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| *''Traces/fades'' (2007) | *''Traces/fades'' (2007) | ||
| *''L'heure blue'' (2007) | *''L'heure blue'' (2007) | ||
| *''La Recherche du Pain Perdu'' (2006) | |||
| *''Mother’s Little Helper'' (2003) | |||
| *''Memoirs of a Cajun-American Princess'' (2003) | |||
| *''The Mama Dramas'' (2002) | |||
| *''Coaticook'' (2002) | |||
| *''Dusk'' (2000) | |||
| *''The Singing: a cyberspace opera'' (book and lyrics) with composer Daniel Levy (1998) | |||
| *''Wants'' solo (1997) | |||
| *''Wants'' for 3 actors (1996) | |||
| *''My Nebraska'' (1996) | |||
| *''Flying Home'' (1996) | |||
| *''Valentine’s Day, 1980'' (1996) | |||
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| ==Awards== | |||
| *1996 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award for ''Wants'' (for 3 actors) | |||
| ==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
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Lenora Champagne is American playwright and performing artist.
Early years
As a child, Champagne wanted to be a doctor. She graduated with a B.A. in English from Louisiana State University, 1972, a M.A. in Drama from New York University, 1975, and a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University, 1980. She moved from Lousiana to New York City in the early 1970s expecting to be a painter, but took up performance art instead.
Career
From 1993-2000, Champagne was a member playwright at New Dramatists. Champagne is a professor and head of Theatre and Performance at Purchase College, SUNY.
Works
Champagne is the author of one book and also a number of essays, plays and performance texts.
- Out from Under: Texts by Women Performance Artists (1993) ISBN-13: 978-1559360098
Plays include:
- Memory's Storehouse (2011)
- Photo Finish (2010)
- Staying Afloat (2008)
- Traces/fades (2007)
- L'heure blue (2007)
- La Recherche du Pain Perdu (2006)
- Mother’s Little Helper (2003)
- Memoirs of a Cajun-American Princess (2003)
- The Mama Dramas (2002)
- Coaticook (2002)
- Dusk (2000)
- The Singing: a cyberspace opera (book and lyrics) with composer Daniel Levy (1998)
- Wants solo (1997)
- Wants for 3 actors (1996)
- My Nebraska (1996)
- Flying Home (1996)
- Valentine’s Day, 1980 (1996)
Awards
- 1996 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award for Wants (for 3 actors)
Personal life
Champagne lives in New York City's West Village with her husband, playwright and director Robert Lyons, and their daughter Amelie.
References
- Rowe, Claudia (13 October 2002). "Performance Art In and Out of the Classroom". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- Dunning, Jennifer (1 June 2005). "CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; A Tradition of Dance That Untraditionally Graced the Shores of Manhattan". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- Anderson, Jack (4 November 1984). "THE STAGE: 'RED LIGHT'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- Leja, Lauren, It's Crazy—Troubles of Modern Life at the ICA, retrieved 19 September 2015
- ^ Lenora Champagne, retrieved 19 September 2015
- Lenora Champagne, retrieved 19 September 2015
- About, retrieved 19 September 2015
- Tallmer, Jerry (5 August 2010), What did Nostradamus know about Soho’s fate?, The Villager, retrieved 19 September 2015
External links
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