Porter, Spence 1948-
PORTER, Spence 1948-
PERSONAL:
Male. Born December 17, 1948, in Scranton, PA; son of Arthur and Carol Reiss (a kindergarten teacher; maiden name, Lebost) Porter. Education: Harvard University, A.B., 1970; Ohio University, M.F.A., 1974.
ADDRESSES:
Home—3435 Giles Pl., Apt. 5F, Bronx, NY 10463. E-mail—spenceporter@post.harvard.edu.
CAREER:
Playwright and director.
MEMBER:
Dramatists Guild, Puppetry Guild of Greater New York, Harvard Club.
WRITINGS:
PLAYS
Hippolytus, produced in Salt Lake City, UT, at Plan B Theater, 1998.
The Invincible Chastity of Arnie Bielowski, produced in Gouda, Netherlands, at Bisonder, 1998.
Francesca, produced in Leiden, Netherlands, at Skia, 2001.
The Woman from the Sea, produced in New York, NY, at T. Schreiber Studio, 2003.
SIDELIGHTS:
Spence Porter told CA: "I write plays that are mostly somewhere on the outskirts of conventional theater. I love using puppets and masks and dancers and onstage musicians. Basically I have a lot of fun doing all the things that people keep trying to tell me not to do!"
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
Back Stage, March 12, 1999, Murdoch McBride, "Writer-Director Surfs His Plays on the Internet," p. 3.