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10.15.2003
Waiting for the Goldbergs
Though I am no longer a student at NYU's Department of Dramatic Writing, I'm excited to hear that they've received over a million dollars from Rita and Burton Goldberg, specifically for playwriting. As reported in The Times, they've admonished department chair and beret-wearer, Mark Dickerman, to focus the money specifically to playwriting, which I think is just wonderful.
As frequent Japhyjunket readers know, one of my problems with NYU's program is that it pushes its students to write for film and TV and in a particular manner. The Goldbergs seem determined to change all that. I would love to see a New York based playwriting program that truly focused on the needs and perspective's of the contemporary theatre writer. I don't believe that Tisch currently is that program, but perhaps under the watchful eye of the Goldbergs it will transform itself into something more than a factory for Aristotilian three-act commercial screenplays.
Perhaps they should engrave Mr. Goldbergs words in the hallway of DDW; ""I think that playwriting is about the highest calling that a person could have; I think this is the best way possible to explore the human condition."
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