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Erik Ehn

エリック・エーン

Erik Ehn

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
San Francisco → Los Angeles → Providence

Career

Occupations
playwright, director, professor, theater theorist
Active Years
1990-2024
Affiliations
CalArts, Brown University, Theatre of Yugen, Tenderloin Opera Company
Influenced By
Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner

Education

Yale University
David Geffen School of Drama
Country: United States
alumni

Awards

Whiting Award
1997
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: winner
Alpert Award in the Arts
2002
Result: recipient

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Saint Plays

play

An ongoing cycle of plays loosely based on the lives of the saints and biblical characters

saintsredemption

Maria Kizito

play

Based on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda

genocidereconciliation

Soulographie: Our Genocides

play cycle

A series of 17 plays examining 20th century America's relationship to genocides

genocideAmerican history

Beginner

play

One of his published works

13 Christs

play

One of his published works

Bibliography

  • The Saint Plays
  • Beginner
  • 13 Christs
  • Maria Kizito
  • Book of Tink
  • Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling
  • No Time Like the Present
  • Wolf at the Door
  • Tailings
  • Ideas of Good and Evil
  • The Sound and the Fury (adaptation)
  • Shiner (musical)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poeticexperimental
Recurring Motifs
genocidesaintsrecovery from violence

Legacy

American playwright and director known for works on genocide and saints, proposing the Regional Alternative Theatre movement. Former dean at CalArts and professor at Brown University. Founder of Arts in the One World conference.

Trivia

  • Co-founder of the RAT Conference
  • Recipient of Whiting Award (1997) and Alpert Award (2002)
  • Proposes the Regional Alternative Theatre movement