Outside the Comfort Zone, or the Playwright as Novelist

Festival 2022

Outside the Comfort Zone, or the Playwright as Novelist

  • Tuesday, September 20
  • 12:00 PM
  • College Street Tent
  • Cross Campus
  • MAP
  • FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

After receiving the Windham-Campbell Prize for drama, Kia Corthron published two novels; Abbie Spallen is currently working on her first book. Marc Robinson talks with both writers about leaving their comfort zone to tell stories in a different form.

Marc Robinson is Professor of English, Theater and Performance Studies, and American Studies. He is also Professor in the Practice of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.

All festival events are free and open to the public. Audience members must be vaccinated and boosted and should be prepared to show proof of vaccination. Masks will be required at most indoor events.