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Barbara Blatner Directs Two of Her Own Plays

By On November 5, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Barbara Blatner, lecturer in English at Yeshiva College, directed two of her plays this past summer: Light at the Philipstown Depot Theatre’s Glass Ceiling Breaker festival and Advances in Communication at the Secret Theatre One-Act Play Festival in Long Island City.

“I had directed several readings years ago but had never […]

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Blatner Attends a Residency and Has Her Work Recognized

By On November 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Barbara Blatner, lecturer in English at Yeshiva College, had the opportunity to attend a writer’s residency in July 2018 at the Tyrone Guthrie Center in Monaghan, Ireland, a residential workplace for artists of all disciplines.

Her play, Clearing, was recently named a Finalist in the Mazumdar Contest with the Alleyway Theatre […]

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Blatner Studies Playwriting in Italy

By On July 31, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Barbara Blatner, lecturer in English at Yeshiva College, will attend the La Mama International Playwrights Retreat in Umbria, Italy, led by playwright Erik Ehn, from August 18 to 28.

Blatner will be presenting a play-in-process, “Marilyn Monroe in the Desert, a Dream in Three Parts.”

The La Mama International Playwrights Retreat is […]

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