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Playwright
Barry Kornhauser
Play(s) in the PYA Catalog
Bio
Barry Kornhauser is the Playwright-In-Residence and TYA Director of the National Historic Landmark Fulton Theate in Lancaster, PA. Play honors include the Helen Hayes Outstanding Play Award, AATE Distinguished Play Award, Bonderman Playwriting Prize, an ASSITEJ "Best Plays of the Decade" commendation, and fellowships/grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts. And Reeling at CTC won the Twin Cities' 2006 Ivey Award for Playwriting. Barry's plays have been performed around the world and at other such Tony-Award winning stages as The Shakespeare Theatre. His work as a playwright and/or director has taken him to the San Diego Theatre of the World Festival, the Provincetown Playhouse New Play Festival, the Smithsonian, and the Kennedy Center's "New Visions/New Voices" and "One Theatre World" Events. The Fulton's nationally renowned Youtheatre project for at-risk and disabled teens, founded by Barry, was recently honored at a White House ceremony with the 2008 "Coming Up Taller" Award of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, recognizing the program as one of the top arts-education initiatives in the country. Barry was the first recipient of Pennsylvania’s Educational Theatre award for "outstanding service by an individual for the advancement of theatre education in the Commonwealth." He also created an HIV/AIDS project that won the state's "Best Practices" Honor, and has taught theatre arts from the pre-school to the university level. And in 2008 he became the United States nominee for the ASSITEJ International Award for Artistic Excellence. Barry has served as a dramaturg for the Denver Theatre Center and as a panelist for three state arts councils, the Heinz Endowments, and NEA. He sits on the board of TYA/USA, is the AATE Pennsylvania state representative, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of F&M, Barry shares an enthusiasm for the college with his wife Carol, who works there. Kids Max, Sam, and Ariel all attend or attended F&M, and complete his real-life's cast of "characters."
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