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American Literature Association Conference

May 21-24, 2009, Boston, MA

The Wilder Society is calling for paper proposals on adaptations by or of Thornton Wilder as part of a series of panels on adaptation sponsored by ATDS, Susan Glaspell Society, Arthur Miller Society, Eugene O'Neill Society, and Thornton Wilder Society.

In addition to The Matchmaker, his famous adaptation of the Nestroy play, Wilder also wrote adaptations of Andre Obey's Lucrece, George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem (recently completed by Ken Ludwig and available from Samuel French), and Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House (forthcoming in the Adaptations/translations volume by TCG Press). Adaptations of his works include film adaptations of the novels The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Theophilus North and of the plays Our Town and The Matchmaker (both of Wilder's play and the musical stage adaptation of it, Hello, Dolly!); stage adaptations of the novels The Ides of March, Theophilus North (available from Samuel French), and Heaven's My Destination (premiering at The Cleveland Playhouse Spring 2009); opera adaptations of Our Town, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Long Christmas Dinner, and The Alcestiad; and musical adaptations of the aforementioned The Matchmaker/Hello, Dolly!, Our Town (Grover's Corners), and The Skin of Our Teeth (All About Us/Over and Over). We welcome proposals from any approach on any of these works.

We encourage graduate students as well as developing and established scholars to submit proposals.  Submit 500-word proposals by January 15, 2009 to

Lincoln Konkle at wilder@tcnj.edu

or by snail-mail at

The College of New Jersey
P.O. Box 7718
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718

American Drama Conference

This November 7-9 in Brooklyn, NY

For more details, see:

http://www.ibiblio.org/miller/events.html

Wilder in the Twenty-first Century

First International Thornton Wilder Conference

Sponsored by The Thornton Wilder Society and The College of New Jersey

October 2-4, 2008

The College of New Jersey

Ewing, NJ

The conference will take place on the campus of The College of New Jersey, which is approximately 5 miles from Trenton, 10 miles from Princeton, and one hour from both Philadelphia and New York.  Thornton Wilder had a strong connection to New Jersey from his having taught French at the Lawrenceville School from 1921 to 1928, with a break from 1925 to 1927 to earn a Master’s Degree in French literature from Princeton University.  No other state serves as the setting for part or all of a Wilder play, novel, or film as often as New Jersey.

In addition to formal paper presentations, we also plan to hold roundtable discussions (e.g., on teaching and directing Wilder), a reading by distinguished actress Marian Seldes and playwright Edward Albee ; a playwrights’ panel with Edward Albee, Lee Blessing, Tina Howe, and Donald Margulies; and a campus production of The Skin of Our Teeth. 

Scholars, writers, critics, and theatre artists planning on participating include Russell Banks, Christopher Benfey, Christopher Bigsby, Jackson Bryer, Nancy Bunge, Scott Donaldson, Carl Forsman, Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, Irene Lewis, Emily Mann, J. D. McClatchy, George Monteiro, Brenda Murphy, Penelope Niven, Michael Parker, Joseph Roach, Arvid Sponberg, Michael Vanden Heuvel, Christopher Wheatley, and Tappan Wilder.   

For inquiries about the Conference, please contact TWS Executive Director Lincoln Konkle at wilder@tcnj.edu.

Information on cost, accommodations, etc. are available on the conference link on the Society website homepage. 

CALL FOR WILDER CORRESPONDENCE

Professor Jackson R. Bryer of the University of Maryland and Dr. Robin G. Wilder of Chevy Chase, MD, are editing Wilder's correspondence and hope to bring out an edition of this correspondence soon. In order to compile as complete an edition as possible, they are seeking photocopies of any and all letters, post cards, and telegrams from Wilder. The editors will defray all copying and mailing costs and will respect the anonymity of the recipient of any correspondence, if requested. At this point in their work, the editors are less interested in publishing the correspondence than in locating as much Wilder material as possible. No item will be published without the explicit prior permission of its owner. Materials can be sent to Professor Bryer or Dr. Wilder at: Department of English, University of Maryland, 3101 Susquehanna Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.

Yale Fellowships for Wilder Scholars: Applying for the Beinecke Research Grants.
posted 9/24/02
Applicants, who may not be degree candidates, are asked to submit a resume and a brief research proposal (not to exceed 3 pages) to:

   The Director, Beinecke Library,
   PO Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520.

The proposal should emphasize the relationship of the Beinecke collections to the project and state the preferred dates of residence. The applicant should also arrange to have 2 confidential letters of recommendation sent to the Director.

American Alliance for Theatre and Education
posted 9/19/01
The mission of American Alliance for Theatre and Education is to promote standards of excellence in theatre and theatre education.We achieve this mission by disseminating quality practices in theatre and theatre education, connecting artists, educators, researchers and scholars with each other, and by providing opportunities for our membership to learn, exchange, expand and diversify their work, the audience and their perspectives.

To comment or ask questions about our programs please send us an e-mail to aate.info@asu.edu, or call (480)965-6064 during office hours which are as follows (PST): Monday-Tuesday 8:30-4:00, Wednesday-Thursday 7:30-3:00, Friday 11:00-3:00. Or write to us any time at:, AATE, Theatre Department, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 872002, Tempe, AZ 85287-2002. http://www.aate.com.

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Welcome to The Thornton Wilder Society Bulletin Board. Here scholars, teachers and Wilder fans will be able to request materials about Wilder and his works, be able to respond to others who seek such materials, and can inform others about new Wilder research, projects, and teaching. The Bulletin Board is international in scope, providing a forum for scholars throughout the world to exchange ideas, to contact others with like interests, and develop a network of Wilder knowledge. Early contributors have been able to find teaching editions of Wilder's work in Spanish and to locate scholars writing about Wilder in Russia. We trust that, building on this auspicious start, the Bulletin Board will become a forum for a lively, informative exchange of ideas about Wilder and Wilder scholarship.