Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2002) Winner
Melissa James Gibson
メリッサ・ジェームズ・ギブソン
Merissa Jēmuzu Gibson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- North Vancouver
- Nationality
- カナダ
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- North Vancouver → New York → Brooklyn Heights
Career
- Occupations
- playwright, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1993-
- Affiliations
- Soho Rep, Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theater Company
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University | — | Literature | — | — | United States |
| Yale School of Drama | — | Playwriting | M.F.A. | — | United States |
Columbia University
Literature
Country:
United States
Yale School of Drama
Playwriting
Degree:
M.F.A.
Country:
United States
M.F.A. in Playwriting
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Obie Award | [sic] | 戯曲 | Village Voice | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Kesselring Prize | [sic] | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Whiting Award | — | ドラマ | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Steinberg Playwright Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Obie Award
2002
Work:
[sic]
Category:
戯曲
Organization:
Village Voice
Result:
受賞
Kesselring Prize
2002
Work:
[sic]
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
2002
Category:
ドラマ
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Steinberg Playwright Award
2011
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
[sic]
2001 DramaA play exploring linguistic ambiguity and failures in communication.
communicationlanguage
This
2009 DramaExplores loss, friendship, and life's turning points.
lossfriendship
Placebo
2015 DramaA play dealing with medicine and human relationships.
medicinerelationships
What Rhymes With America
2012 DramaFragments of American society.
American society
Bibliography
- God's Paws (1993)
- Six Fugues (1995)
- [sic] (2001)
- Suitcase, or Those That Resemble Flies From A Distance (2004)
- Brooklyn Bridge (2005)
- Current Nobody (2007)
- Nuda Veritas (2009)
- This (2009)
- What Rhymes With America (2012)
- The Americans (TV episodes, 2013-2014)
- Placebo (2015)
- Given Fish
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- dialogue-drivenpoetic language
- Recurring Motifs
- failures in communicationhuman relationships
Legacy
Canadian-born playwright based in New York. Recipient of Obie, Whiting, and other awards. Contributed scripts to TV series like The Americans and House of Cards.
Trivia
- Daughter of former BC Liberal MLA Gordon Gibson.
- Praised by New York Times critic Charles Isherwood for her play 'This'.