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Lauren Goldman Marshall |
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Playwright Lauren Goldman Marshall lives in Seattle with her husband Michael Schell and their two daughters. A former arts and entertainment attorney, she obtained undergraduate and law degrees from Stanford and an M.F.A. in Music Theatre writing from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. Her plays and musicals include the hit Seattle revue Waiter, There's a Slug in My Latté (Cabaret de Paris, over 200 performances), Whadda 'Bout My Legal Rights? (Empty Space Theater, published by Samuel French, Inc.), Abraham's Land (New Image Theatre), Rivercide, P.I. (Seattle Public Theater, published by Baker's Plays), The China Heart (Aids Prevention Theatre Troupe), The 100th Eye (West Coast Ensemble, Los Angeles), and Finding Pluie, with music by Chris Ballew (Spruce Street School).. Her contemporary verse adaptation of The Misanthrope premiered in 1999 at Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland, OR, where it won the Portland Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Production of the Season, and was subsequently produced in 2003, by NYU Tisch School of the Arts, directed by Timothy Douglas. Marshall also has written several published travel articles, a children's picture book, and educational videos. She also has directed numerous plays and musicals for community and small professional theaters. From 1994–95 and 1997‒2001, she served as Co-Artistic Director and then Producing Artistic Director of Seattle Public Theater, where she oversaw the Theater's move into and first season at the Greenlake Bathhouse, before stepping down to start a family. Through SPT's acclaimed Theater of Liberation program, she worked with youth to explore strategies for conflict resolution and empowerment. In recent years, Marshall has co-founded Aspire Girls, a social group for girls with Asperger's, and Theater of Possibility ("TOP"), now entering its 3rd year, and teamed with Aspiring Youth at Ryther Center to direct their 2011 summer theater camp. She has taught drama workshops to kids at Middle East Peace Camp and in various other settings and recently co-directed 4th and 5th graders in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Spruce Street School. . |
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