LISA KRON

Lisa Kron (2.5 Minute Ride) began her solo career in 1984 at the landmark WOW Cafe Theatre Collective in New York's East Village. She has since performed in a multitude of spaces large and small - from Dixon Place to the World Financial Center. Her solo piece, 101 Humiliating Stories (nominated for a 1994-95 Drama Desk Award) was originally presented at Performance Space 122, then by Serious Fun! at Lincoln Center, and then by the New York Theatre Workshop. The piece also toured extensively to spaces such as the A.R.T, Josie's Cabaret in San Francisco, Highways in Los Angeles, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Tale Repertory Theatre, and the Portland Art Museum. In addition to her solo work, Ms. Kron is a founding member of the Obie an Bessie Award-winning theatre company The Five Lesbian Brothers, whose play The Secretaries was produced in the fall by the New York Theatre Workshop. The Brothers have recently completed a book of lesbian humor for Simon and Schuster, and an original script for the Joseph Papp Public Theater. Their play Brides of the Moon premiered in New York City at the New York Theatre Workshop in November. Ms. Kron is the recipient of a 1994 NYFA fellowship grant in playwriting, the Robert Chesley Foundation 1994 Gay and Lesbian Playwriting Award and the 1997 CalArts/Alpert Award in the theatre.

Read an A.R.T. News interview with Lisa Kron on 2.5 Minute Ride.

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