RISCA Playwriting Fellow 2004 (MINGUS TAKES 3). The Best of the Best Titles of University Presses 2002 (CHEWED WATER. Best Book for Understanding
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Aishah RahmanLiterary ArtsBox 1923Providence RI 02906EDUCATIONGoddard College, Playwriting and Dramatic Literature, MA 1985Howard University, B.S. Political Science 1965ACADEMIC POSITIONS:Professor of English Brown University 1997-preseNT Associate Professor of English Brown University 1994-1997Visiting Assistant Professor Brown University 1992-194Assistant Professor Nassau Community College 1982-194Adjunct Assistant Professor, Colummbia University School of the ArtsAWARDS/GRANTS/ RESIDENCIES (Partial List)RISCA Playwriting Fellow 2004 (MINGUS TAKES 3)The Best of the Best Titles of University Presses 2002 (CHEWED WATERBest Book for Understanding New York City Associated American University Press.(CHEWED WATER 2003CHEWED WATER Selected for Public and secondary School LibrariesAssociation of School Libraries and the small and medium Library Committee of thePublic Library Association 2003MacDowell Colony Fellow 1992Yaddo Colony Fellow 1992Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for Women 1991Theatre Communications Group Grant fof A TALE OF MADAME ZORA 1990Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for American Playwrights, cited Òfor proventalent, sustained dedication to work in the theatre and current productivityÓ 1989 1989New York Foundation of the Arts Playwriting Fellowship, 1988 MassachussettsReview Award for ÒTHE MOJO AND THE SAYSOAudelco Award for Outstanding Musical Tale of Madame Zora 1086
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COMPLETED WORKSIF ONLY WE KNEW 2003 (one act)UPTOWN! 2003 (one act)SPEAKERÕS HEAD 2003 (one act)CHEWED WATER 2001 (memoir)CHIAROSCURO (A Light & Dark Comedy) 2000ONLY IN AMERICA 1996ANYBODY SEEN MARIE LAVEAU? (Libretto)THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO 1987THE TALE OF MADAME ZORA 1985UNFINISHED WOMEN CRY IN NO MANS LAND WHILE A BIRD Dies InA GILDED CAGE 1979 THE LADY AND THE TRAMP 1977 (one Act) TRANSCENDENTAL BLUES 1977 (one Act) LADY DAY: A MUSICAL TRAGEDY 1972 WORKS IN PROGRESS INTERNAL EXILES (Novel) YEABO (documentary film) Pffssst (drama) SELECTED PUBLICATIONSCHEWED WATER (memoir) University Press of New England 2001Plays by Aishah Rahman , Broadway Play Publishers, February 1997THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO Black Theatre USA 1847-Present, Ted Shine & JamesHatch eds., The Free Press 1996THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO , Moon Marked and Touched by Sun (plays byAfrican American Women, Sydne Mahone, ed. Theatre Communications GroupPublishers 1994THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO Broadway Play Publishers 1990THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO in Process Theatre Communications Group, 1989
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THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO One Hudndred WomenÕs Stage From 1989 Beard,ed., Krause Publishers 1990THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO One Hundred MenÕs Stage Monologues, Beard, ed.,Krause Publishers, 1990THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO Massachussetts Review Winter 1987UNFINISHED WOMEN CRY IN NO MANÕS LAND WHILE A BIRD DIES IN AGILDED CAGE Nine Plays by Black Women, M. Wilkerson, ed New AmericanLibrary 1986 SELECTED PRODUCTIONS AND READINGS 2005-1990nfinished Women Out Yonda Theatre-Albuquerque New Mexico 2005International Performances of song ÒI Know About The LifeÓ from Lady Day AMusical Tragedy by Aishah Rahman as reported by ASCAP:Britain Jan-March 05 (television)Britain-Jan-March 05 (TV Film/SeriesSweden January 05 (cinemaCHEWED WATER STUDIO MUSEUM OF HARLEM 2001CHEWED WATER NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 2002CHEWED WATERÕ ZORA HOUSE SALON 2003MINGUS TAKES (3 ) Premiere Production at Perishable Theatre 2003CHIAROSCURO A LIGHT (AND DARK) COMEDY stage reading at ProvidenceBlack Repertory Co. Providence RI 1999CHIAROSCURO A LIGHT (AND DARK) COMEDY workshop production atJudith Anderson Theatre. NYC Produced by Blackberry Productions 2000ANYBODY SEEN MARIE LAVEAU? Concert Reading, New Works Lab of NewEngland Theatrical Consortium at U. Mass, Amherst. (equity production) 1999
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ONLY IN AMERICA premiere production Perishable Theatre 1997ONLY IN AMERICA produced at the National Black Theatre Conference, NorthCarolina 1997 (equity Production)UNFINISHED WOMEN, Performing Arts Center of he University of theWitwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 1995-1996THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO, Staged reading at Hartford Stage Co. 1994 (EquityProduction)ONLY IN AMERICA Staged reading at the New York Public Theatre, March 1994(Equity Production)THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO. Chicago Theatre Company 1994 (Equity Production)UNFINISHED WOMEN , Penumbra Theatre 1990THE TALE OF MADAME ZORA workshop production at Playwrights HorizonSchool sponsored by Northlight Theatre (equity Production 1991SELECTED LECTURES, PANELS RESIDENCIES (2002-1990)Panelist, Brecht Forum NY/c-The State of Black Theatre Conference 2005Panelist Yari Yari Conference of Black Female Writers-Africana Studies NYU-2004Panelist Ninth Conference On The Book at Oxford, Mississippi 2002Panelist Black Women Writers and the Future, An International Conference onLiterature by Women of African Decent ÐAfricana Studies Program New YorkUniversity. 1997Guest lecturer University of Houston, 1996Panelist Home in the Imagination of Black Women Artists NYU Africana Studies andthe Institute of Afro-American AffairsPanelist on African American Playwrights at New York Public Theatre Sponsored byCrossroads Theatre 1994Multi Ethnic Reading Writing and Performance invited guest artist and keynotespeaker at Theatre Conference at St. Lawrence University, 1992Growing up Black, Female and Playwriting delivered at Hunter College. Invitedparticipant in the Black Issues Lecture Series, 1991
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Panelists on ÒPlaywrights at Brown UniversityÓ during ParentÕs WeekendCommunicating the Ethnic Experience delivered at On Common Ground, ACelebration of Our Cultural Diversity , a conference at Nassau Community College,December 4, 1990.Non Traditional Casting-Asians in America radio show on WHPC FM(90.3 re Asian ,Hispanic and Black actors and writers 1992SELECTED ADJUDICATION (2005-1990)MacArthur Fellowship Playwright Nominee Evaluator-2005Schomburg Library Scholars-in-Residence Applicant Evaluator 2005Howard Fellowship in Playwriting 2000Scholar in Residence and Advisor to Perishable Theatres Women Playwriting Festival1995-1997Massachusetts Council for the Arts Playwriting Panel 1996Advisor for 21st Century Playwrights 1993-94Advisor for Intiman TheatreÕs New Voices Festival 1993New York Foundation for the Arts Playwriting/Screenwriting Panel 1990SELECTED THEATRE AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE 2005-1990Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Playwriting AdvisorFaculty Producer New Plays for a New Audience Brown University -18 plays producedplus staged readings, adjudication, selection of director/playwright teams supervisionof stage readings, rewrites dramaturgy and critiques. 1993-1997Henry Street Settlement WomenÕs Playwriting Workshop Director. Produced annualworkshop playwrights festival at the New Federal Theatre. Dramaturg and productioncoordinator for 5-7 plays annually. 1985-1990Editor and co-founder of NuMuse, an annual Journal of New Plays froom BrownUniversity with national subscribership from both the theatre and adademiccommunity. 1994-1998.Artistic Director and Co-founder of Blackberry Productions, a theatrical productioncompany specializing in school, prison and hospital audience. Supervision andconsultant for development of special audience scripts Ð1985-2000TEACHING INTERESTS:
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Graduate Playwriting, American Political Drama Advanced Screenwriting, GlobalWomen In The Independent Cinema Movement, Tracing Dramatic and CinematicNarratives From Stage to Screen, Plays of the Black Arts Movement 1960-1975Plays in African Diaspora of the 21st century. Honors & Capstone & MFA Theses.
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