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Biography
MARILYN CAMPBELL (published playwright/actress/producer/teacher) is a co-founder (w/ Michael Halberstam) of the Writers’ Theatre in Glencoe, IL. She is the recipient of the 2003 Joseph Jefferson for her co-adaptation with Curt Columbus of Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment which has been published by Dramatic Publishing and is currently being produced across the country in some of the biggest theaters in America including in 2009, Berkeley Rep (directed by Sharon Ott), Intiman Theater in Seattle (directed by Sheila Daniels), St. Louis Rep (dir. Stuart Carden), 59E59th Street Theater, Cleveland Playhouse, Indiana Rep, Actors Theater of Louisville, and numerous productions on the West Coast where in 2009 the play won an L.A. Backstage Garland Award and a nomination from the L.A. Drama Critics Circle for Best New Adaptation. In the spring of 2011 Crime and Punishment will be produced at Center Stage in Baltimore, MD, directed by Jason Loweth and at American Players in Spring Green, Wisconsin, directed by John Albers.
Her play The Beats (based on the writings of the 1950 beat writers is currently receiving a production at 16th Street Theater in Berwyn, IL, directed by Ann Filmer. Ms. Campbell also serves as an Artistic Associate and Board member at 16th Street Theater. For more information on the Beats see “Beats 2011” tab.
Her play w/Linda Laundra, My Own Stranger (based on the writings of Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Anne Sexton) first produced off Broadway in 1981 won the Villager Downtown Theater Award for “Best Production” and was subsequently produced as the first Equity production at Writers Theatre in Glencoe in 1994 (dir. Michael Halberstam) and 2003 (dir. Kate Buckley), starring Mary Beth Fisher, Kymberly Mellen and Ms. Campbell. My Own Stranger is available for production.
Currently, Ms. Campbell has a commission from The Writers’ Theatre for her new play, The Monster’s Lullaby (a retelling of the Frankenstein myth). Ms. Campbell is a member of The Dramatist Guild of America.
Additionally, she is the host of a new radio show on WFMT called The Feminist Lens (focusing on women in the arts). For more information see “Feminist Lens” tab.
Over the past 20 years Ms. Campbell has produced numerous literary entertainments for private parties and benefits for some of the most prestigious organizations in Chicago and on the Northshore, including, Northshore Congregation Israel, Birchwood Country Club, Skokie Country Club, Northshore Country Club, Footlik Theater, Cuneo Museum, Harold Washington Library, Glencoe Library, Fortnightly Club, Women’s Athletic Club, Highland Park Hadassah, 2 Scholarship and Guidance Benefits at Chicago Shakespeare Rep and Union Station to name a few. In 2010 she performed for the Chapman and Cutler LLP Trust and Estate Department Holiday Party at the Standard Club and at the North Shore Country Club for Holly Madigan’s Birthday Luncheon.
As as an independent producer Ms. Campbell produced w/ Ann Filmer, Estrogen Fest 2003 and 2005, a women’s performing arts festival for the City of Chicago’s Storefront Theater at Gallery 37, supported in part by the Chicago Foundation for Women. Mixing It Up (see tab) was first created for Estrogen Fest 2005 and was eventually developed into a 1 hour performance which was produced at 16th Street Theater in 2009 as part of The Words and Motion Festival, directed by Ann Filmer, for more information on Mixing It Up see tab.
Ms. Campbell is also an award winning actress and a proud member of Actors Equity Association with a career that spans 40 years from New York to regional theater, from Europe to Chicago (see attached acting resume). Ms. Campbell is available for speaking engagements relating to her plays, writing adaptations, poetry performance, salon entertainments, etc.) See “Salons” tab.
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