Barbara L Carlisle
Playwright
Teacher, Videographer
Director, Choreographer
PUBLISHES BOOK OF COLLECTED PLAYS
A few years ago, I asked myself when was it that I began playwriting,, and I came up with I Don’t Want to Die in China [1991]. And then suddenly memories started rolling in. I remembered the “play” I wrote for my five year old neighbor and me to perform in our garage, for which we charged three cents to the neighbor women—much to my mother’s chagrin. I started remembering the junior high school talent show skits I wrote for my friends, and the monologues I often performed. I remembered a full length talent show script, and then a whole series of college performance events like May Week and Greek Week and the Women’s Student Government Association’s One Hundredth Anniversary Celebration that I wrote, directed and staged.
The truth is I’ve been writing for performance my whole life. Continued on next page
Carlisle; daughter, Andrea, husband, Fred; Dogs, Roxie & Rosie BW photo by John Prusak, color photo by Diane Goff
