Sarah Schulman

Personal Information
Sarah Schulman was born in New York City in 1958. Novels: THE CHILD (forthcoming), SHIMMER (Avon, 1998), RAT BOHEMIA (Dutton, 1995), EMPATHY (Dutton, 1992), PEOPLE IN TROUBLE (Dutton, 1990), AFTER DELORES (Dutton, 1988), GIRLS, VISIONS, and EVERYTHING (Seal, 1986), THE SOPHIE HOROWITZ STORY (1984), THE EARLY NOVELS OF SARAH SCHULMAN (Book of the Month Club) Nonfiction: THE TWIST: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences (forthcoming), STAGESTRUCK: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America (Duke, 1998), MY AMERICAN HISTORY (Routledge, 1994) Citizenship: Act Up Oral History Project www.actuporalhistory.org Plays: CARSON McCULLERS (Sundance Theater Lab, w/Angelina Philips directed by Craig Lucas -2001-- Playwrights Horizons, w/Jenny Bacon, directed by Marion McClinton-2002), THE BURNING DECK (La Jolla Playhouse w/ Diane Venora, directed by Kirsten Brandt 2003) MANIC FLIGHT REACTION (New York Stage and Film--Playwrights Horizons, directed by Trip Cullman- 2005) Workshops/Readings: THE CHILD (The Vineyard, Trinity Rep, The Public Theater, Primary Stages-dir. Craig Lucas), CONJUGATION (Playwrights Horizons, Rattlestick Theater-dir Michael Greif, Sundance Theater Lab-dir Craig Lucas), MADE IN KOREA (w/Michi Barall) NY Theater Workshop-dir Leigh Silverman, Cleveland Playhouse -dir Seth Gordon, MERCY (w/Jessica Hecht) Rattlestick-dir Michael Mayer, The Vineyard-dir Jo Bonney, THE BURNING DECK (w/ Roberta Maxwell) New York Theater Workshop, dir Michael Mayer, MANIC FLIGHT REACTION (w/ Lisa Emery) Playwrights Horizons, dir Lisa Rothe, ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY (Primary Stages, Cleveland Playhouse- dir Seth Gordon), SHIMMER (music by Anthony Davis, Lyrics by Michael Korie) Musical Theater Works, dir Scott Elliot/Lonny Price, THE LADY HAMLET -NY Theater Workshop, dir Diane Paulus. In Progress: ROE VERSUS WADE Awards: Guggenheim (playwrighting), Fulbright (Judaic Studies), Revson Fellow for the Future of New York City, Stonewall Award for Improving the Lives of Lesbians and Gays in the United States, 2 American Library Association Book Awards, 2 NY Foundation for the Arts Fiction Fellowships, Yaddo, MacDowell, Finalist Prix de Rome
 
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Author
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Manic Flight Reaction Playwrights Horizons 10/30/2005 Playwright
2 Carson McCullers (Historically Inaccurate) Julia Miles Theater 01/09/2002 Playwright