Annie Dorsen

Director and writer Annie Dorsen works with theatre, film, dance and now also digital performance. In 2008 she directed the musical Passing Strange on Broadway. She received a number of awards for the performance, among them an Obie Award. The production became adapted for the movies by no one lesser than Spike Lee. The movie was screened at several important film festivals before its official opening in 2010. Another exciting cooperation was born when she staged the musical theatre performance Ask Your Mama, based on Langston Hughes poem from 1962, with music composed by Laura Karpman and performed by opera singers and the hip hop group The Roots in Carnegie Hall.

In addition to several other projects Annie Dorsen has won a number of prizes and has taught at several prestigious universities in USA.

Information

(Objekt ID 6221)
Object type Person
Functions Director
Nationality American
Gender Female
Adresse New York, United States
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Source:

BIT Teatergarasjen, høstprogram 2010. 07.09.2010: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no/article/349

Involved in productions (9)
Title Premiere Role
The Great Outdoors (Annie Dorsen) May 24, 2018 Concept/Idea, Direction, Visual design
Elektra (Ann Liv Young) Navember 24, 2016 Partner
Yesterday Tomorrow () September 18, 2015 Concept/Idea, Direction
Spoken Karaoke (Annie Dorsen) March 16, 2013 Concept/Idea
A piece of work (Annie Dorsen) March 14, 2013 Concept/Idea, Direction
False Peach () March 14, 2013 Concept/Idea, Direction
Spoken Karaoke (Annie Dorsen) 2013 Concept/Idea
Magical (Wiener Tanz- und Kunstbewegung) April 15, 2011 Concept/Idea, Staging
Seminar Hello Hi There (Black Box Teater) Navember 6, 2010 Performer
Hello Hi There (Annie Dorsen) Navember 5, 2010 Concept/Idea, Direction