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John Kuntz is an American actor, playwright, director, and solo performer. Kuntz is the author of 14 full-length plays, a founding company member at Actors' Shakespeare Project, has taught at Emerson College, Suffolk University, and Concord Academy, and is currently an associate professor of theater at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. [1]
Boston Playwrights' Theatre (BPT) is a small professional theatre in Boston, Massachusetts and the home of Boston University's MFA Playwriting Program. [1] As a venue, BPT rents its space for the rehearsal, reading, and production of new plays.
John Shea (born February 10, 1964, in Somerville, Massachusetts) is an American playwright. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Most of his plays are set in his hometown of Somerville, an old industrial suburb of Boston which has gentrified rapidly in the early 21st century. [ 3 ]
Amrheins, open since 1890, is the oldest bar in South Boston. They also have the first draft beer pump in Boston and the oldest hand carved bar in America is on display. [1] In January 2019, it was announced there was an agreement for sale for $18 million. [2] They had been on the market at least since the summer of 2018. [3]
Playwrights' Platform is a not-for-profit cooperative organization of playwrights based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The organization has been in existence since 1973 and is "the most established and longest-lived playwrights' group in the area". [1] It was founded by writers Steven Lydenberg, Allen Sternfield, and Saul Zachary. [2]
The Huntington was founded in 1982 by Boston University under President John Silber and Vice President Gerald Gross, and was separately incorporated as an independent non-profit in 1986. Its two prior artistic leaders were Peter Altman (1982 – 2000) and Nicholas Martin (2000 – 2008).
Kate Snodgrass is an American theater director and playwright. She was the artistic director of Boston Playwrights' Theatre until 2022. [1] [2] [3] She is a professor of the practice of playwriting in the English Department of Boston University. [4] Snodgrass won the 2012 Elliot Norton Award for Excellence. [5]
David McLaughlin is an American writer, director and producer best known for co-writing the 1998 dramatic film Southie. [1] [2] In 2006 he directed, wrote and produced the independent feature On Broadway. [3] It was based on his upbringing in a neighborhood of Boston and drew from his past experience as a playwright. [4]