Anna Ziegler (playwright) explained
Anna Ziegler is an American playwright.
She was educated at Saint Ann's School, studied English at Yale University, earned an MA in poetry from the University of East Anglia in 2002, and graduated with an MFA in dramatic writing from New York University in 2004.[1] [2]
In 2015, Ziegler's play Photograph 51, about the part played by Rosalind Franklin in the discovery of the structure of DNA, was staged in London's West End, with Nicole Kidman in the role of Franklin.[3] Kidman won The Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for her performance.[4]
In The New York Times, in 2015, Ziegler was described as "newly (and justly) hot" and her writing as "lyrical...[with] a luminous beauty."[5]
Plays
- BFF (2007)[6]
- Life Science (2007)
- Photograph 51 (2008)[7] – winner 2016 WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play
- Dov and Ali (2008) – productions at The Playwrights Realm in New York, 2009[8] and Theatre 503 in London, 2008[9]
- Another Way Home (2011)[10]
- Boy (2015)[11] —nominee for 2016 Outer Critics Circle John Gassner award
- A Delicate Ship (2015) – premiere at The Playwrights Realm[12]
- The Last Match (2015)[13] – production at Roundabout Theatre Company, Fall 2017[14]
- Actually (2017)[15] – co world-premiere productions at the Geffen Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Manhattan Theatre Club, 2017[16]
- The Minotaur (2018)[17]
- The Great Moment (2019) – premiere at Seattle Repertory Theatre[18]
- The Wanderers (2020) [19]
Notes and References
- News: Soloski. Alexis. From Nicole Kidman to 'A Delicate Ship,' a Big Season for the Playwright Anna Ziegler. New York Times. 21 August 2015. 26 August 2015.
- Web site: Engebrecht. Julie. 'Delicate Ship' playwright has heart of a poet. Cincinnati Enquirer . . 30 March 2014. 27 August 2015.
- News: Billington . Michael . Photograph 51 review – Nicole Kidman captures the ecstasy of scientific discovery . 14 September 2015 . . London. 24 September 2015 .
- Web site: Evening Standard article. 23 November 2015.
- Web site: Review: 'A Delicate Ship' Plumbs the What-ifs of Love and Heartbreak. Isherwood. Charles. 28 August 2015. www.nytimes.com.
- Openings and Previews. The New Yorker. 11 March 2007. 2015-10-07.
- Web site: Scientist Gets Her Due in 'Photograph 51'. Flatow. Ira. 5 November 2010. NPR. National Public Radio. 27 August 2015.
- News: Jaworowski . Ken . 2009-06-13 . A Jew and a Muslim, Firing Words After School . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-08-30 . 0362-4331.
- Web site: Theatre review: Dov and Ali at Theatre 503. www.britishtheatreguide.info. 2015-10-07.
- Web site: Review: 'Another Way Home' at San Francisco's Magic Theatre. 14 November 2012. 2015-10-07.
- Web site: Keen Company to Present a World-Premiere Kilroy Play. American Theatre. 6 August 2015. 2015-10-07.
- News: Review: 'A Delicate Ship' Plumbs the What-ifs of Love and Heartbreak. Isherwood. Charles. 2015-08-28. The New York Times. 2015-10-07. 0362-4331.
- Web site: The Last Match Press Page. www.theoldglobe.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927064531/http://www.theoldglobe.org/pressphotos/The_Last_Match.html. 2015-09-27. dead. 2015-10-07.
- Web site: Roundabout Website. https://web.archive.org/web/20170319195545/http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/The-Last-Match.aspx?gclid=CjwKEAjwtbPGBRDhoLaqn6HknWsSJABR-o5scEUZZztZ4GPWVptudIL96pzqZy6J-fjSdiMckwUjdBoCPxfw_wcB. 2017-03-19. dead.
- Web site: Playbill article. 10 August 2016.
- Web site: Manhattan Theatre Club Announces Two New Plays by Women. Shea. Christopher. 23 March 2017. www.nytimes.com.
- Book: Ziegler, Anna. The minotaur. Dramatists Play Service Inc.. 2018. 978-0822238232. New York, NY. 1053611329.
- https://www.seattlerep.org/plays/1920/the-great-moment/ The Great Moment – Seattle Rep
- Web site: The Wanderers – Theater J. 2020-01-09. 2020-04-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20200411093628/https://theaterj.org/on-stage/the-wanderers/. dead.