Lark@20

The screening of the Albee Video Tribute -- indeed the entire Lark Play Development Center’s 20th Anniversary Event -- was a great success! It was a privilege and honor.

Sally Field introduced the video with great humor and poise, and a remarkable story about how her first scene study work in college was a one woman version of THE ZOO STORY.

The event was produced by Bruce Cohen, Oscar-winning producer and director known for AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999), SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (2012) and BIG FISH (2003), and my frequent collaborator Lauren Rayner.

video includes interviews with Pam MacKinnon, Tina Howe, Mercedes Ruehl, David Esbjornson, Bill Irwin, Liz McCann, Stephen Rowe, David Henry Hwang, James Houghton, Terrence McNally and John Guare.

Interviews were curated by the wonderful Arthur Kopit, who said in the Lark’s press release, “This benefit is focused on the theme of transformation, and everyone I interviewed about Edward focused on that same thing, though, interestingly enough, the word itself was never used. It’s as if that was understood. Transformation is what the Lark is all about, and every writer who has ever been connected to the Lark will tell you the same thing. It’s no accident that Edward is the first playwright we are honoring.”

Arthur will show Mr. Albee the video sometime this week -- he turns 86 years young this Wednesday.