MARIE KOHLER ~ PLAYWRIGHT

"Artist of the Year" Milwaukee Arts Board 2005

EDUCATION

Harvard University – 1973 Magna cum Laude (Summa cum Laude Thesis) BA English Literature

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – 1979 MA English Literature

PLAYS

THE DIG

Produced: Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee, 2009

Readings: Taliesen Preservation, Spring Green, WI, 2008

  (Act I) Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, 2007

Workshop: Sewanee Writers' Conference (with Melanie Marnich & Lee Blessing) 2007

Workshop/Reading: (Act I) Madison Repertory Theatre, Madison, WI 2005

Awards: Playwrights' Center Lab – Finalist

  Playwrights First – Semi-Finalist

  Susan Smith Blackburn Prize – Nominee 2009

BOSWELL'S DREAMS

Produced: Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee, 2005

Readings: International Centre for Women Playwrights Festival, Chicago, 2007

  Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee, 2004

Workshops: Renaissance Theaterworks, 2004, 2003

Awards: Abington Award – Finalist

  Wisconsin Wrights – Finalist

  Best of the Year – Milwaukee Magazine, 2005

  Susan Smith Blackburn Prize – Nominee 2005

MIDNIGHT AND MOLL FLANDERS

Produced: Renaissance Theaterworks/Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2000

Reading: Milwaukee Chamber Theatre/Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1998

Workshops: Repertory Theater, Milwaukee, 1996

  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1997

Award: Best New Play – Milwaukee Magazine, 2000

COUNTING DAYS

Produced: Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee, 1995

Readings: Avenue Theatre, New Jersey 2006

  American Theater Company, Chicago, 2001

  Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, 1997

  Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago, 1997

Awards: Best New Regional Play, American Theatre Critics Association – Nominee 1995

  New Play Festival, Charlotte Repertory Theatre – Finalist 1995

  Susan Smith Blackburn Prize – Nominee 1995

GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST

Produced: CTM Productions, Madison, WI, 1993

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Resident Playwright/Co-Artistic Director/Co-Founder, Renaissance Theaterworks, 1993-present

Freelance Dramaturg 1995-present, Dramaturgical Intern, Milwaukee Repertory Theater 1994-1995

Freelance Journalist 1980-present

Guest Professional Playwright - Kennedy Center & American College Theatre Festival, Region III 2006

MEMBERSHIPS

Dramatists Guild, Chicago Dramatists, The Playwrights' Center, Actors' Equity Association, Wisconsin Society of Arts and Letters