of a new pilot collaboration between The University of Connecticut and the Lark which provides the opportunity for a Lark writer to be in residence for two weeks each year at UConn. The workshop culminated in two public readings on November 19 and 20.

James McLindon's FAITH, was just named the winner of the New England Theatre Conference's John Gassner Playwriting Award and received a eading at the NETC conference on November 17.

Jordan Seavey's CHILDREN AT PLAY was produced by Collaboration Town at The Living Theatre through November 21. For more information: collaborationtown.org.

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December 3 @ 7pm
FREE RADICALS

December 10 - 11 @ 7PM
THE WIFE

by Betty Shamieh
directed by Matthijs Rumke

The story of an American best-selling self-help author who moves to Holland to live with her Dutch husband. They get far more than they bargained for when they hire a mysterious young Moroccan maid. A modern day retelling of the love triangle of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar, written in the style of a human puppet show in which the gods of Beauty, Money, and Charisma are in control of their human counterparts.

Betty Shamieh spent the 2008-2009 playwright-in-residence at Het Zuidelijk Toneel in the Netherlands, where Free Radicals will be produced in Dutch translation in 2010.

by Tommy Smith
directed by May Adrales

A series of snapshot scenes involving a Hasidic Jewish couple whose firm grasp on their religious identity becomes diluted by a wild assortment of gentrifying goys moving into their urban neighborhood. Equal parts black comedy and psychological drama.

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