Interview with Cusi Cram of The Lilly Awards
With a topic that is near and dear to our hearts at Maxamoo we talk with Cusi Cram about the issues facing women in theater.
Cram began her career as a teen model and an actress. She later became a playwright, screenwriter, and film director. Her plays include Dusty and the Big Bad World (Denver Theater Center), Lucy and the Conquest (Williamstown Theater Festival), All the Bad Things (LAByrinth Theater Company at the Public Theater), Fuente (Barrington Stage, and O’Neill Playwrights Conference), and The End of it All (South Coast Repertory), Landlocked (Miranda Theater) and A Lifetime Burning (Primary Stages). She was a writer for the TV series The Big C and the children’s program Arthur. She wrote and directed the film Wild & Precious.
Beyond her many creative accomplishments, Cram is also the Director of Outreach for the Lilly Awards. She is producing the reading series of three of The Kilroys List plays. The Lillys have a number of projects beyond their yearly awards and are partnering with other organizations to help women in theater.
Be sure to check out The Kilroys List readings:
March 9th
The Comparables
by Laura Schellhardt
Directed by Lear deBessonet
March 16th
What Would Crazy Horse Do?
by Larissa FastHorse
Directed by Liesl Tommy
March 23rd
The Tall Girls
by Meg Miroshnik
Directed by Leigh Silverman
Other resources we discuss:
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