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Brett Neveu
Born in California and raised in Iowa, Brett Neveu is a
playwright who has debuted four plays at A Red Orchid -
4 Murders, The Earl, The Meek,
and Eric LaRue (which was subsequently produced
by The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford in 2005).
His newest play, Weapon of Mass Impact, will premiere
at A Red Orchid in October 2007.
Other production credits include American Dead
with American Theatre Company (Chicago), the go
with Terrapin Theatre Company (Chicago), Empty
with Stage Left Theatre (Chicago), Eagle Hills, Eagle
Ridge, Eagle Landing and twentyone with Spring
Theatreworks (New York), Drawing War with Chicago
Dramatists and The Last Barbecue with the Asylum
Theatre (Las Vegas), The Aardvark (Chicago) and 29th Street
Rep (New York).
Brett has also worked with various play development groups
such as The Playwright's Center in Minneapolis, No Shame
Theatre in Iowa City and Chicago, The Echo Theatre in Los
Angeles, The New Group and The 42nd Street Workshop in New
York and he is currently a Resident Playwright at Chicago
Dramatists. Brett is also a guest lecturer at Northwestern
University.
He has been commissioned twice by Steppenwolf Theatre Company
for their New Plays Initiative. He has also received the
Goodman Theatre's Ofner Prize for New Work, for which he
wrote the play Heritage, featured in the Goodman
Theatre's 2004 New Stages Series.
Copies of his plays Drawing
War, The
Last Barbecue, and Eagle
Hills, Eagle Ridge, Eagle Landing can be purchased
from Broadway Play Publishing.
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