Marisha Chamberlain Explained

Marisha Anne Chamberlain (born January 6, 1952) is an American writer. Her most recent work, the libretto for Mortals & Angels, a collaboration with American composer Carol Barnett, premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2016, a companion piece to their widely produced collaborative piece, The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass. Her stage plays, both original works and adaptations are widely produced. Her debut novel, The Rose Variations, was published by Soho Press in 2009.^[1] Her play, Scheherazade, won the Dramatists Guild/CBS National Award,^[2] and in her screenplay version, played on public television across the country, and was screened at the British Film Institute Festival in the category of Best of American Public Television.^[3]

Bibliography

Libretti

• Mortals & Angels: A Bluegrass Te Deum with composer Carol Barnett, forthcoming from Boosey & Hawkes, 2016.
• The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass, published by Boosey & Hawkes, 2008.
• The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass CD, released on the Clarion Label, 2008

Plays

• Hope for Breakfast (original full-length play), Playscripts Inc.
• The Canterville Ghost (stage adaptation), Playscripts Inc., 2004
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (stage adaptation), Playscripts Inc., 2004
• Young Jane Eyre (stage adaptation), Playscripts Inc., 2004
• Evergreen (original full-length play), Playscripts Inc., 2004
• Little Women (stage adaptation), Playscripts Inc., 2003
• Scheherazade (original full-length play), Dramatists Play Service, 1985
• Scheherazade (play, German translation) Litag Theaterverlag, Bremen, Germany, 1991

Fiction and poetry

• The Rose Variations (novel), Soho Press, 2009,
• Powers (poetry, Minnesota voices project), 1981,

Notes and References

1. Web site: Strings Attached. February 22, 2009. The New York Times.
2. Web site: Marisha Chamberlain . Playscripts, Inc. . May 5, 2016.
3. Web site: Biography. Marisha Chamberlain.