|
Biography
Juanita Rockwell is a playwright, librettist, lyricist, songwriter, and director with over 100 projects in theatre, opera, radio, multimedia, puppetry, music theater, dance theater and site-specific performance presented on four continents. Produced writing includes: The World is Round (opera libretto, composer James Sellars, available from Hog River Music); Between Trains (play with songs, composer Chas Marsh, Mobtown Studios Recording); Playing Dead (trans. from Bros. Presnyakov, published by the Center for International Theatre Development); and The Circle (audio play at banishedproductions.bandcamp.com). For six years she was artistic director of Hartford's Company One Theater, directing premieres of work by America's leading experimental playwrights; and was founding director of Towson University's M.F.A. in Theatre, a rigorous laboratory environment training the total theatremaker. Awards and grants include: the 2016-2017 Marion Fellowship in the Visual and Performing Arts, a 2015 Rubys Artist Project Grant, a Fulbright in Costa Rica, and funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and National Public Radio. Writing residencies include: Ucross (WY), Studios at Key West (FL), Playa (OR) and a Scientific Delirium Madness residency at Djerassi (CA).
Productions
Click company name to view productions details.
|
Artist Information
All information is derived from OPERA America's Season Schedule of Performances and titles databases which date back to 1991. OPERA America is constantly updating this data. If you feel that a work or an artist has been omitted or that information is incorrect, please use the linked forms below. Title Information Form Artist Information Form
|