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Her plays include: Bright Half Life, The Call, 121° West, Blue Door, [1] Dent, The Houdini Act, Medallion, Of Girl & Wolf and Wanting North, Pecan Tan and The Quick. [7] [8] She authored a book for a children's musical entitled Civil War: The First Black Regiment .
College. Drama. About. Tanya Barfield’s play Bright Half Life has been seen at multiple theaters around the country since premiering at WP Theater Off-Broadway; it also received a Lambda Literary Award. Her play The Call premiered as a co-production between Playwrights Horizons and Primary Stages.
May 28, 2022 · May 28, 2022. Playwright Tanya Barfield is a recipient of the Lilly Award, the Helen Merrill Award, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for her play Blue Door. Other plays include The Call (Playwright’s Horizons, New York Times Critics Pick) and, of course, Bright Half Life (Women’s Project Theater, TimeOut Critic’s Pick).
Tanya Barfield's plays include: Of Equal Measure (Center Theatre Group), Blue Door (Playwrights Horizons, South Coast Repertory; Seattle Repertory, Berkeley Repertory and additional theaters), Dent, The Quick, The Houdini Act and 121 Degrees WEST. She wrote the book for the Theatreworks/USA children's musical: Civil War: The First Black Regiment.
Oct 12, 2020 · Tanya’s plays have been produced Off-Broadway and around the country, and her 2014 play Bright Half Life was performed as part of Juilliard’s 2019-20 season. She has received numerous accolades, including a Lilly Award and a PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award.
Tanya Barfield is from Portland, Oregon. Her play Bright Half Life premiered at the Women’s Project Theater and was a TimeOut Critic’s Pick. Her play The Call premiered at Playwrights Horizons in co-production with Primary Stages and was a Critic’s Pick for the New York Times.
Feb 23, 2015 · From the African-American experience to the choppy waters of international adoption, award-winning playwright Tanya Barfield is not afraid of a challenge. Her courageous writing has been awarded with a Lilly Award, a Helen Merrill Award, and a Pulitzer Prize nomination.
