Myrna Lamb
Myrna Lila Lamb was an American playwright.
Career
Myrna Lamb graduated from The New School and Rutgers University. Anselma dell'Olio, film critic and director, selected her work for a feminist Theater production at the Martinique Theater in May 1969. Several of her works were produced by the Women's Interart Theatre in New York City, which had started around 1969. This theatre showcased work by women playwrights and directors.Myrna Lamb died of heart disease on September 15, 2017, aged 87.
Awards
- 1971 Biennale de Paris production grant
- 1973 Rockefeller Fellowship residency grant for New York Shakespeare Festival
- 1973 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1974, 1975 National Endowment for the Arts Music Program grant
- 1977 New York Shakespeare Festival grant
Works
Apple Pie, 1976, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York CityBallad Of Brooklyn, 1979, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New YorkBut What Have You Done for Me Lately, Washington Square Church, NYC 1968The Butcher Shop, Oberlin College, OHThe Comeback Act, Interart Theatre, NYCCrab Quadrille, Interart Theatre, NYC, 1976I Lost A Pair Of Gloves Yesterday, Manhattan Theatre Club, NYIn The Shadow of The Crematoria, Martinique Theatre, NYCJillila Mod Donna, 1970, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York CityMonologia:The Mod Donna and Scylon Z, Interart Theatre, NYC 1971Mother AnnOlympic Park, New York Shakespeare Festival, NYC Pas de Deux, Oberlin College, OHThe Sacrifice, AMDA Theatre, NYCThe Serving-Girl and the Lady, Martinique Theatre, NYC- ''Two Party System''
Screenplays
- Balloon
- Blood Alley
- Dead Center
- Point Pleasant America
- Treatments for King of the Blitz