Discipline: Theatre – playwriting

Anthony Weigh

Discipline: Theatre – playwriting
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2016

Anthony Weigh is a graduate of the Masters in Playwriting programme at The University of Birmingham in the UK. His original works and adaptations include: 2,000 FEET AWAY (Belvoir Theatre, Sydney, Bush Theatre, London, Steep Theatre, Chicago), LIKE A FISHBONE, (Griffin Theatre, Sydney, Sydney Theatre Company, Bush Theatre, London, Various other productions internationally), THE FLOODED GRAVE (Bush Theatre, London, Latitude Festival, UK), THE MIDDLE MAN (Bush Theatre, London as part of the 66 Books Project, which brought together 66 leading playwrights and poets to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the King James Bible), YERMA after Lorca, (Gate Theatre, London), THE SILENCE OF THE SEA and WELCOME HOME, CAPTAIN FOX! (both for Donmar Warehouse, London), and EDWARD II (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne). Anthony has held the position of playwright-in-residence at the National Theatre in London, associate playwright at The Bush Theatre, and most recently associate artist at Donmar Warehouse in London. He is a resident fellow of the Yaddo and MacDowell and has taught on the graduate playwriting programme at Columbia University. He is published by Faber and Faber.

Studios

Calderwood

Anthony Weigh worked in the Calderwood studio.

In the winter of 1998, motivated by his passion for reading, Stanford Calderwood donated funds for a new writers’ studio. Burr-McCallum Architects of Williamstown, MA, provided the award-winning design in 1999; and the construction of the handsome studio was completed in time for its first artist to arrive early in 2000. With a series of double-hung casement…

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