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Assia
Djebar, novelist,
scholar, poet, and filmmaker, will be the distinguished speaker for
the ALA
30th Anniversary Conference this spring in Madison. Ms. Djebar won
Germany’s premier literary
prize, Le Prix de la Paix, in 2000; the Yourcenar Prize in 1997;
the Neustadt Prize for Contributions to World Literature in 1996.
Djebar was educated in Algeria and France. Her other works translated
into English include: So Vast a Prison (1999), A Sister
to Scheherazade (1993), Fantasia: An Algerian
Cavalcade (1993), and Women of Algiers
in Their Apartment (1992). She is a professor of French and Francophone
Literature at New York University, dividing her time between Paris
and New York.
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Karen McLaughlin will perform ALGERIAN WHITE: The Language of the Dead which she conceived, adapted, and directed for this stage premiere. She is a veteran New York actress with a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University. McLaughlin has appeared Off and Off-off Broadway, in regional theater, national tours, film and television. Her professional emphasis has been the development of new stage works including New Dramatists and the Actors Studio. Her most recent adaptation and directing work includes productions of: Assia Djebar’s Women of Algiers in Their Apartment at Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge; Animal Happiness at Northwestern University; Mary McCarthy: High Wire Act at Northwestern University, and also an invited guest reading at the Abingdon Theatre Company in New York. |
| Steven
Fedoruk (co-director) is a member of the Eclipse Company
in residence at Victory Gardens in Chicago. He was presented a Joseph
Jefferson Citation for his portrayal of Hermann Goering in Romulus
Linney’s “2”. He is currently directing the midwest
premiere of Keith Reddin’s Frame 312.
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| Leslee
Nelson (scenic design) is a fabric artist who has exhibited
internationally. A Professor in the Departments of Art and Liberal
Studies & the Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, her striking
fabric pieces create the performance backdrops.
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| Sue
Ragusa (lighting design) is an M.F.A. student in lighting
at the UW-Madison. She designed the lighting for the premiere of
ALGERIAN WHITE: The
Language of the Dead. Recent credits include
Turn of the Screw for University Opera and the kabuki
production,
Wondrous Tales of Old Japan, for University Theatre. She
will also design the premiere of Little Women for CTM at
the Overture Center in Madison.
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| Jack
Sayre (sound design) is a professional sound designer and
teacher. His innovative work has been featured at The Kitchen
in New York, the UW-Madison Theatre, and the Madison Civic Center including
the Richard Gough performance piece, The Last Supper.
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| Julio
Cesar Falu (poster design) is an M.F.A. from the Art Department
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a graphics designer
for an advertising firm in Miami, Florida.
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Zane Williams (photographer) is the authorized photographer for the new Overture Center in Madison, Wisconsin. A Wisconsin native, his books, Wisconsin and DoubleTake - A Rephotographic Survey of the City of Madison: 1925 – 2000, chronicle the state’s history. His performing arts work includes American Players Theatre and Madison Rep. Williams’ photographs have been published nationally and internationally. http://www.zanewilliamsphotography.com/ |
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| Tamara Tsurkan (web design) is a freelance web and graphics designer from Madison, WI. http://www.silwikdesign.com/ |
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