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Barfield is now a working television writer as well as a playwright, yet she still struggles with finding the time to balance the two mediums. She has written for the Starz series The One Percent, and The Americans (FX). Her most recent writing credits include Here and Now (HBO), Mrs. America (FX) and the upcoming Jack Johnson.
Tanya Barfield is a co-director of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at Juilliard and a playwright for theater and TV. Her plays include Bright Half Life, The Call, Blue Door, and Of Equal Measure, among others.
Oct 12, 2020 · Monday, Oct 12, 2020. Share on: This interview originally appeared in the Fall 2020 Drama Alumni Newsletter. The Drama Division is thrilled to welcome Tanya Barfield, who joins us this year as co-director of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program with David Lindsay-Abaire.
May 28, 2022 · Learn about Tanya Barfield, the award-winning playwright of Bright Half Life, a romantic comedy about a long-term interracial relationship. Find out how she wrote the play, why she chose a nonlinear structure, and how she envisions the characters.
Tanya Barfield. Producer: Mrs. America. Tanya Barfield's plays have been seen off-Broadway and around the country. She is a recipient of a PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award, a LAMDA Literary Award, a Lilly Award recognizing extraordinary women in theatre, the inaugural Lilly Award Commission and a Helen Merrill Award.
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Feb 11, 2015 · Learn about Tanya Barfield's plays, process, and challenges as a woman in the theatre. She talks about her latest play Bright Half Life, which explores the challenges of long term relationships, and her previous works The Call and Blue Door.
Overview. Born. April 16, 1969 · San Francisco, California, USA. Mini Bio. Tanya Barfield's plays have been seen off-Broadway and around the country. She is a recipient of a PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award, a LAMDA Literary Award, a Lilly Award recognizing extraordinary women in theatre, the inaugural Lilly Award Commission and a Helen Merrill Award.
