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NORA's PLAYHOUSE ...
The Founders of Nora’s, Caroline Reddick Lawson, Yasmine Beverly Rana, and Emily Richard, cordially invite you to the launch of Nora’s Playhouse, a hot, new theatre company dedicated to promoting women playwrights and directors and women’s stories!
The three founders of Nora’s Playhouse have worked together in New York City theatre since 2003. Nora’s 2009-2010 inaugural season is the realization of their dream for this theatre company. Visit us on Facebook!
*Check out 22 fabulous photos of our launch
www.norasplayhouse.org
Forthcoming: THE WAR ZONE IS MY BED AND OTHER PLAYS BY
YASMINE BEVERLY RANA
Published by Seagull Books: Calcutta, London, New York
*With an introduction by novelist
Domnica Radulescu
CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
A chapter on dramatherapy and depression
Edited by Stephanie Brooke
C. Thomas Publishers
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Short Bio
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Yasmine is a playwright, arts therapist, and educator.
Fellowships include the Paulette Goddard Fellowship from New York University and the Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Playwriting from the Sewanee Writers Conference at the University of the South.
Yasmine is a New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and has worked with refugees in Bosnia, The Republic of Georgia, and Switzerland where she implemented an arts and education program for Bosnian youth.
Yasmine's work with the arts and traumatized populations has been presented internationally at conferences and workshops. THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH published an article on Yasmine's work with English language learning, the arts, and displaced populations.
Yasmine has performed the solo versions of her plays in London through the Central School for Speech and Drama's Accidental Theatre Festival at the Roundhouse Theatre in Camden and the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Her work has been translated and performed in Eastern Europe.
Publications include BLACKBIRD, THE KENYON REVIEW, THE DRAMA REVIEW, and THE BEST WOMEN'S MONOLOGUES and THE BEST STAGE SCENES series.
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Union Affiliations/Professional Organizations
Dramatists Guild, Writer's Guild of America East, PEN, National Association of Drama Therapy (Registered Drama Therapist), New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Women and Performance Member at Large
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Type of artist
Writer
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General Themes
International/Global, Mental Health/Psychology, Violence, Activism/Social Justice, Feminism/Gender Issues |
Keywords
Race and Identity,
Culture,
Trauma and Memory |
| Last updated on March 11th, 2010 |
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