Marisha Chamberlin

Marisha Anne Chamberlain (born January 6, 1952) is an American writer. Her most recent work, the libretto for Mortals & Angels, a collaboration with American composer Carol Barnett, premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2016, a companion piece to their widely produced collaborative piece, The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass. Her stage plays, both original works and adaptations are widely produced. Her debut novel, The Rose Variations, was published by Soho Press in 2009.[1] Her play, Scheherazade, won the Dramatists Guild/CBS National Award,[2] and in her screenplay version, played on public television across the country, and was screened at the British Film Institute Festival in the category of Best of American Public Television.[3]

Bibliography

Libretti

  • Mortals & Angels: A Bluegrass Te Deum with composer Carol Barnett, forthcoming from Boosey & Hawkes, 2016.
  • The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass, published by Boosey & Hawkes, 2008.
  • The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass CD, released on the Clarion Label, 2008

Plays

  • Hope for Breakfast (original full-length play), Playscripts Inc.
  • The Canterville Ghost (stage adaptation), Playscripts Inc., 2004
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (stage adaptation), Playscripts Inc., 2004
  • Young Jane Eyre (stage adaptation), Playscripts Inc., 2004
  • Evergreen (original full-length play), Playscripts Inc., 2004
  • Little Women (stage adaptation), Playscripts Inc., 2003
  • Scheherazade (original full-length play), Dramatists Play Service, 1985
  • Scheherazade (play, German translation) Litag Theaterverlag, Bremen, Germany, 1991

Fiction and poetry

  • The Rose Variations (novel), Soho Press, 2009, ISBN 1569475385
  • Powers (poetry, Minnesota voices project), 1981, ISBN 0898230500

References

  1. ↑ "Strings Attached". The New York Times. February 22, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Marisha Chamberlain". Playscripts, Inc. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Biography". Marisha Chamberlain.
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