UWO PLAYWRIGHT WINS WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD FELLOWSHIP
Oshkosh Northwestern, WI
Dec 18 2006
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh theatre professor and playwright
Richard Kalinoski has won his second Wisconsin Arts Board fellowship
in three years.
The $8,000 award recognizes the significant contributions of
professional artists in Wisconsin. Kalinoski is one of seven artists
selected by a professional panel from a pool of 116 applicants in
the literary artist category. He is the only playwright to win the
fellowship this year.
Kalinoski won with an excerpt from his play, "A Crooked Man," which
will premiere at UWO’s Fredric March Theatre on Feb. 21.
The play is inspired by a controversial Armenian assassin’s trial
in Berlin in 1921. It focuses on a fictional 89-year-old character
and his grandson, who wants to write a series of newspaper articles
about his infamous grandfather and ends up prodding his grandfather
into several shocking revelations.
The fellowship is the second major award for Kalinoski in 2006.
In January, he was awarded a Khorenatsi Medal by the President of
Armenia for his play "Beast on the Moon."
Another Kalinoski play, Between Men and Cattle, is scheduled to open
for a 10-week run at the Detroit Repertory Theatre in January.
Fellowship recipients are expected to share their work in a public
setting several times during the year of their fellowship.