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    • Molly FitzMaurice

      she/her/hers

      I am a dramaturg, producer, and theater maker.

       

      I'm the Managing Producer of The Tank, a home for emerging artists in Manhattan. I hold an MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism with a certificate in Theater Management from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale (DGSD), where I am now a DFA candidate, writing a dissertation on the conceptual turn in American new plays.

       

      At Yale, I served as co-artistic director of Yale Cabaret's 51st season, producing director of the Dwight/Edgewood Project, and a managing editor of Theater magazine.

       

      I have worked in institutional dramaturgy and literary management at Yale Repertory Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and Huntington Theatre Company, as well as on the artistic teams of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Stage, Salonathon, and First Floor Theater, as a Company Member.

       

      My production dramaturgy credits include Twelfth Night (NYU Skirball, Classical Theatre of Harlem, and Yale Repertory Theatre) and Native Son (Yale Rep); The Girl Is Chained, Passion, and Blood Special (DGSD); Hey Secret Service..., The Apple Tree, The Quonsets, and Mrs. Galveston (Yale Cabaret); A Guide for the Homesick (Huntington Theatre Company); Tollbooth: A Clown Show, Polaroid Stories, and Grimmfest (First Floor Theater). I've also had the delights of directing The Light Fantastic and Camille and creating Dating Game (Yale Cabaret).

       

      I have taught theater at Plaza College and, as a Teaching Associate, at DGSD; I have had the special honor of mentoring young artists through Dwight/Edgewood Project and the Young Playwrights Festival.

       

      I hold a BA from the University of Chicago, where I designed my own course of study on archetypal narrative.

    • Education

      Yale School of Drama

      Master of Fine Arts

      in Dramaturgy & Dramatic Criticism

      Certificate in Theater Management

       

      Awards 

      Stanley Kauffmann Scholarship

      Yale President's Public Service Fellowship

       

      Comprehensive Exams (research specialties)

      Participatory Performance, 1988-Present

      Seneca & His Legacy in the English Renaissance

       

      Teaching Associate

      Survey of Theater and Drama

       

      Additional Training:

      • People's Institute for Survival and Beyond: Undoing Racism/Community Organizing 
      • ArtEquity: Beyond Diversity; Facilitation for Social Change; Leadership for Social Change 
      • Liz Lerman: Critical Response Process

      University of Chicago

      Bachelor of Arts with Honors

      in Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

      & Theater and Performance Studies

       

      Awards 

      Olga and Paul Menn Foundation Prize for playwriting

      University Scholar

       

      Theses

      Two joint theses (scholarly and theatrical) on the "beastly bridegroom" fairy tale archetype, Bruno Bettelheim, and the virginity myth

       

      Study Abroad

      University of Chicago Center in Beijing

      University College London: English Language and Literature (full year)

      New York University Tisch School of the Arts: Irish Drama in Dublin

    • Mentions

      Yale Cabaret

      On the Satellite Festival, Arts Council

       

      On the Dorothy Awards, Arts Council

      The Cabaret was honored by the New Haven Pride Center for championing of queer work.

       

      On the Annual Drag Show, Yale Daily News

       

      On TBD: festival of rough drafts, Yale Daily News

       

      On the Launch of Yale Cabaret 51, New Haven Review

      Dwight/Edgewood Project

      Arts Council 2019

       

      Arts Council 2018

       

      New Haven Independent 2017

       

      Yale Daily News 2017

      Reviews

      TWELFTH NIGHT

      On Twelfth Night, Hartford Courant

       

      On Twelfth Night, Arts Council

       

      On Twelfth Night, OnStage Blog

       

      TBD: FESTIVAL OF ROUGH DRAFTS

      On TBD: festival of rough drafts, New Haven Review

       

      THE LIGHT FANTASTIC

      On The Light Fantastic, New Haven Review

       

      CAMILLE

      On Camille, New Haven Review

       

      THE GIRL IS CHAINED

      On The Girl Is Chained, The Arts Paper

       

      PASSION

      On Passion, New Haven Review

       

      NATIVE SON

      On Native Son, Hartford Courant

       

      On Native Son, The Arts Paper

       

      On Native Son, New Haven Review

       

      On Native Son, New Haven Register

       

      On Native Son, The Journal Inquirer

       

      On Native Son, Yale Daily News

       

      THE APPLE TREE

      On The Apple Tree, Arts Council

       

      On The Apple Tree, New Haven Review

       

      THE QUONSETS

      On The Quonsets, New Haven Review

       

      MRS. GALVESTON

      On Mrs. Galveston, New Haven Review

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