LITERARY RESUME
ORIGINAL PLAYS PRODUCED
UNCOMMON GROUND, a play in two acts
Work shops:
Mark Taper Forum New Works Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Sundance Playwrights Festival, Sundance, UT
Premiere:
Northlight Theatre, Chicago, IL
Published in Poland in DIALOG as Na obcym grucie
ROMANTICS, a play in two acts
Readings:
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR
South Coast Repertory Theatre, Costa Mesa, CA
ARSENALS, a play in two acts
Premiere:
Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY
Subsequent Production:
Theatre 40, Beverly Hills, CA
TRANSLATIONS/ADAPTATIONS
Plays
CHEKHOV MACHINE
by Matei Visniec
funded by Association Beaumarchais - Société Auteurs et compositeurs dramatique
Premiere:
The Open Fist Theatre, Los Angeles
HOW TO EXPLAIN THE HISTORY OF COMMUNISM TO MENTAL PATIENTS
by Matei Visniec
funded by a grant from Etant donnés
Premiere:
The Open Fist Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Subsequent Productions:
French Institute/Alliance Française, New York,
Wing & Grove Theatre, Chicago, IL
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
TALK SHOW FROM HELL
by Jean-Noël Fenwick
funded by a grant from Etant donnés
Premiere:
The Open Fist Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
CABARET VERBOTEN
Songs and Sketches of the Cabaret’s of Weimar Germany
Premiere:
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA
Subsequent Productions:
Classic Stage Company, New York City
City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
Theatre Geo, Los Angeles, CA
Axis Theatre, Baltimore, MD
Stockholm Stadsteatr, Stockholm, Sweden
Ostadsteatr, Norkopping, Sweden
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR
Florida Stages, W. Palm Beach, FL
Huntington Theatre, Boston, MA
New End Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Arts Garage, Delray Beach, FL
MELODY JONES
Co-Author with Dan Gerrity adapted from the novel by David Galloway
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award - Best Production, 1992
Dramalogue Award - Best Playwriting, 1992
Workshop:
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA
Premiere:
Cast Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Subsequent Production:
Theatre/Theater, Los Angeles, CA 1998
THE MYSTERY OF THE ROSE BOUQUET by Manuel Puig
American Adaptation
Premiere:
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1990
Lyrics
BERLIN CABARET SONGS
English Lyrics for the Ute Lemper Decca CD of the same title
EUROPEAN SONGS OF FRANZ WAXMAN
7 Songs from the French & German
Commissioned by John Waxman
In addition to Ute Lemper’s best selling “Berlin Cabaret Songs” Mr. Lawrence’s adaptations
of the songs of Max Colpe, Friedrich Hollaender, Mischa Spoliansky, and Franz Waxman have
been recorded on CDs of the following artists:
Mary Carewe
Tim Fischer
Karen Koehler
Eva Meier
Mark Nadler
Cameron Silver
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
“Bistro Award” Backstage Magazine - Lavendar Song: Queer Berlin Cabaret from Weimar to Hitler
“Best Production Nomination” Carbonell Awards – Cabaret Verboten
“Best Production” Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award – Melody Jones
“Best Playwriting” Dramalogue Award – Melody Jones
Recipient California Arts Council Grant in Playwrighting
Resident Playwright Sundance Playwrights Festival
Related Position
Literary Manager, Mark Taper Forum 1988 - 1990