Meet Mr. Todd London, a treasure in our American theatre. He’s a writer, scholar, and currently the Executive Director of the University of Washington.
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Todd London is the University of Washington’s School of Drama’s Executive Director. Mr. London holds the newly established Floyd U. Jones Family Endowed Chair in Drama. He comes to Seattle from 18 seasons as Artistic Director of New York’s New Dramatists, the nation’s oldest center for the support and development of playwrights, where he has worked closely with more than a hundred and fifty of America’s leading playwrights and advocated nationally and internationally for hundreds more. Last year saw the publication of his two newest books, An Ideal Theater: Founding Visions for a New American Art (Theatre Communications Group), and a collection of Todd’s theatre essays, The Importance of Staying Earnest: Writings from Inside the American Theatre, 1988-2013 (NoPassport Press). He is also the author (with Ben Pesner) of Outrageous Fortune: The Life and Times of the New American Play (Theatre Development Fund), The Artistic Home (TCG), and The World’s Room, a novel (Steerforth Press), among others. “A Lover’s Guide to American Playwrights,” his column of tributes to contemporary playwrights, appears on howlround.com.
Learn more about University of Washington’s Drama program and Mr. London here.
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