Carolyn Nur Wistrand
Carolyn Nur Wistrand
EDUCATION
BA, University Of Michigan, Michigan (History/Theatre)
MA, Texas Southern University, Texas (African American Theatre)
MFA, Goddard College, Vermont (Creative Writing: Playwriting)
COURSES TAUGHT & DESIGNED
AFA/THE 239 Drama of the Harlem Renaissance
AFA/THE/CPL 207 Modern African Drama and Poetry
AFA/THE 208 Multicultural Drama
AFA/THE 242 Contemporary Black Theatre in America
AFA/THE 310 African Performance Traditions and Aesthetics
AFA/THE 311 African World Performance Studio
AFA/THE 312 The Black Arts Movement
ORIGINAL WORKS FOR THE STAGE BY CAROLYN NUR WISTRAND
NATIONAL PLAYWRITING AWARDS, READINGS & PRODUCTIONS
2011 RISING (NINETEEN SCENES)
Winner of Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Playwriting Contest
Castillo Theatre, New York City
(Staged Reading)
Great Plains National Theatre Conference, Omaha, Nebraska
(PLAYLABS Staged Reading)
2010 Negro Ensemble Company, New York City
(Staged Reading)
2010 MAGDALENA’S CROSSING (FIFTEEN SCENES)
(Showcase Production)
Negro Ensemble Company, New York City
Midtown International Theatre Festival
2010 THE GAMBLER’S EARRINGS (TWO ACTS)
(One of 6 National Women Finalists)
Echo Theatre’s National Women’s Playwriting Competition
Staged Reading: Echo Theatre, Dallas
2009 Finalist: The Pen Is A Mighty Sword, International Playwriting
Competition, Los Angeles, California
2009 NINE STEPS FROM ST. ANNE’S STREET (ONE ACT)
(PLAYLABS Staged Reading)
Great Plains National Theatre Conference
Omaha, Nebraska
2008 (Equity Showcase Production)
New Perspectives Theatre, New York City
2007 EVEN THE DIRT BLEEDS (TWO ACTS)
(Equity Staged Reading)
Arthur Seelen Theatre
International Center for Women Playwrights
New York City
2007 (Staged Reading)
Around the Coyote Arts Complex
International Center for Women Playwrights
Chicago, Illinois
2001 CONJURE QUEENS (TWO ACTS)
(Finalist) National Women’s Full Length Play Competition
Famous Door Theatre
Chicago, Illinois
1998 EVEN THE DIRT BLEEDS (1ST Draft)
(Equity Staged Reading)
Harold Clurman Theatre, Love Creek Productions,New York City
1997 (2nd Place) James H. Wilson Full-Length Play Award
DEEP SOUTH WRITERS CONTEST,University of Louisiana
(Finalist) National League of American Pen Women
Washington, D.C.
1995 VIRGINS OF GUADALUPE
(Equity Staged Reading)
Bilingual Foundation for the Arts
Los Angeles, California
(2nd Place) National Hispanic Playwriting Competition
Arizona State Theatre, Tucson, Arizona
(Finalist) National League of American Pen Women
Washington, D.C.
SECOND COMING (ONE ACT)
(Equity Showcase Production)
Eye On Director’s Festival
Open Eye: New Stagings, New York City
1994 (Equity Staged Reading)
Playwrights Preview Productions, New York City
1992 (Equity Showcase Production)
National One Act Festival
Love Creek Productions
Nat Horne Theatre, New York City
PUBLICATIONS
Dramatic Scripts
Wistrand, Carolyn Nur, Tahirih, Carmel Publishers, New Deli, India,
April, 2007.
Wistrand, Carolyn Nur, Beauty in Black Performance: Plays for African American Youth, Africa World Press, Trenton, New Jersey,
June, 2006.
Wistrand, Carolyn Nur, Mean Molly: An African Folktale of the Deep South, One Act Play Depot, Saskatchewan, Canada, June 2005.
Wistrand, Carolyn Nur, Ida B. ‘n the Lynching Tree: A Record of Race History, One Act Play Depot, Saskatchewan, Canada, June 2003.
Wistrand, Carolyn Nur, Second Coming, One Act Play Depot, Saskatchewan, Canada, November, 2002.
Wistrand, Carolyn Nur, Before the Spanish Came, Contemporary Drama Service, Boulder, Colorado, September 1995.
Creative Writing Journals
Pitkin Review, January 2007, Act 2, Scene 2, Even the Dirt Bleeds Down Here,
ICWP Seasons Newsletter, March 2007, Warring Feminism in Tess Onwueme’s Dramatic Landscape, Carolyn Nur Wistrand.
II. MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Dramatists Guild
Schomburg Research Center for Black Culture
Penn Center, St. Helena Island, South Carolina
International Center of Women Playwrights
BAFA: International Association for the Arts
African American Scholars Network