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How do you slam a revolving door? (a word jam!)

Title
How do you slam a revolving door? (a word jam!) [videorecording] / New York Shakespeare Festival's Playwriting in the Schools presents ; producer, Joseph Papp ; director, August Wilson.
Publication
New York, 1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Papp, Joseph
  • Wilson, August
  • New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. Playwriting in the Schools.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (14 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Documentary concerning the New York Shakespeare Festival's Playwriting in the Schools (PITS) program. The film shows public school students engaged with workshop leaders in various writing and dramatic exercises, and in performances. Includes interviews with students, teachers and instructors as well as with the program's founder Joseph Papp, who discusses the PITS program and its benefits to students.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.
Series Statement
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Video.
Note
  • This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
  • Title and credits from tape contents.
Access (note)
  • Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
Credits (note)
  • Associate director, Nafretete Rasheed ; workshop leaders, David Dannenfelser, Chico Kasinoir, Lise Liepmann, Maria Mollinedo, Lisa Rifkin, Arthur Rosen, Julie Schonfeld, Dale Shields.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Public Theater and at various public schools in New York, N.Y. during 1990.
Biography (note)
  • Playwriting in the Schools (PITS) was an educational program established in 1985 under the sponsorship of producer/director Joseph Papp, the New York Shakespeare Festival and the New York City Board of Education. Conducted in collaboration with classroom teachers, the PITS program incorporated the study of drama and playwriting, taught by playwrights, in an effort to improve students' writing skills, and to develop their interest in acting, writing and directing for the theater.
Call Number
NCOX 5307
OCLC
NYPG05-F10714
Title
How do you slam a revolving door? (a word jam!) [videorecording] / New York Shakespeare Festival's Playwriting in the Schools presents ; producer, Joseph Papp ; director, August Wilson.
Imprint
New York, 1990.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Credits
Associate director, Nafretete Rasheed ; workshop leaders, David Dannenfelser, Chico Kasinoir, Lise Liepmann, Maria Mollinedo, Lisa Rifkin, Arthur Rosen, Julie Schonfeld, Dale Shields.
Access
Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
Event
Videotaped at the Public Theater and at various public schools in New York, N.Y. during 1990.
Biography
Playwriting in the Schools (PITS) was an educational program established in 1985 under the sponsorship of producer/director Joseph Papp, the New York Shakespeare Festival and the New York City Board of Education. Conducted in collaboration with classroom teachers, the PITS program incorporated the study of drama and playwriting, taught by playwrights, in an effort to improve students' writing skills, and to develop their interest in acting, writing and directing for the theater.
Added Author
Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
Wilson, August, director.
New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. Playwriting in the Schools.
Research Call Number
NCOX 5307
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