Margaret Baldwin

Margaret Baldwin

Margaret Baldwin has had her plays, adaptations, and ensemble works produced throughout the US and abroad. Her newest play 'Coyote Hour' was a finalist for the 2015 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and for the nuVoices4 Festival at the Actor's Theatre of Charlotte. It was featured in the Turner Voices Reading Series at Actor's Express in Atlanta (2015...
Margaret Baldwin has had her plays, adaptations, and ensemble works produced throughout the US and abroad. Her newest play 'Coyote Hour' was a finalist for the 2015 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and for the nuVoices4 Festival at the Actor's Theatre of Charlotte. It was featured in the Turner Voices Reading Series at Actor's Express in Atlanta (2015) and at the Dramatist Guild's Friday Night Footlights reading series in Atlanta in (2014). 'Coyote Hour' is an honorable mention for the 2015 Kilroys List. Margaret's play 'Night Blooms' received its world premiere at Horizon Theatre (2010) and its mid-Atlantic premiere at Virginia Repertory Theatre (2012). 'Night Blooms' earned the 2011 Gene Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award, and has had multiple readings at conferences, universities, and in communities throughout the US and in Germany to promote intercultural dialogue and exchange. Margaret and Horizon Theatre received a National AT&T Onstage Award for the world premiere of 'Her Little House' (2004). Her plays for family audiences include 'Tom Thumb the Great', commissioned by Georgia Shakespeare (2008), and 'Alice Through the Wonderglass', commissioned by Synchronicity Theatre (2003).

Margaret regularly writes and directs for the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at Kennesaw State University, where she serves as Senior Lecturer and General Education Coordinator. Her adapted work, 'Monkey King' was featured at a festival at the Shanghai Theatre Academy (2005), funded in part by the Coca-Cola Foundation; her ensemble production 'The Eiffel Tower Wedding Party' by Jean Cocteau, won Best Ensemble at the International University Theatre Festival in Morocco (2012). Her adaptation 'Round', adapted from Gertrude Stein's 'The World is Round,' premiered at the Curious Encounters Festival at 7 Stages Theatre (2013). Other ensemble works developed at KSU include 'Roland's Song: A War Story' (2004) and 'In the Twilight: Chekhov Stories Retold' (2012). She is the winner of the KSU 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award. Margaret received her MFA from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, Paul Pendergrass.

Plays

  • COYOTE HOUR by Margaret Baldwin
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: coyotes, women + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: coyotes, women, dreams
    Reeling from a recent loss, Annie and Jonathan struggle to maintain their connection to each other. But when the family dog goes missing amid reports of local coyotes roaming their urban neighborhood, Annie sets out to get to the bottom of the unwelcome invaders, spurring a journey of self-discovery that forces both of them to confront their deepest wants and fears.
  • Night Blooms by Margaret Baldwin
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama
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    Keyword: civil rights, family + 1 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama
    Keyword: civil rights, family, Selma 1965
    In 1965 Selma, Alabama, a rare bloom comes to life on the porch as an historic movement marches forward in the streets. And in the Stafford home, an unexpected visitor changes the lives of two families forever, proving that personal ties are more intricate than politics, and that true social change demands love, humor, and grace. First produced by Horizon Theatre Company in Atlanta, 'Night Blooms' is...
    In 1965 Selma, Alabama, a rare bloom comes to life on the porch as an historic movement marches forward in the streets. And in the Stafford home, an unexpected visitor changes the lives of two families forever, proving that personal ties are more intricate than politics, and that true social change demands love, humor, and grace. First produced by Horizon Theatre Company in Atlanta, 'Night Blooms' is the winner of the 2011 Gene Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award for best new play by an Atlanta Playwright.