Playwright Jeffrey M. Jones to Speak
Hollins University 7916 Williamson Road , Roanoke, Virginia 24019
Jones is a playwright whose works include "70 Scenes of Halloween," "Nightcoil," "Der Inka Von Peru," "Tomorrowland," "A Series of Crazy Plays," "Write If You Get Work," and "J. P. Morgan Saves the Nation," a musical with a score by the late Jonathan Larson, directed by Jean Randich. His essays have appeared in "The American Theatre Reader," "Performing Arts Journal," and introductions to the anthologies "Plays by Young Jean Lee" and "New Downtown Now." He has been manager of The Wooster Group, Richard Foreman and John Jesurun; taught playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and a series of Pataphysics workshops at the Flea Theater; and is currently co-curator of the OBIE-winning Little Theatre series at Dixon Place. Sponsored by the Playwright's Lab at Hollins University.