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George Hunka
Writings and Activities
(Full List)
PLAYS
What She Knew, 2008. 60 minutes.
States of Exception, Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, 2007.
Directed by the author. 40 minutes.
Bridal Suite, Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, 2006. 10
minutes.
In Public, Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, 2006. 75
minutes.
In Private, Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, 2005. 10
minutes.
Sustaining, Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, 2004. 50
minutes.
And All the Ships at Sea, Manhattan Theatre Source, New York,
2004.
10 minutes.
Light at Midnight, 2004. 2 hours, 15 minutes.
Stupid, The Red Room at The KGB Bar, New York, 2000. Directed by
the
author. 75 minutes.
Neurotica, Theatre Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1985.
Directed by
the author. 60 minutes.
The Adding Machine, Theatre Center Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, 1985.
Adaptation of play by Elmer Rice. 2 hours.
FORMAL THEORETICAL WRITINGS
Organum Part II, 2007-2008.
"95 Sentences About Theatre" (Prolegomena to
Organum), 2007.
Organum Part I, 2006-2007.
"Liturgies of Amorality", 2007.
"Staging the Tragic
Consciousness", 2007.
Interview with Marilyn Nonken, 2006.
"Theatre and Music", 2006.
"The Terror of the Wound", 2006.
"Preparing a Theater: Presumptions of an Erotic
Tragedy," Masthead (Australia), 2006.
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS
Edward F.
Albee Foundation Fellowship, 2007.
The Dramatist, journal of The Dramatists' Guild, "50 to
Watch," 2007.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
theatre
minima, New York, 2006-present. Artistic director.
Yale Drama Series, Spring 2008. Reading
committee.
PUBLICATIONS
"One from Column A, Two from Column B: Richard Foreman on
the Writing Process", PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 90,
30:3, September 2008. Introduction to portfolio section.
"Angels in the American Theater: Patrons, Patronage, and Philanthropy,"
Theater (Yale University), 38:2, 2008. Book review.
"Charting the Postdramatic," PAJ: A Journal of Performance and
Art
89, 30:2, May 2008. Book review.
"Churchill Toppled by Top Girls Vox Pops," The
Guardian (UK), May 15, 2008. Essay.
"Should Theatres Listen to Consultants?" The
Guardian (UK), May 1,
2008. Essay.
"Tristan und Isolde: A Romance of Beckett and
Wagner," The Guardian (UK), April 1, 2008. Essay.
"Flying the Flag for American Theatre," The
Guardian (UK), January
16, 2008. Essay in response to Neil Labute.
"The Influence of Anxiety," New York Theatre Review 2007, New
York:
Black Wave Press, 2007. Introduction.
"Why America Has No National Theatre," The
Guardian (UK), December
17,
2007. Essay.
"What Will Come of the Brecht Revival?", The
Guardian (UK), December 3, 2007. Essay.
"Do-It-Yourself Theatre," The Guardian (UK),
December 10, 2007. Essay on theatre minima.
"There's More to Theatre than Broadway,", The
Guardian (UK), November 27, 2007. Essay.
"I Envy You Brits Your Drama Critics," The
Guardian (UK), November
22, 2007. Essay on Michael Billington's State of the Nation.
"Mainstream Theatre Is Too Intellectualized," The
Guardian (UK), November 20, 2007. Essay.
"Why Are Some Playwrights Far More Popular Overseas?"
The Guardian
(UK), November 13, 2007. Essay.
"Playwrights Writing: Procedure and Polemic," PAJ:
A Journal of
Performance and Art 87, 29:3, September 2007. Book reviews of Howard
Barker's Death, The One and the Art of Theatre and Mac Wellman's
Q's Q.
"The New Season: 2 Lears, 1 Singular Sensation,"
New York
Times, September 10, 2006. Preview of 2006-2007 theatre season.
"Going South," Time Out New York, November 2-6,
2006.
Preview of Buenos Aires in Translation festival in New York.
The
Brooklyn Rail theatre section, November 2006. Guest editor.
"A Sermon on Corporations, Neighborhoods and Loss,"
New York Times,
August
22, 2006. Theatre review.
"Still Waiting in a Beckett Wasteland, Revisited and
Revamped," New York Times, June 30, 2006. Theatre review.
"A Revival's Up-to-Date Take on Religion and the
Wealthy,"
New York Times, June 27, 2006. Theatre review.
"Shaw, Kabuki, Eva Peron: The Usual Mix," New York
Times, June 25,
2006. Feature article on Theatre of the Two-Headed Calf.
"A Therapist and Her Patient, Both with a Touch of
Mania,"
New York Times, June 24, 2006. Theatre review.
"Love in the City: Short, Sweet and Simple," New
York Times, June
20, 2006. Theatre review.
"Dognapping Causes Acute Sibling Strife," New York
Times, June 10,
2006. Theatre review.
"Stuck in a Talky Adolescence, Whether He Wants It or
Not," New York Times, May 31, 2006. Theatre review.
"Looking for Love (for Dad)," New York Times,
April 19, 2006. Theatre review.
"A 'Godot' for the West Bank," New York Times,
April 18, 2006. Theatre review.
"Two Playwrights in Works of Their Own Making," New
York Times, April 17, 2006. Theatre review.
"Android Superheroics with a Neanderthal Twist,"
New York Times, April 15,
2006. Theatre review.
"Final words," Time Out New York, April 6-12,
2006. Review of Samuel
Beckett: The Grove Collected Works.
"From Brecht's Angry Side, Scenes from Hitler's
Germany,"
New York Times,
April 6, 2006. Theatre review.
"Ancient Greeks, Serving Cocktails with No Twist,"
New York Times, March 29, 2006. Theatre review.
"Satirical Revue with Sledgehammer's Touch," New
York Times, March 23, 2006. Theatre review.
"The Meaning of Life, or the Joys and Challenges of Life
with
Chopsticks," New York Times, March 20, 2006. Theatre
review.
"Recapturing an Old Fountain of Euphoria," New York
Times, March 14, 2006. Theatre review.
"54 Years Together, but Now Facing the Challenge of
Alzheimer's
Disease," New York Times, March 3, 2006. Theatre review.
"The Picaresque Adventures of La Mancha Man and Sancho
Panza," New York
Times, March 2, 2006. Theatre review.
Bridal Suite. The Book of Estrogenius 2006, New York:
Manhattan Theatre Source, 2006. Play.
"Preparing a Theater: Presumptions of an Erotic
Tragedy,"
Masthead (Australia), 2006. Essay.
In
Private, Masthead (Australia), 2006. Play.
PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS
Ontological-Hysteric Theatre, New York, April 2008. Post-performance
discussion with Richard Foreman.
New York City Summer Play Festival at Playwrights Horizons, New York,
"Blogging the Show: Theatre, the Media, and Blogs," March 26, 2007.
Discussion panelist.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at the CUNY Graduate Center, New
York, "Theatre and Blogging," November 15, 2006. Discussion moderator.
Recording available at archive.org.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at the CUNY Graduate Center, New
York, Prelude 06 Festival, "Criticism and Blogging in NYC," September 30,
2006. Discussion panelist.
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