Williamstown Theatre Festival - Katori Hall

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Sarah LaDuke

Published August 16, 2012 at 11:45 AM EDT

The World Premier of Katori Hall's play, Whaddabloodclot!!! is closing out this season on the Williamstown Theatre Festival's Nikos Stage.

Hall's other plays include Hurt Village (2011 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, finalist for the Ruby Award), and The Mountaintop (2010 Olivier Award for Best New Play). Her awards include the Lark Play Development Center Playwrights of New York (PONY) Fellowship, the ARENA Stage American Voices New Play Residency, the Kate Neal Kinley Fellowship, two Lecomte du Nouy Prizes from Lincoln Center, the Fellowship of Southern Writers Bryan Family Award in Drama, a NYFA Fellowship, the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award, the Otis Guernsey New Voices Playwriting Award, and the Lilly Award.

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Sarah has worked in radio since she graduated from college in 2006. In her work with WAMC, she often interviews regional and global artists in all fields including music, theatre, film, television, and visual arts. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing. She is on the board of WAM Theatre and lives in Albany, New York with her husband, Paul, and their dog, Doritos.

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