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==Biography==
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Andrea Thome is a [[Chile]]an and [[Costa Rica]]n playwright born in [[Madison, Wisconsin]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Andrea Thome|url=http://newdramatists.org/andrea-thome|website=New Dramatists|accessdate=2016-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Adam Szymkowicz: I Interview Playwrights Part 583: Andrea Thome|url=http://aszym.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-interview-playwrights-part-583-andrea.html|website=Adam Szymkowicz|date=2013-05-21|access-date=2016-01-16|first=Adam|last=Szymkowicz}}</ref> Her mom is from Chile and her dad is from Costa Rica and the United States.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|title=Andrea Thome - Playwright for "Pinkolandia"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Qv5GfxR38|date=2014-03-10|accessdate=2016-01-16}}</ref> She considers herself [[Pan-American]] and believes that this permeates into her writing.<ref name=":1" /> Thome also found inspiration from the works of fellow Chilean writer [[Gabriela Mistral]], the first Nobel Prize winner from Chile. Thome obtained her Bachelor’s from [[Harvard University]] in Literature and Drama & History in the Americas. She went on to the NYU Tisch School of the Arts to earn her Masters in Dramatic Writing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andrea Thome {{!}} LinkedIn|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-thome-059905a|website=www.linkedin.com|accessdate=2016-01-16}}</ref>


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==Career==
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== '''Biography''' ==
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Thome is known in the [[United States]] and [[Latin America]] for her plays and translations. Thome spent 5 years at Red River Theater in [[San Francisco]], where she co-created 22 pieces.<ref name=":0" /> She has translated works by Richard Viqueira (H), and Ximena Escalante (Real Andromeda).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=» co-directors fulana|url=http://fulana.org/category/co-directors/|website=fulana.org|accessdate=2016-01-16}}</ref>
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Andrea Thome is a Chilean and Costa Rican playwright born in Madison, Wisconsin <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Andrea Thome|url = http://newdramatists.org/andrea-thome|website = New Dramatists|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Adam Szymkowicz: I Interview Playwrights Part 583: Andrea Thome|url = http://aszym.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-interview-playwrights-part-583-andrea.html|website = Adam Szymkowicz|date = 2013-05-21|access-date = 2016-01-16|first = Adam|last = Szymkowicz}}</ref>. Her mom is from Chile and her dad is from Costa Rica and the United States <ref name=":1">{{Citation|title = Andrea Thome - Playwright for "Pinkolandia"|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Qv5GfxR38|date = 2014-03-10|accessdate = 2016-01-16}}</ref> She considers herself Pan-American and she believes that this permeates into her writing<ref name=":1" />.  Being from ‘all of the Americas’ makes her shift and question her ideas of home and language; ideas that she attempts to explore through her work.  She says that she experienced an emphasis on words in the form of poems written on walls during her time in Chile<ref name=":1" />.  Thome also found inspiration from the works of fellow Chilean writer Gabriela Mistral, the first Nobel Prize winner from Chile. Thome obtained her Bachelor’s from Harvard University in Literature and Drama & History in the Americas. She went on to the NYU Tisch School of the Arts to earn her Masters in Dramatic Writing<ref>{{Cite web|title = Andrea Thome {{!}} LinkedIn|url = https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-thome-059905a|website = www.linkedin.com|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref>.


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Pinkolandia is one of Thome's better known plays. It follows the story of a family that recently arrived to the US escaping the dictatorship in [[Chile]]. The play also discusses how children make sense of the world around them as interpreted in their imaginary "closetlandia."<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pinkolandia|url=http://newdramatists.org/andrea-thome/pinkolandia|website=New Dramatists|accessdate=2016-01-16}}</ref> It touches on themes of leaving home and having to reconcile leaving things behind. Thome discussed in an interview with [[Two River Theater]] how it has touched people of different backgrounds, including those who are not children of immigrants but have been politically involved. Thome began writing Pinkolandia as part of the Hispanic Playwrights and Residence Lab at [[INTAR Theatre]] in [[New York]]. It was chosen for the 2012 Crossing Borders Festival at the Two River Theater and will premiere at the Salvage Vanguard Theater in Austin and 16th Street Theater in Chicago<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />.
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== '''Career''' ==
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Thome is known in the United States and Latin America for her plays and translations.Thome spent 5 years at Red River Theater in San Francisco where she co-created 22 pieces<ref name=":0" />.  She has translated works by Richard Viqueira (H), Ximena Escalante (Real Andromeda), and currently Guillermo Calderón<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title = » co-directors fulana|url = http://fulana.org/category/co-directors/|website = fulana.org|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref>.


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In 2000, Thome founded Fulana alongside three other Latina artists.<ref name=":2" /> Fulana is a media collective project that explores issues relevant to Latinos in the [[United States]] "using parody and satire as a critical tool."<ref>{{Cite web|title=» origins {{!}} mission fulana|url=http://fulana.org/about/|website=fulana.org|accessdate=2016-01-16}}</ref> Pieces produced by the collective include mock commercials, music videos, and action pieces. In 2009, Fulana received the Ford Foundation/Hemispheric Institute Transnational Arts Initiative Grant as well as recognition from NALAC Fund for the Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=» Fulana CV fulana|url=http://fulana.org/cv/|website=fulana.org|accessdate=2016-01-16}}</ref>
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Pinkolandia is one of her better known plays. It follows the story of a family that recently arrived to the US escaping the dictatorship in Chile. The play also discusses how children make sense of the world around them as interpreted in their imaginary “closetlandia.” <ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = Pinkolandia|url = http://newdramatists.org/andrea-thome/pinkolandia|website = New Dramatists|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref> It touches on themes of leaving home and having to reconcile leaving things behind. Thome discussed in an interview with [[Two River Theater]] how it has touched people of different backgrounds including those who are not children of immigrants but have been politically involved. Thome began writing Pinkolandia as part of the Hispanic Playwrights and Residence Lab at [[INTAR Theatre]] in New York. It was chosen for the 2012 Crossing Borders Festival at the Two River Theater and will premiere at the Salvage Vanguard Theater in Austin and 16th Street Theater in Chicago<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />.t  


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Thome has received fellowships from [[New York Film Academy]], [[New York City]], the City of [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[Lark Play Development Center]], [[INTAR Theatre|INTAR]], [[New York University]] and the Women’s Project.<ref name=":2" />
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In 2000, Thome founded [http://www.fulana.org/ Fulana] alongside 3 other Latina artists<ref name=":2" />. Fulana is a media collective project that explores issues relevant to Latinos in the United States “using parody and satire as a critical tool”<ref>{{Cite web|title = » origins {{!}} mission fulana|url = http://fulana.org/about/|website = fulana.org|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref>. Pieces produced by the collective include mock commercials, music videos, and action pieces. In 2009, Fulana received the Ford Foundation/Hemispheric Institute Transnational Arts Initiative Grant as well as recognition from NALAC Fund for the Arts<ref>{{Cite web|title = » Fulana CV fulana|url = http://fulana.org/cv/|website = fulana.org|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref>.


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Andrea is currently serving as program director for the U.S.-Mexico Playwrights Exchange at the [[Lark Play Development Center]]. She received the Lark Play Center fellowship in 2011<ref>{{Cite web|title=Four Playwrights Snag Lark Play Center Fellowships to Grow New Works|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/four-playwrights-snag-lark-play-center-fellowships-to-grow-new-works-178197|website=Playbill|accessdate=2016-01-16}}</ref> to develop her latest work, "The Necklace of a Dove", which is a multidisciplinary musical work.<ref name=":0" /> She still serves as Co-director of Fulana.
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Thome has received fellowships from [[New York Film Academy]], [[New York City]], the City of [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[Lark Play Development Center]], [[INTAR Theatre|INTAR]], [[New York University]] and the Women’s Project<ref name=":2" />.


==Plays==
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Andrea is currently serving as program director for the [http://www.larktheatre.org/what-we-do/our-initiatives/mexico-united-states-translation-exchange/ U.S.-Mexico Playwrights Exchange] at the [[Lark Play Development Center]]. She received the Lark Play Center fellowship in 2011<ref>{{Cite web|title = Four Playwrights Snag Lark Play Center Fellowships to Grow New Works|url = http://www.playbill.com/news/article/four-playwrights-snag-lark-play-center-fellowships-to-grow-new-works-178197|website = Playbill|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref> to develop her latest work “The Necklace of a Dove” a multidisciplinary musical work. <ref name=":0" /> She still serves as Co-director of Fulana.
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* Worm Girl - First presented by the Source Theater in Washington DC in 2004
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* Menomonee Falls to St. Cloud - First presented by the INTAR Theater in New York, NY in May 2008
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* Global Cooling: The Women Chill - First presented by the Women’s Project Theater in New York, NY in 2008
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* Undone - First presented at Queens College in New York, NY in Spring 2012
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* Dream Acts - First presented by the HERE Arts Center Dorothy B Williams Theater New York, NY in 2012
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* Pinkolandia - First presented by the INTAR Theater in New York, NY in May 2013
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* Neva - First presented by the Public Theater in New York, NY in March 2013


== '''Plays''' ==
==References==
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* [http://newdramatists.org/andrea-thome/worm-girl Worm Girl] - First presented by the Source Theater in Washington DC in 2004
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* [http://newdramatists.org/andrea-thome/menomonee-falls-st-cloud Menomonee Falls to St. Cloud] - First presented by the INTAR Theater in New York, NY in May 2008
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* [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsT/thome-andrea.html#98835 Global Cooling]: The Women Chill - First presented by the Women’s Project Theater in New York, NY in 2008
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* [http://newdramatists.org/andrea-thome/undone Undone] - First presented at Queens College in New York, NY in Spring 2012
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* [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsT/thome-andrea.html#138069 Dream Acts] - First presented by the HERE Arts Center Dorothy B Williams Theater New York, NY in 2012
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* [http://newdramatists.org/andrea-thome/pinkolandia Pinkolandia] - First presented by the INTAR Theater in New York, NY in May 2013
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* [http://newdramatists.org/andrea-thome/translation-neva Neva] - First presented by the Public Theater in New York, NY in March 2013
* The Necklace of the Dove - In Progress<ref name=":0" />

== '''References''' ==

Revision as of 17:41, 2 February 2016

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Biography

Andrea Thome is a Chilean and Costa Rican playwright born in Madison, Wisconsin.[1][2] Her mom is from Chile and her dad is from Costa Rica and the United States.[3] She considers herself Pan-American and believes that this permeates into her writing.[3] Thome also found inspiration from the works of fellow Chilean writer Gabriela Mistral, the first Nobel Prize winner from Chile. Thome obtained her Bachelor’s from Harvard University in Literature and Drama & History in the Americas. She went on to the NYU Tisch School of the Arts to earn her Masters in Dramatic Writing.[4]

Career

Thome is known in the United States and Latin America for her plays and translations. Thome spent 5 years at Red River Theater in San Francisco, where she co-created 22 pieces.[1] She has translated works by Richard Viqueira (H), and Ximena Escalante (Real Andromeda).[5]

Pinkolandia is one of Thome's better known plays. It follows the story of a family that recently arrived to the US escaping the dictatorship in Chile. The play also discusses how children make sense of the world around them as interpreted in their imaginary "closetlandia."[3][6] It touches on themes of leaving home and having to reconcile leaving things behind. Thome discussed in an interview with Two River Theater how it has touched people of different backgrounds, including those who are not children of immigrants but have been politically involved. Thome began writing Pinkolandia as part of the Hispanic Playwrights and Residence Lab at INTAR Theatre in New York. It was chosen for the 2012 Crossing Borders Festival at the Two River Theater and will premiere at the Salvage Vanguard Theater in Austin and 16th Street Theater in Chicago[1][3].

In 2000, Thome founded Fulana alongside three other Latina artists.[5] Fulana is a media collective project that explores issues relevant to Latinos in the United States "using parody and satire as a critical tool."[7] Pieces produced by the collective include mock commercials, music videos, and action pieces. In 2009, Fulana received the Ford Foundation/Hemispheric Institute Transnational Arts Initiative Grant as well as recognition from NALAC Fund for the Arts.[8]

Thome has received fellowships from New York Film Academy, New York City, the City of Oakland, Lark Play Development Center, INTAR, New York University and the Women’s Project.[5]

Andrea is currently serving as program director for the U.S.-Mexico Playwrights Exchange at the Lark Play Development Center. She received the Lark Play Center fellowship in 2011[9] to develop her latest work, "The Necklace of a Dove", which is a multidisciplinary musical work.[1] She still serves as Co-director of Fulana.

Plays

  • Worm Girl - First presented by the Source Theater in Washington DC in 2004
  • Menomonee Falls to St. Cloud - First presented by the INTAR Theater in New York, NY in May 2008
  • Global Cooling: The Women Chill - First presented by the Women’s Project Theater in New York, NY in 2008
  • Undone - First presented at Queens College in New York, NY in Spring 2012
  • Dream Acts - First presented by the HERE Arts Center Dorothy B Williams Theater New York, NY in 2012
  • Pinkolandia - First presented by the INTAR Theater in New York, NY in May 2013
  • Neva - First presented by the Public Theater in New York, NY in March 2013

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Andrea Thome". New Dramatists. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  2. ^ Szymkowicz, Adam (2013-05-21). "Adam Szymkowicz: I Interview Playwrights Part 583: Andrea Thome". Adam Szymkowicz. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  3. ^ a b c d Andrea Thome - Playwright for "Pinkolandia", 2014-03-10, retrieved 2016-01-16
  4. ^ "Andrea Thome | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  5. ^ a b c "» co-directors fulana". fulana.org. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  6. ^ "Pinkolandia". New Dramatists. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  7. ^ "» origins | mission fulana". fulana.org. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  8. ^ "» Fulana CV fulana". fulana.org. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  9. ^ "Four Playwrights Snag Lark Play Center Fellowships to Grow New Works". Playbill. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
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