Eric Lane
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Eric Lane is an American playwright, screenwriter and book editor. His plays[1][2] include Ride, Filming O’Keeffe, and A Thousand Faces: The Lon Chaney Musical (book writer). With Nina Shengold, he has edited 14 contemporary play anthologies for Penguin and Vintage Books,[3] earning a Lambda Literary Award[4] nomination.
Early Life
Lane grew up on Long Island and is an honors graduate of Brown University. He is married to artist/scenic artist Bob Barnett.
Career
In 1981, Lane moved to New York City and landed a staff writer job on ABC-TV’s Ryan’s Hope, which won the Writers Guild Award. In 1988, he was founder and artistic director of Orange Thoughts Productions, a not-for-profit theater and film company. Their first off-Broadway production, Dancing on Checkers’ Grave[5] starred Jennifer Aniston.[6]
From 1988 to 2015, Lane and Nina Shengold co-edited 14 contemporary play anthologies for Penguin and Vintage Books. He won the LaMaMa Playwright Award in 1995 and the Berrilla Kerr Playwriting Award in 1997. Lane has received numerous fellowships at the artist colony Yaddo,[7] including the Newman’s Own Residency for excellence in playwriting and screenwriting. He also received a fellowship to St. James Cavalier for Creativity in Malta.
In 1996, Lane directed, wrote, and produced the short film Cater-Waiter,[8] starring David Drake, Tim Deak, John Kelly and Lisa Kron. In 2004, he wrote and produced First Breath,[9] a short film directed by Jimmy Georgiades, starring Victor Williams, Kelly Karbacz and Academy Award winner Melissa Leo. Both films screened in over 40 cities worldwide including at the British Film Institute and the Director’s Guild of America.
Lane has collaborated extensively with Martha Banta, who directed many of his play premieres including Cater-Waiter[10] at HERE in 1997, Times of War[11] at Adirondack Theatre Festival in 1999, Heart of the City[12] at Theatre at 30th St. in 2009, and Filming O’Keeffe[13] at Adirondack Theatre Festival (commission) in 2013.
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre (WHAT) premiered his play Ride[14] directed by Daisy Walker in 2008. Throughline Artists Summer Shorts premiered Riverbed[15] (directed by Matthew Rauch) in 2014 and Ibis[16][17](directed by Terry Lyn Berliner) in 2018 — both at 59E59 Theaters. Theatre Travels premiered Lady Liberty and the Donut Girl in Sydney, Australia in 2019.
Lane wrote the book to A Thousand Faces: The Lon Chaney Musical[18] which tells the story of the pioneering silent film star. The show won the Innovator Award for Excellence in Cultural Access from the NJ State Council on the Arts and the NJ Theatre Alliance. With lyrics by Kevin Fogarty and music by Rachel DeVore Fogarty, A Thousand Faces premiered at Encore Musical Theatre in 2022 — directed by Sam Scalamoni, with Ron Chaney as creative consultant.
Lane’s plays are published by Dramatists Play Service,[19] Playscripts, and Dramatic Publishing[20]. His short works are anthologized in The Best 10-Minute Plays annuals (Smith & Kraus), in Best American Short Plays (Applause Books), and others. He was a member of the Circle Rep Lab and the Lark. Lane is an artist member at New Circle Theatre Company and Ensemble Studio Theatre.[21]
References
- ↑ "Dramatists Play Service, Inc". www.dramatists.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ "Eric Lane | Playscripts, Inc". www.playscripts.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ "Eric Lane | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ "Lammys Directory: 1988-Present". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ "Dancing on Checkers' Grave by Eric Lane | Playscripts Inc". www.playscripts.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ "Jennifer Aniston Receives Star on Walk of Fame". Hollywood, CA Patch. 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ "Writers – Yaddo". www.yaddo.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ "Cater-waiter (1996)". BFI. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ "Eric Lane". BFI. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ Haun, Harry (December 24, 1996). "From Short Film to Long Play, En Route to Long Film". Playbill. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Past Productions Of The Adirondack Theatre Festival". Adirondack Theatre Festival. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ Webster, Andy (2009-06-21). "Looking for Love, and Life, Within the Urban Bustle". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ Barnes, Steve; July 12, senior writer on; AM, 2013 at 8:05 (2013-07-12). "'Filming O'Keeffe' @ Adirondack Theatre Festival, 7/11/13". Arts Talk. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ Higgins, Laurie. "'Ride' is a journey worth taking". Cape Cod Times. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ "Review: Summer Shorts: "The Sky and the Limit," "Riverbed," and "Sec. 310, Row D, Seats 5 and 6"". StageBuddy.com. 2014-07-24. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ Boyer-Dry, Margot; Rao, Tejal (2018-08-09). "Things to Do in N.Y.C. This Weekend". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ ethankanfer (2018-08-09). "SUMMER SHORTS, SERIES B". Ethan Kanfer. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Photos: First Look at Danny Gardner in the World Premiere of A THOUSAND FACES: THE LON CHANEY MUSICAL". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ "Dramatists Play Service, Inc". www.dramatists.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ "Times of War by Eric Lane (Collection)". www.dramaticpublishing.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ↑ "Eric Lane". Ensemble Studio Theatre. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
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