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NEWS - LAURA ANNAWYN SHAMAS, Ph.D.

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October 2010. Up 2 D8 by Laura Shamas, October 28 - 31, 2010, produced at the University of South Carolina (Lab Theatre), directed by Park Bucker. For more info: click here.

September 2010. Workshop with Laura - "Introduction to Myth Adaptation: For Fiction, Poetry, Theatre, and Film." Saturday, September 25, 2010, 1 - 4 p.m. Writer's Center, Bethesda, MD. For more info:
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August 2010.
Up 2 D8 by Laura Shamas. August 16 - 26, 2010. Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Scotland. UK Premiere. Produced by Thorablot Productions (London)...Picnic At Hanging Rock by Laura Shamas, produced in Australia, by the Bunbury Musical Comedy Group at the New Lyric Theater, August 13 - 22, 2010...Laura was selected for the Disney-ABC Native American IMPACT Workshop, held in Los Angeles, August 24 - 27, 2010.

June 2010. Re-Sourcing by Laura Shamas. June 3 - 13, 2010. Directed by Pam Clifton. Main Street Players, Avenue Theatre, 417 E. 17th Avenue, Denver, CO 80203...June 9 - 10, 2010, Laura was an invited playwright at "ColorFest 2010: Living Dangerously, Transforming Lives," held at San Diego State University, sponsored by Bear Arts Foundation.

May 2010. Saucer City by Laura Shamas, American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood, May 10, 2010, 8:00 p.m. Directed by Jules Aaron. Re-Sourcing by Laura Shamas, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, May 13, 2010, 8:00 p.m. Directed by Scott Reiniger...Portrait of a Nude by Laura Shamas. May 14 - 30, 2010. Directed by Kathryn Gage. Riverside Community Players, Riverside, California..."A Goddess Workshop for Playwrights," lead by Laura Shamas, at the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Project, Saturday, May 22, 2010, 1-4 p.m....May 23, 2010, 7:30 p.m. A reading of Trapper Joan by Laura Shamas, at Women In Theater, Los Angeles...Paula Cizmar's profile of Laura Shamas was published on NYTheatre.com...Pistachio Stories by Laura Shamas (full-length) was published in a new anthology - Living and Writing on America's Left Coast: Contemporary Women's Plays (Murasaki Books, available on Amazon.com).

April 2010.
Amelia Lives by Laura Shamas. April 8 - 24, 2010. Theatre 5, Balden St. Theater, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

March 2010.
Trapper Joan by Laura Shamas, March 24, 2010. Roundtable reading, Lark Play Development Center, NYC.

February 2010
. Laura was on a panel at Theater J, Sunday, February 14, 2010, at Theater J in Washington, D.C....Picnic At Hanging Rock (adapted by Laura Shamas), produced February 25 - 28, 2010. Pre-show discussion with Laura on Feb. 25. Directed by Shirley Serotsky. Hartke Theatre, Catholic University, Washington, D.C.

January 2010.
"The Holiness in Health" by Laura Shamas was published in Mythopoetry.com's annual e-zine...Laura joined the creative team of Red Rose Girls.