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Todd London |
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TODD LONDON is in his twelfth season as artistic director of New Dramatists, where he has worked closely with more than a hundred of America's leading playwrights and advocated nationally and internationally for hundreds more. A former Managing Editor of American Theatre magazine and the author of The Artistic Home, published by the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), he has written, edited, and/or contributed to eleven books. His magazine essays and articles on the theatre have been translated for publication in Russia, North and South Africa, Scandinavia, Serbia, and Roumania. Todd won the prestigious George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for his essays in American Theatre and a Milestone Award in for his first novel, The World's Room, published by Steerforth Press. In 2001 he accepted a special Tony Honor on behalf of New Dramatists, and in 2005 he represented New Dramatists at the Obie Awards, where the organization was honored with the Ross Wetzsteon Award for excellence. Todd serves on the faculty of Yale School of Drama and as project director of Theatre Development Fund's (TDF) Playwrights Project. Before coming to New Dramatists, he was guest literary director of the American Repertory Theatre and visiting lecturer of dramatic arts at Harvard. A former chair of the New York State Council on the Arts theatre panel and National Endowment for the Arts panelist, he serves on the boards of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), The John Golden Fund, and The Talking Band. He holds an M.F.A. in directing from Boston University and a Ph.D in Literary Studies from the American University. He has two sons, Guthrie and Grisha, and lives in Brooklyn with playwright Karen Hartman.
Bio as of December, 2007.
Working in the Theatre (video)
From New Dramatists - December, 2007
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