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Karolyn Nelke | |
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| Nationality | USA |
| Alma mater | American University |
| Occupation(s) | Author, playwright |
Karolyn A. Nelke (born 30 August 1948) was an American stage actor, playwright and author. She is best known for her 1982 play The Keeper: A Play About Lord Byron.
Education
Nelke was born in the Bronx, New York and grew up in Wappingers Falls where she attended Roy C. Ketcham High School. After high school, Nelke studied performing arts at the American University in Washington, D.C., where she graduated in 1970.[1] She later received her Masters degree in English from State University College at New Paltz in 1973.[2]
Career
After college, Nelke was a member of the Folger Theatre Group, now the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.. She appeared in several with the Folger Group, including Natural and Unnatural Acts where she played the role of Lady Caroline Lamb, best known for her affair with Lord Byron, and inspiration for Nelke's most notable play.
In 1976, Nelke was the first playwright to be awarded the Lucy Martin Donnelly Fellowship Award from Bryn Mawr College[2] for her play The Keeper: A Play About Lord Byron which was produced by the Philadelphia Theatre Company in their 1976-1977 season.[3] In 1982, The Keeper made it's professional debut and starred Dwight Schultz as Byron and Valerie Mahaffey. It was directed by Steven Schachter. The play was featured in The Burns Mantle Theater Yearbook: "The Best Plays of 1982-1983".[4]
Nelke's second play, Casualties, a post World War I love story, made it's debut at the Old Vat Room in Washington D.C. during Arena Stage's 1978-1979 season.[5] It was directed by Norman René, later opening in New York and Chicago as well.
In 1985, Nelke was commissioned by the Philadelphia Drama Guild to adapt Theodore Dreiser novel, Sister Carrie for the stage. It was to premiere in 1989 as the closing production, though it would later be scratched from production due to time concerns of a full-scale production.[6][7]
Personal life
Nelke also has had recipes featured in Richard Sax's Classic Home Deserts:A Treasury of Heirloom and Contemporary Recipes.[8] Her paternal great-uncles, Alexander Nelke was a notable maritime painter, and Boris Nelke was the captain of the Estonian ship Eestirand who saved thousands of Estonian conscripts from almost certain death at the Battle of Leningrad.
References
- ^ American Univeristy Talon (1970). American University. 1970. p. 282. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ a b "New Paltz Graduate Wins Playwrighting Award". newspaperarchive.com: Kingston Daily Freeman. 30 December 1976. p. 6. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Production History". Philadelphia Theatre Company. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ Guernsey, Otis Jr. (1983). The Best Plays of 1982-1983. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. p. 98. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "1978 – 1979 Season". Arena Stage. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ Nelson, Nels (31 July 1989). "6 Plays In Search Of A Theater Broadway's Getting So Busy That A Good Venue Is Hard To Find". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ Nelson, Nels (3 April 1989). "'Temptation' Move Creates Snit At Wilma". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ Sax, Richard (1994). Classic Home Desserts: A Treasury of Heirloom and Contemporary Recipes. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 325, 339. ISBN 9780547504803.