Marya Hornbacher

Marya Hornbacher is the Pulizer Prize-nominated author of five books. An award-winning journalist, essayist, and poet, Hornbacher's work has been published in sixteen languages. She teaches at Northwestern University in Chicago.

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Articles by this author

The Poetics of Bradley and Joel

Bradley Greenwald and Joel Sass, who seem to speak their own language, pull off a remount of I AM MY OWN WIFE that surpasses the award-winning 2006 production.

Winter Comes to Town

Process

Playwright Winter Miller dances in a coffee shop, inverts self twice, and speaks to the matter of grace

A short chat with playwright Dominic Orlando

In which playwright Dominic Orlando accidentally terrifies the interviewer.

A tale of two theater towns

Audience

Chicago and Minneapolis; Sex and Song; the practical and literal versus the conceptual and suggestive; the heart and body versus the mind.

The missing Minnesota mythos

Criticism | Vision

"We are on the cusp of a change in what Twin Cities theater is, or at least, what it is willing to do."

Full-on Fringe

Fringe

Writer Marya Hornbacher attempted full-on immersion at the 2009 Fringe and comes out the other side transformed.

Open doors

Innovation

The real risk in creating new work is not that the audience won't understand our vision; the real risk is that we won't understand theirs.

Watch out

Criticism

Prof. Paul Woodruff wrote a book on the “art of watching and being watched.” You should avoid reading it if you possibly can.

Resurrection

Audience | Vision

Theater brings mystery, excitement, and romance, and that’s just when her parents first met. Then she started to see shows.

Blog posts by this author

BLOG: Christmas Carols Past

Posted Dec. 7

Character sketch | Tradition

"If you have a choice of where to spend your next childhood, then you should seriously consider a theater." Marya reflects on Christmas in the theater.

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