joan hawley mcclain

Joan Hawley McClain

BA New York University 2001

MFA Stony Brook University 2004

Joan has taught courses which include play analysis, understanding theatre, theatre history, visual interpretation, media theory and criticism and is the resident department web designer and caretaker. Her professional experiences include positions at La Jolla Playhouse, Abingdon Theater Company and The Women's Project. As an undergraduate, Joan directed her own work and was awarded the Goldstone Playwriting Prize. As a graduate student, Joan worked as Literary Manager for the Cabaret and continued directing her own work. As a second year dramaturgy candidate she worked on the Bernard Shaw play Arms and the Man, which sparked an ongoing interest in Irish dramatists. Upon graduating in 2004, Joan received the Richard Hartzell Award for career promise in dramaturgy. Currently Joan teaches yoga at JCAL and reads scripts for SOHO Rep's Writer/Director Lab.

 

Contact: dramaturg@gmail.com

 

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