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Don Nigro
Born
Malvern, Ohio
OccupationPlaywright
NationalityAmerican

Don Nigro is an American playwright; his plays Anima Mundi and The Dark Sonnets of the Lady have both been nominated for the National Repertory Theatre Foundation's National Play Award. Malvern is a village in Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1218 at the 2000 census. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty [1]

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Personal Life

Don Nigro was born in Malvern, Ohio and currently lives in nearby Canton, Ohio. Malvern is a village in Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1218 at the 2000 census. Canton is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Stark County. [2]

He received a B.A. in English from Ohio State University and an M.F.A. in dramatic arts from Iowa State University. The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. In the United States, a Master of Fine Arts ( MFA) is a Graduate degree typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the Bachelor's degree Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. The Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University (ISU is a public land-grant and space-grant university

Career

Nigro has written more than than 200 plays,[3] 28 of which have played off Broadway. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. [4] One of these, The Manor, was adapted into the film Ravenscroft. His plays also include The Transylvanian Clockworks, Seascape With Sharks and Dancer, and My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon (about Evelyn Nesbit and Stanford White) andGenesis. (Florence Evelyn Nesbit ( December 25, 1884 &ndash January 17, 1967) was an American artists' model and chorus girl Stanford White ( November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American Architect and partner in the architectural firm of Of Genesis, Hawaii reviewer Ron Youngblood wrote, . . . an Eve who is not only the first mother, but also the first philosopher-poet. The piece goes by in a flash that leaves the audience with a bittersweet love for the resolute Eve, a lonely God and a world that is both wonder and horror.

He is perhaps best know for his cult work The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It,[5] sometimes subtitled The record of one company's attempt to perform the play by William Shakespeare. [6]

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References

  1. ^ About the Playwright
  2. ^ Play Award Finalists
  3. ^ In Arts & Entertainment "Curate Shakespeare As You Like It" wears flaws well
  4. ^ Playwright discusses his influences, experiences, work
  5. ^ The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It
  6. ^ Synopsis - The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It

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