Wendy MacLeod (born August 6, 1959) is an American playwright .
37-648: MacLeod received a BA from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio , where she now teaches and is a playwright-in-residence. She earned a MFA from the Yale School of Drama . Her works include the plays Sin and Schoolgirl Figure , both of which premiered at Chicago 's Goodman Theatre and were directed by David Petrarca . Schoolgirl Figure was then optioned for film by HBO and Anvil Entertainment. MacLeod's The House of Yes premiered in San Francisco at
74-513: A Hochschule , which is the generic term in Germany for all institutions awarding academic degrees. Fachhochschule is often translated as "University of Applied Sciences". Universitäten place greater emphasis on fundamental science and background in theory, while Fachhochschulen are generally designed with a focus on teaching professional skills. Degrees earned at Universitäten and Fachhochschulen are legally equivalent. In Germany,
111-766: A nonprofit organization , saving money by taking the name of a failed theatre company that had already incorporated. In the summer of 1976, Steppenwolf took up residence in a vacant basement space of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Highland Park, Illinois and produced its first full season of plays. In 1980, the theatre company moved into a 134-seat theatre at the Jane Addams Hull House Center on Broadway Avenue in Chicago. Two years later,
148-456: A BA or BSc degree. However, some older or ancient universities , such as Oxford , Cambridge , and Trinity College Dublin traditionally award BAs to undergraduates having completed the final examinations, e.g., Part II Tripos (Cambridge), Final Honour Schools (Oxford), Moderator-ship (Dublin), in most subjects including the sciences. Some new plate glass universities established in the 1960s, such as York and Lancaster , originally followed
185-509: A Little by Paul Zindel , Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard , and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams , with Rick Argosh directing, and Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey , with Gary Sinise directing. The founding members are Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry, and Gary Sinise. The founders recruited six additional members: H. E. Baccus, Nancy Evans, Moira Harris , John Malkovich , Laurie Metcalf , and Alan Wilder. In 1975, Steppenwolf incorporated as
222-576: A Little , in 1974. After occupying several theatres in Chicago, in 1991, it moved into its own purpose-built complex with three performing spaces, the largest seating 550. A recipient of the Regional Tony Award , several of its productions have transferred to Broadway. The name Steppenwolf Theatre Company was first used in 1974 at a Unitarian church on Half Day Road in Deerfield . The company presented And Miss Reardon Drinks
259-448: A comic drama about college students "attempting to find love", premiered off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons , as did her play The Water Children , both directed by longtime collaborator Petrarca, which has also been seen at Los Angeles ’ Matrix Theater where it was cited as "the most challenging political play of 1998" by the L.A. Weekly and earned six L.A. Drama Critics Circle nominations. Things Being What They Are premiered at
296-746: A guest professor at Northwestern University ’s film and theater departments. MacLeod's essay "Name Brand Nostalgia" was featured in The New York Times and her essay/talk "The Daily Struggle" was given as part of the Kenyon Review 's "Writers-on-Writing" series in October 2016. Her prose and humor pieces have appeared in Poetry magazine , The New York Times , Salon , The Rumpus , McSweeney's Internet Tendency , The Washington Post , and All Things Considered . MacLeod worked as
333-416: A longer time period. This is due to factors such as the student's ability, motivation, and access to financial assistance to earn the degree. Just like other baccalaureate degrees, a Bachelor of Arts is historically offered only at public and private universities and colleges. A Bachelor of Arts, just like other bachelor's degrees, is an admission requirement for graduate and professional school. Beginning in
370-729: A master's degree. Along with the Bachelor of Science (B.S.), the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) is the most commonly granted degree in the US. A B.A. degree is earned after the completion of four years of undergraduate college level study. The Bachelor of Science is abbreviated with periods i.e., B.S., and the Bachelor of Arts is abbreviated as B.A. Most US colleges and universities offer undergraduate programs. In colleges and universities in Australia, Nepal, New Zealand, India and South Africa,
407-478: A second major; alternatively, the remainder of the degree is taken up with a minor area of study (in the first two years) and other individual or stream-based subjects. In Pakistan the Bachelor of Arts (BA) program is a regular 2-year degree program in which students are offered with a combination of any two of areas from the available electives: Business, Journalism, Psychology, Computer Science and Education. Steppenwolf Theater Steppenwolf Theatre Company
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#1732802542316444-400: A third class honours degree (for example, BA with distinction, merit or pass). A Bachelor of Arts is entitled to the post-nominal letters BA for an ordinary or pass degree and BA (Hons) for an honours degree. (However, graduates entitled to use the "Hons" post-nominal very rarely do so in practice.) The academic dress worn by honours and non-honours graduates is identical. An honours degree
481-529: Is a Chicago theater company founded in 1974 by Terry Kinney , Jeff Perry , and Gary Sinise in the Immaculate Conception grade school in Highland Park, Illinois and is now located in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood on Halsted Street. The theatre's name comes from Hermann Hesse 's novel Steppenwolf , which original member Rick Argosh was reading during the company's inaugural production of Paul Zindel 's play, And Miss Reardon Drinks
518-431: Is always awarded in one of four classes, depending upon the marks gained in the final assessments and examinations. The top students are awarded a first-class degree, followed by an upper second-class degree (usually referred to as a 2:1), a lower second-class degree (usually referred to as a 2:2), and those who pass with the lowest marks gain a third-class degree. An ordinary, pass or unclassified degree (which does not give
555-446: Is an undergraduate postsecondary degree that puts a focus on liberal arts and studies. In comparison, a Bachelor of Science (BS) has a greater focus on science, math, and engineering. The Bachelor of Arts degree is a type of baccalaureate degree . A Bachelor of Arts degree is usually completed in four years: that is, it requires four years of full-time coursework during term time. However, just as with other degrees, some may require
592-450: The Latin baccalaureus artium , baccalaureus in artibus , or artium baccalaureus ) is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts , or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years, depending on the country and institution. The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree
629-874: The Sam Shepard play True West , starring Sinise and John Malkovich , was the first of many Steppenwolf productions to travel to New York City. In 1994, the company made its Los Angeles debut with Steve Martin 's first play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile . In 1996, after successful runs in Chicago and New York, Lyle Kessler's Orphans , directed by Gary Sinise, was the first Steppenwolf production to go international, debuting in London. The MacArthur Foundation awarded Steppenwolf Theatre Company $ 2.26 million between 1978 and 2017, in support of general operations, and growth of artistic and educational programs. In 2019, True West opened again at Steppenwolf, for
666-822: The Seattle Repertory Theatre and was then seen at Steppenwolf in Chicago in 2003 where its sold-out run was extended twice. The House of Yes has been performed at Soho Repertory Theatre , at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin and at The Gate Theater in London , where it was published in Plays International . MacLeod's play, Find and Sign , premiered at Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2012. Set in
703-790: The 1990s, junior colleges started to confer their own baccalaureate degrees. In addition to the standard BA degrees, there are career-specific Bachelor of Arts degrees, including Bachelor of Arts in Functional English , Bachelor of Arts in Administration , Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies , and Regents Bachelor of Arts . The Bachelor of Arts degree has been prominent in academics for centuries. It influenced universities to begin focusing on broad topics such as algebra , psychology , biology , art , history , and philosophy . This aspect of
740-557: The BA course normally lasts between three and three and a half years—six or seven semesters—and the degree is awarded after the student earns between 180 and 210 ECTS . In the Netherlands, the BA and Master of Arts (MA) degrees were introduced in 2002. Until then, a single program led to the doctorandus degree (abbreviated drs.), which comprised the same course load as the bachelor's and master's programs combined. The title doctorandus
777-399: The BA degree can be taken over three years of full-time study. Students must pursue at least one major area of study and units from that subject are usually studied in each year, though sometimes students may choose to complete upper-level classes in the same year and as a result, can leave space for elective subjects from a different field. At some universities, students may choose to pursue
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#1732802542316814-530: The BA degree has been consistent in its history. The Bachelor of Arts degree was formed out of the study of liberal arts . Liberal art is a term that was applied to the study of many branches of learning such as grammar , logic , rhetoric , arithmetic , geometry , astronomy , and music . The study of liberal arts started during the Middle Ages . During the Renaissance , the term liberal art
851-608: The Executive Story Editor for Popular for the WB and wrote the pilot Ivory Tower , commissioned by CBS , produced by Brillstein-Grey ( The Sopranos ) and Diane Keaton , with actress Jeanne Tripplehorn . She served as the artistic director of the Kenyon Playwrights Conference which supported new work though its commissioning program and offered an intensive playwriting workshop taught by
888-660: The Magic Theatre and was the theatre's second-longest running show. It became an award-winning film by the same name in 1997, starring Parker Posey , which earned a Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival . Other works by MacLeod include The Water Children , Things Being What They Are , Juvenilia , and Apocalyptic Butterflies . Apocalyptic Butterflies was filmed by the BBC as Nativity Blues in 1988, starring Alfred Molina . Her play Juvenilia ,
925-657: The New York City music industry (with a slight nod to Othello ), Find and Sign is about a bumpy romance between an on-the-rise young record executive and an idealistic public school teacher. Her critically acclaimed comedy Women in Jeopardy! premiered at Geva Theater in 2015, directed by Sean Daniels, and her play, Slow Food , was invited to the 2015 National Playwrights Conference. The play will be premiering at Merrimack Repertory Theater in January 2019. She has been
962-470: The artistic staff of partner companies including Playwrights Horizons , Steppenwolf Theater , Roundabout Theatre , The Old Vic , Royal Court Theater , La Jolla Playhouse , and ACT Theatre in Seattle. She is married to Read Baldwin and has two sons: Foss and Avery Baldwin. Women in Jeopardy! Other Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A. , BA , A.B. or AB ; from
999-580: The company moved to a 211-seat facility at 2851 N. Halsted Street, which was their home until 1991, when construction was completed on the current theatre complex at 1650 N. Halsted Street (with administrative offices at 1700 N. Halsted Street.) The theatre has three theatres: the Downstairs Theatre that seats 515; the Upstairs Theatre that seats 299; and, the 1700 Theatre, a casual, intimate and flexible theatre that seats 80. In 1982,
1036-612: The country. Tracy Letts' Broadway drama August: Osage County (2007) was ranked number one in Time's Top Ten Theatre Performances of 2007. After moving from the Imperial Theatre next door to The Music Box Theatre for an open-ended run, August: Osage County won five Tony Awards including Best Play of 2007, Best Director (Anna D. Shapiro), Best Leading Actress (Deanna Dunagan), Best Featured Actress (Rondi Reed), and Best Scenic Design ( Todd Rosenthal ). Letts went on to win
1073-594: The final secondary school exams in France and Spain (and of the International Baccalaureate ) come from this: le Baccalauréat and el Bachillerato , respectively. The ancient universities of Scotland award a Master of Arts degree to humanities or arts graduates, but a BSc to science graduates. This course takes four years for an honours degree and three for an ordinary. In Scotland, one can opt to take an ordinary degree, which ranks below
1110-477: The first time in 37 years, with Namir Smallwood and Jon Michael Hill as the leads and the direction of Randall Arney. Steppenwolf is an ensemble cast theatre company with actors, playwrights, producers, and directors in its membership. Notable past and present ensemble members include: Notable productions include: Through its New Plays Initiative, the company maintains ongoing relationships with writers of international prominence while continuing to support
1147-458: The graduate the right to add '(Hons)') may be awarded if a student has completed (i) followed a non-honours program, or (b) attempted an honours course but marginally failed to achieve third-class standard. Education in Canada is controlled by the provinces and can be very different depending on the province. While all Canadian universities offer four-year degrees, it is not uncommon, depending on
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1184-548: The master's degree (post-nominal letters) in accordance with the new standard. When attaining a master level/graduate degree, it is still customary to use either drs. pre-nominally or MA/MSc post-nominally at the discretion of the holder. In the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) and Ireland, the first degree course normally lasts three years, but nomenclature varies: 19th-century and later universities usually distinguish between arts and sciences subjects by awarding either
1221-446: The practice of Oxford and Cambridge by awarding BAs in all subjects, but have since changed to awarding BSc degrees in science subjects. At Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin the degree of MA can be claimed, usually twenty-one terms after matriculation , without any further study. For many centuries, the bachelor's degree was an intermediate step and was awarded for much of the work carried out in later times at secondary schools. The names of
1258-404: The province and the university for a three-year general degree to also be offered as an option. In many universities and colleges, Bachelor of Arts degrees are differentiated either as BA or as honours BA degrees. Honours programs require more education than non-honours programs, typically a specialization beyond the requirements of a BA, and can often be used as a gateway to a PhD program, bypassing
1295-611: The work of aspiring and mid-career playwrights. In 1988, Steppenwolf presented the world premiere of Frank Galati's adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath , based on the John Steinbeck novel, which eventually went on to win the Tony Award for Best Play. In 2000, Steppenwolf presented the world premiere of Austin Pendleton 's Orson's Shadow , which subsequently was staged off-Broadway and by regional theatres throughout
1332-505: Was meant to describe general studies more broadly. This definition of liberal studies remains to this day. In Japan and the United States, Bachelor of Arts degrees were historically given only by public or private institutions and colleges. In Germany, university-level education usually happens in either a Universität (plural: Universitäten ) or a Fachhochschule (plural: Fachhochschulen ); both can be referred to as
1369-437: Was used in almost all fields of study; other titles were used for legal studies ( meester , Dutch for master, abbreviated Mr. ) and engineering ( ingenieur , abbreviated Ir. for academic masters level or ING. for higher vocational bachelor's level). Those who had already started the doctorandus program could, on completing it, opt for the doctorandus degree (entitling them to use "drs." in front of their name) or could use
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