Sibyl Kempson - Episode 05.02 SLC Performance Lab

Sibyl Kempson - Episode 05.02 SLC Performance Lab

From SLC Performance Lab by Sarah Lawrence College Theatre MFA Program

March 1, 2024 · 42 min

About this episode

Sibyl Kempson discusses her work and experiences in theatre after leading a workshop at the Sarah Lawrence College MFA Theatre Program.

ContemporaryPerformance.com and the Sarah Lawrence College MFA Theatre Program produce the SLC Performance Lab. During the year, visiting artists to the MFA Theatre Program's Performance Lab are interviewed after leading a workshop with the students. Performance Lab is one of the program's core components, where graduate students work with guest artists and develop performance experiments. Sibyl Kempson is interviewed and produced by Julia Duffy (SLC'25) Kempson’s plays have been presented in the United States, Germany, and Norway. As a performer she toured internationally from 2000-2011 with Nature Theater of Oklahoma, New York City Players, and Elevator Repair Service. Her own work has received support from the Jerome Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and Dixon Place. She was given four Mondo Cane! commissions from 2002-2011 for The Wytche of Problymm Plantation, Crime or Emergency, Potatoes of August, and The Secret Death of Puppets). She received an MAP Fund grant for her collaboration with Elevator Repair Service (Fondly, Collette Richland) at New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW), a 2018 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater…

People in this episode

Guest: Sibyl Kempson

Topics covered

  • theatre
  • performance
  • playwriting
  • workshops

Keywords

  • MFA Theatre Program
  • performance experiments
  • guest artists

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Wytche of Problymm Plantation, Crime or Emergency, Potatoes of August, The Secret Death of Puppets, Kyckling and Screaming, The Wild Duck, The Securely Conferred, Vouchsafed Keepsakes of Maery S., I Understand Everything Better, a Bessie Award, Restless Eye

Places: the United States, Germany, Norway, Boston

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