Liz Duffy Adams

Adams is an American playwright originally from Ipswich, Massachusetts, who holds dual Irish and American citizenship.{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/stageandarts/170202826.html?refer=y|title=Small pirates with big ideas|website=Star Tribune|access-date=April 24, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120073849/http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/stageandarts/170202826.html?refer=y|archive-date=20 January 2015}} She has a BFA from NYU's Experimental Theater Wing, and an MFA in Playwriting from Yale School of Drama.{{cite web|url=http://www.playscripts.com/author.php3?authorid=283|title=Liz Duffy Adams - Playscripts, Inc.|access-date=April 24, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507121026/http://www.playscripts.com/author.php3?authorid=283|archive-date=May 7, 2013}}

She was the 2012–13 Briggs-Copeland Visiting Lecturer in Playwriting at Harvard University.{{cite web|url=http://english.fas.harvard.edu/programs/undergraduate/creative-writing/creative-writing-faculty|title=Creative Writing|access-date=April 24, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304201726/http://english.fas.harvard.edu/programs/undergraduate/creative-writing/creative-writing-faculty|archive-date=March 4, 2013}} She is an alumna of New Dramatists (2001-2008).{{cite web|url=http://newdramatists.org/liz-duffy-adams|title=Liz Duffy Adams|access-date=April 24, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213090355/http://newdramatists.org/liz-duffy-adams|archive-date=December 13, 2013}}

Charles Isherwood wrote in his New York Times review of her historical play Or, "Ms. Adams fares remarkably well. Her language has a natural period flavor and a formidable wit; her characters possess the spark of fully animated spirits; and she weaves into her story both biographical detail and cultural context with grace."{{cite news |last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles |title=All They Need Is Love (and Freedom and Theater) (Published 2009) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/theater/reviews/09or.html |access-date=November 22, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=November 9, 2009}}

In the Houston Chronicle, Robert Donahoo wrote of Born with Teeth that it "can’t decide if it is about literature, history, political intrigue, religious persecution, or the wide varieties of love, and that’s a good — no, make that glorious — thing. The play grabs them all and squeezes them into a trim, tight, electric production…. [a] jewel of a script."{{cite web | author=Robert Donahoo | title=Marlowe, Shakespeare trade barbs in Alley's 'Born with Teeth' | website=Houston Chronicle | date=2022-05-25 | url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/moco/events/article/Robert-Donahoo-Marlowe-Shakespeare-trade-barbs-17198796.php | access-date=2022-09-29}}

The DC Theatre Scene review of her Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World, by Debbie Minter Jackson, says, "Adams has a way of transforming ominous situations into thought provoking entertaining experiences, and she handles the premise of the Salem witch trials with care that ends up being thoughtful, mysterious, and if I dare say – startlingly funny."{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Debbie Minter |title=A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World |url=https://dctheatrescene.com/2013/07/09/a-discourse-on-the-wonders-of-the-invisible-world/ |access-date=November 22, 2020 |work=dctheatrescene.com |date=July 9, 2013}}

Robert Hurwitt wrote in his SF Gate review of her Dog Act, "It's a bright dystopian blend of pop and high culture –– Brecht's Mother Courage as a vaudeville troupe leader wandering a Waiting for Godot world as transmuted through generations of Mad Max–Road Warrior movies with some lingering influences from Peter Pan –– peppered with astonishing and exhilarating eruptions of storytelling and wondrous plays within the play."{{cite news |last1=Hurwitt |first1=Robert |title=It's man eat dog-man in a wild world |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/It-s-man-eat-dog-man-in-a-wild-world-2722685.php |access-date=November 22, 2020|work=SFGATE.com|date= September 25, 2004}}

• Born with Teeth premiered at the Alley Theater in Houston,{{cite web | title=BORN WITH TEETH | website=Alley Theatre Official Website | date=2022-06-25 | url=http://www.alleytheatre.org/plays/production-detail/born-with-teeth | access-date=2022-09-29}} directed by Rob Melrose, in spring 2022
• The Broken Machine was scheduled to premiere at the Magic Theatre,{{cite web | title=Season | website=Magic Theatre // San Francisco's Home for Bold New Plays | date=2022-09-27 | url=http://magictheatre.org/season/season | access-date=2022-09-29}} San Francisco, in spring 2021, but was cancelled because of Covid.
• The Salonnières premiered at Greater Boston Stage Company, 2018[https://web.archive.org/web/20180811170048/http://www.greaterbostonstage.org/thesalonnieres.html Greater Boston Stage Company]
• Or, premiere Women's Project NYC, 2009, starring Maggie Siff; West Coast premiere at Magic Theater,{{Cite web|url=http://magictheatre.org/about/past-productions/or |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222021410/http://magictheatre.org/about/past-productions/or |archive-date=2014-02-22 |title=Or, « Magic Theatre|date=February 22, 2014}} San Francisco, directed by Loretta Greco.
• A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World premiered at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival, 2012, directed by Kent Nicholson.
• Dog Act, premiere Shotgun Players Berkeley, 2004
• One Big Lie (Musical), premiere, Crowded Fire, San Francisco, 2005.
• *Wet, or, Isabella The Pirate Queen Enters The Horse Latitudes, premiere Moxie Theatre,{{Cite web|url=http://www.artsdig.com/news/news_moxie_061127.html|title=San Diego Playbill - Theatre News|website=artsdig.com|access-date=March 31, 2024}} San Diego, 2006.
• The Listener, premiere Crowded Fire San Francisco, 2008.
• The Listener of Junk City (Musical) premiere Weston Playhouse,{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116760-Listener-of-Junk-City-Named-Westons-New-Musical-Award-Winner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222215600/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116760-Listener-of-Junk-City-Named-Westons-New-Musical-Award-Winner |archive-date=2014-02-22 |title=Listener of Junk City Named Weston's New Musical Award Winner - Playbill.com|date=February 22, 2014}} Weston, Vermont, 2008.
• Buccaneers (with music by Ellen Maddow), premiere Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis, 2012.
• The Reckless Ruthless Brutal Charge of It or, the Train Play, premiere{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/67101-Clubbed-Thumbs-Train-Play-About-Strange-Fellow-Travelers-on-Track-for-Jan-11-in-NYC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224150122/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/67101-Clubbed-Thumbs-Train-Play-About-Strange-Fellow-Travelers-on-Track-for-Jan-11-in-NYC |archive-date=2014-02-24 |title=Clubbed Thumb's Train Play, About Strange Fellow Travelers, on Track for Jan. 11 in NYC - Playbill.com|date=February 24, 2014}} Clubbed Thumb NYC, 2002; Crowded Fire,{{cite web | title=The Reckless Ruthless Brutal Charge of It | website=Rob Melrose | url=http://robmelrose.com/the-reckless-ruthless-brutal-charge-of-it.html | access-date=2022-09-29}} San Francisco 2002.
• A Fabulous Beast, premiere One Dream Theater NYC, 1994, starring Edie Falco.

Awards include a 2021 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. 2012 Women of Achievement award from the Women's Project Theater,{{cite web|url=http://www.womensproject.org/awards.htm|title=Women's Project Home Page|access-date=24 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021004225/http://www.womensproject.org/awards.htm|archive-date=21 October 2013}} a 2010 Lily Award for Playwrighting,{{cite web|url=http://www.thelillyawards.org/awards/2010-awards/|title=The Lilly Awards|access-date=24 April 2017|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415231121/http://www.thelillyawards.org/awards/2010-awards/|archive-date=15 April 2013}} a 2008 Weston Playhouse Music-Theatre award,{{cite web |url=https://www.westonplayhouse.org/new-works/nma |title=New Musical Award {{!}} New Works {{!}} Weston Playhouse |website=westonplayhouse.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427144116/https://www.westonplayhouse.org/new-works/nma |archive-date=2020-04-27}} a 2006 NYFA award, a 2017 Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council,{{Cite news|url=https://massculturalcouncil.org/gallery/20171586/|title = Check out Liz Duffy Adams's work on @masscultural's gallery!|newspaper = Mass Cultural Council}} and the Will Glickman award for Best New Play in 2004 (for Dog Act).{{cite web|url=https://www.theatrebayarea.org/page/GlickmanAward|title=WILL GLICKMAN AWARD|website=theatrebayarea.org|access-date=March 31, 2024}} She has held residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Millay Colony for the arts, and the Djerassi Resident Artists program. She was profiled in American Theatre Magazine in December 2004.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

• Or, Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 2011{{Cite web|url=https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/multiple.asp?indexm=25&start=1&keysearch=OR,&options=all&limitResult=all&limitResult1=allgenres&total=all&male=all&female=all|title=Dramatists Play Service, Inc.|website=dramatists.com|access-date=March 31, 2024}}
• Or, in New Playwrights: The Best Plays 2010, Smith and Kraus{{cite book|title=New Playwrights: The Best Plays 2010|id={{ASIN|1575257750|country=ae}} }}
• Dog Act in Geek Theater anthology, Underwords Press, 2014{{cite book | isbn=978-0985893460 | title=Geek Theater | last1=Gunnels | first1=Jen | last2=Underwood | first2=Erin | year=2014 | publisher=Underwords }}
• Dog Act, Playscripts, Inc., 2004{{Cite web|url=https://www.playscripts.com/play/1389|title=Dog Act by Liz Duffy Adams|website=playscripts.com|access-date=March 31, 2024}}
• New Playwrights: The Best Plays 2010, Smith and Kraus, 2011.
• 2006: The Best Ten-Minute Plays for 3 or More Actors, Smith and Kraus, 2007
• The Reckless Ruthless Brutal Charge of It, or, The Train Play, Playscripts, Inc. 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://www.playscripts.com/play/403|title=The Reckless Ruthless Brutal Charge of It, or, The Train Play by Liz Duffy Adams|website=playscripts.com|access-date=March 31, 2024}}
• Poodle with Guitar and Dark Glasses in Best American Short Plays 2000-2001, Applause Books, 2001.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHWgdAsQCg8C|title=The Best American Short Plays 2000-2001|first1=Glenn|last1=Young|first2=Mark|last2=Glubke|date=September 29, 2002|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781557834805 |via=Google Books}}
• Poodle with Guitar and Dark Glasses, Playscripts, Inc. 2001{{Cite web|url=https://www.playscripts.com/play/408|title=Poodle With Guitar and Dark Glasses by Liz Duffy Adams|website=playscripts.com|access-date=March 31, 2024}}
• The Last Woman on Earth, Playscripts, Inc.{{Cite web|url=https://www.playscripts.com/play/402|title=The Last Woman on Earth by Liz Duffy Adams | Playscripts Inc.|website=playscripts.com}}
• Aphra Does Antwerp, Playscripts, Inc.{{Cite web|url=https://www.playscripts.com/play/401|title=Aphra Does Antwerp by Liz Duffy Adams | Playscripts Inc.|website=playscripts.com|access-date=March 31, 2024}}
• Neon Mirage, Playscripts, Inc.{{Cite web|url=https://www.playscripts.com/play/1139|title=Neon Mirage by Liz Duffy Adams | Playscripts Inc.|website=playscripts.com|access-date=March 31, 2024}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://lizduffyadams.com/ Official website]
• [https://newplayexchange.org/users/150/liz-duffy-adams Profile], newplayexchange.org. Accessed March 31, 2024.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130305214745/http://womenarts.org/network/profile_169.html Profile], Womenarts.org via archive.org. Accessed March 31, 2024.
• [http://aszym.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-interview-playwrights-part-78-liz.html Interview with Adam Szymkowicz], aszym.blogspot.com. October 2009.
• [http://www.theaterdogs.net/category/liz-duffy-adams/ Or proposal], theaterdogs.net. Accessed March 31, 2024.
• [http://thenewplaytimes.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/interview-liz-duffy-adams/ Interview, April 17, 2012], thenewplaytimes.wordpress.com. Accessed March 31, 2024.
• [http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=4203 Seattle Rep interview on Or], Dramatists.com. Accessed March 31, 2024.
• [http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Best-of-Bay-Area-theater-in-2010-2452264.php#page-2 San Francisco Chronicle Top 10 List 2010], sfgate.com. Accessed March 31, 2024.
• Charles Isherwood, [http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/theater/reviews/09or.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1361991989-8IwuzfwkroYEgBhPteCNlw&gwh=E8B638BD9ACCBD658348F72E380D6456 All They Need Is Love (review of Or)], The New York Times, November 9. 2009.

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