Alan Litsey
Recent Works
Miss Julie. Birmingham Southern College, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2007. Privilege and post-modern paralysis prevail in this new adaptation of Strindberg¹s classic. Relocated to the contemporary American Deep South it bears witness to fresh desperation. 2F/1M
Production photos at http://bsc-fringefest.blogspot.com/ and review available at Edinburgh Fringe Festival Review at http://www.one4review.com/Theatre_/theatre2007/miss_j_.htm
Production photos at http://bsc-fringefest.blogspot.com/ and review available at Edinburgh Fringe Festival Review at http://www.one4review.com/Theatre_/theatre2007/miss_j_.htm
Aphra Behn: Emperor of the Moon, 2006. Individual Artist Fellowship in Playwriting, Alabama State Council on the Arts. How did 17th century novelist and playwright Aphra Behn survive to see her first play produced by Thomas Betterton? She endures the unimaginable to see that it happens...and shares the tale with us. 5 F/7 M
Visits in the Dark, 2006. How does an emotionally unstable, beginning playwright insinuate herself into the patriarchal culture of a professional theatre? Her brilliant madness shines a light on the darker side of American Theatre.
1 F/1 M
Marian Faustus, Ph.D. Birmingham Southern College, 2001. The overzealous, abrupt, detached Marian Faustus, Ph.D. has a penchant for tenure, money, power, and an occasional nip of sherry. And, if she sells her soul to the devil, she may have all of these creature comforts through twenty years of unlimited wishes - not the least of which is an opportunity to chat with the deceased subject of her dissertation. Is the deal worth it? 4 F/4 M
Recent Commission:
Balancing Act. The Seasoned Performers, 2006
Excerpts of works available at http://alanlitsey.blogspot.com/
Alan Litsey is Professor of Theatre at Birmingham Southern College.
Email: alitsey@bsc.edu; Phone: (205) 226-4788
Visits in the Dark, 2006. How does an emotionally unstable, beginning playwright insinuate herself into the patriarchal culture of a professional theatre? Her brilliant madness shines a light on the darker side of American Theatre.
1 F/1 M
Marian Faustus, Ph.D. Birmingham Southern College, 2001. The overzealous, abrupt, detached Marian Faustus, Ph.D. has a penchant for tenure, money, power, and an occasional nip of sherry. And, if she sells her soul to the devil, she may have all of these creature comforts through twenty years of unlimited wishes - not the least of which is an opportunity to chat with the deceased subject of her dissertation. Is the deal worth it? 4 F/4 M
Recent Commission:
Balancing Act. The Seasoned Performers, 2006
Excerpts of works available at http://alanlitsey.blogspot.com/
Alan Litsey is Professor of Theatre at Birmingham Southern College.
Email: alitsey@bsc.edu; Phone: (205) 226-4788