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Award-winning playwright is Fishtrap’s writer-in-residence
E.M. Lewis will teach
local students
about playwriting
this spring
Go! staff
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NTERPRISE — Fishtrap
brings the art of playwriting
and theater to Wallowa County
this spring by inviting playwright
E.M. (Ellen) Lewis as the spring
2022 writer-in-residence.
Lewis is an award-winning dra-
matist, teacher and opera libret-
tist. As part of Fishtrap’s Writer-
in-Residence program, Lewis
will be in local schools, teaching
students about the craft of play-
writing. During her fi ve weeks in
the county, she will be a guest at
the April 1 Fishtrap Fireside, lead
an adult playwriting workshop on
April 16, and give a public reading
of one of her recent plays with
actors from Wallowa County’s
MidValley Theatre Company.
“We look for a special com-
bination of both creative and
teaching experience when we
off er a writer the opportunity to
spend time with our community
as a Fishtrap Writer-in-Resi-
dence,” said Fishtrap Executive
Director Shannon McNerney.
“Ellen provides those skills in
spades, along with an under-
standing of life in rural Oregon.
We couldn’t be happier to have
her join us this spring.”
Fishtrap’s Writer-in-Resi-
dence program invites expe-
rienced writers and educators
to spend four to six weeks in
Wallowa County and includes
a stipend, travel allowance
and lodging.
During their time here, the
Writer-in-Residence devotes up
to eight hours a week teaching in
Wallowa County schools, leads
an adult writing workshop and
gives a public reading.
The program also provides
a writer an opportunity to write,
explore and enjoy Wallowa
County.
Schools interested in partici-
pating can contact McNerney at
shannon@fi shtrap.org or 541-
426-3623.
MORE ON E.M. LEWIS
Lewis’ work has been pro-
duced around the world. She
received the Steinberg Award
for “How the Light Gets In” and
“Song of Extinction,” and the
Primus Prize for Heads from the
American Theater Critics As-
sociation, the Ted Schmitt Award
from the Los Angeles Drama
Critics Circle, a Hodder Fellow-
ship from Princeton University, a
playwriting fellowship from New
Jersey State Arts Commission,
the 2016 Oregon Literary Fel-
lowship in Drama and an Edger-
ton Award for Magellanica.
Charles Purvis/Contributed image
E.M. Lewis is the spring 2022 writer-
in-residence at Fishtrap.
Other plays include “Apple
Season” (National New Play
Network rolling world premiere),
“The Gun Show” (Edinburgh
Fringe Festival), “Infi nite Black
Suitcase,” “True Story,” “Apple
Hunters!,” “Dorothy’s Diction-
ary” (winner of the Portland Civic
Theater Guild New Play Award),
and “You Can See All the Stars”
(Kennedy Center commission
for the American College The-
ater Festival).
Operas include “Sherlock
Holmes and the Case of the
Fallen Giant” with composer
Evan Meier (American Lyric
Theater), and “Town Hall” with
composer Theo Popov (Mary-
land Opera Studio and Willa-
mette University).
Lewis is currently enjoying a
three-year Mellon Foundation
National Playwright Residency at
Artists Repertory Theater (ART).
She is a member of LineStorm
Playwrights, ASCAP, and the
Dramatists Guild. She lives in the
Willamette Valley on her family’s
farm. For more information, visit
www.emlewisplaywright.com.
For more information about
Fishtrap programs, visit fi shtrap.
org.
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