Boston Playwrights' Theatre
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Derek Walcott
Derek Alton Walcott, OBE OCC is a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for White Egrets. His works include the Homeric epic Omeros...
, Boston Playwrights' Theatre is an award-winning small professional theatre dedicated to promoting the writing and production of new plays in Boston, Massachusetts.
Led by Artistic Director Kate Snodgrass and Managing Director Jake Strautmann, Boston Playwrights' Theatre is the home of the Graduate Playwriting Program at Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
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Each year since 1999, Boston Playwrights' Theatre has produced the Boston Theater Marathon
Boston Theater Marathon
The Boston Theater Marathon is a Boston based charity theatre event consisting of 50 plays performed by 50 different theatre companies in 10 hours....
of 10-minute plays where 50 local theatre organizations showcase the works of New England playwrights. Originally performed at Boston Playwrights' Theatre, the Boston Theater Marathon has been in residence at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts
Boston Center for the Arts
The Boston Center for the Arts is a 501 nonprofit visual and performing arts complex in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The BCA houses several performance and rehearsal spaces, restaurants, a gallery, the headquarters of the Boston Ballet, the Community Music Center of Boston...
since 2005.