KOURILSKY, Françoise

KOURILSKY, Françoise. French, b. 1933. Genres: Plays/Screenplays, Theatre. Career: University of Paris, Sorbonne, France, associate professor of theater, 1968-74; Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, visiting professor of theater, 1974-75; State University of New York at Stony Brook, visiting professor of theater, 1975-76; New York University, NYC, professor of theater, 1976-78; Ubu Repertory Theater, NYC, founder, 1982, artistic director, 1982-2002. Stage director, including plays in the US, Canada, and Europe; Center for Theater Practice, co-founder, 1977, co-director, 1977-79; World Theatre Festival, director, 1981-82. Publications: Le Theatre aux Etats-Unis, 1967; Le Bread and Puppet Theatre, 1971. Co-author of three other books. Contributor to journals in the United States and abroad. TRANSLATOR: Jean-Paul Wenzel, Far from Hagondange (play), 1977; Michel Deutsch, Sunday (play), 1979; Griselda Gambaro, In the Country (play), 1983; EDITOR: Afrique: New Plays, 1987; The Paris Stage: Recent Plays, 1988; (co) Plays by Women, 1989; Gay Plays: An International Anthology, 1989; Theater and Politics, 1990; Afrique II, 1991; Ubu Repertory Theater, 1982-1992, 1992; New French-Language Plays, 1993; Plays by Women II, 1994; Monologues: Plays from Martinique, France, Algeria, and Quebec, 1995; Plays by Women III, 1996; Playwrights of Exile, 1997. Address: 61 Jane St Apt 15H, New York, NY 10014, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]