Sibyl Kempson
American artist
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| Intro | American artist | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| is | Writer Playwright | ||||||
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature | ||||||
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| Birth | 1973 | ||||||
| Age | 52 years | ||||||
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Biography
Sibyl Kempson (born 1973) is an American playwright and performer, who received the 2018 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for an American Playwright in Mid-career.
Kempson was raised in Pequannock Township, New Jersey.
Academics and fellowships
- She received her B.F.A. in 1995 from Bennington College.
- She received her M.F.A. in 2007 from Brooklyn College.
- She is a MacDowell Colony Fellow.
- She has taught at Brooklyn College, The New School, and Sarah Lawrence College.
- She is a 2014 USA Rockefeller Fellow.
Collaborators
New York City Players, Elevator Repair Service, Big Dance Theater, Advanced Beginner Group, Mike Iveson, Rude Mechanicals (theater company), Salvage Vanguard, Physical Plant, Rubber Rep.
- She is a member of New Dramatists, class of 2017.
Plays
- The Wytche of Problymm Plantation
- Bad Girls, Good Writers
- The Secret Death of Puppets (or) How Do Puppets Die? (or) Puppets Die In Secret
- Ich, Kürbisgeist
- Potatoes of August
- Crime or Emergency
- Restless Eye
- So Much To Go Crazy
- River of Gruel, Pile of Pigs: The Requisite Gesture(s) of Narrow Approach