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”’Lenora Champagne”’ (born 1951) is an American playwright and performing artist.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/13/nyregion/performance-art-in-and-out-of-the-classroom.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Performance Art In and Out of the Classroom |work= [[The New York Times]]|date=13 October 2002|first=Claudia|last=Rowe|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50F15F9345D0C728CDDAF0894DD404482&fta=y&incamp=archive:article_related |title=CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK; A Tradition of Dance That Untraditionally Graced the Shores of Manhattan|work= [[The New York Times]]|date=1 June 2005|first=Jennifer|last=Dunning|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/14/theater/the-stage-red-light.html |title=THE STAGE: ‘RED LIGHT’|work= [[The New York Times]]|date=4 November 1984|first=Jack|last=Anderson|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref>

”’Lenora Champagne”’ (born 1951) is an American playwright and performing artist.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/13/nyregion/performance-art-in-and-out-of-the-classroom.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Performance Art In and Out of the Classroom |work= [[The New York Times]]|date=13 October 2002|first=Claudia|last=Rowe|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50F15F9345D0C728CDDAF0894DD404482&fta=y&incamp=archive:article_related |title=CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK; A Tradition of Dance That Untraditionally Graced the Shores of Manhattan|work= [[The New York Times]]|date=1 June 2005|first=Jennifer|last=Dunning|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/14/theater/the-stage-red-light.html |title=THE STAGE: ‘RED LIGHT’|work= [[The New York Times]]|date=4 November 1984|first=Jack|last=Anderson|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref>

==Early years==

==Early years==

Champagne was born in [[Opelousas, Louisiana]], in 1951. Her father was a farmer and ran a [[general store]]. As a child, Champagne wanted to be a doctor.<ref>{{citation |url=http://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/bostonsh?a=d&d=bcheights19850128.2.72|title=It’s Crazy—Troubles of Modern Life at the ICA|author=Leja, Lauren|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref> She studied literature and visual art at [[Louisiana State University]], where she was involved in the antiwar and women’s movements. After receiving her BA in English in 1972, she moved to New York City at age 20, where she painted. While working as a secretary at the [[New York University]] Law School, she enrolled in graduate school and began writing about [[experimental theater]].<ref name=”Lenora Champagne”>{{citation |url=https://vimeo.com/lenorachampagne|title=Lenora Champagne|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref><ref name=”bio”>{{citation |url=http://gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/faculty/lc27.html|title=Lenora Champagne|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref><ref name=”OFU”>{{cite book |last1=Champagne |first1=Lenora |title=Out From Under: Texts by Women Performance Artists |date=1990 |publisher=Theatre Communications Group |location=New York, NY |isbn=9781559360098 |pages=155-156}}</ref>

Champagne was born in [[Opelousas, Louisiana]], in 1951. Her father was a farmer and ran a [[general store]]. As a child, Champagne wanted to be a doctor.<ref>{{citation |url=http://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/bostonsh?a=d&d=bcheights19850128.2.72|title=It’s Crazy—Troubles of Modern Life at the ICA|author=Leja, Lauren|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref> She studied literature and visual art at [[Louisiana State University]], where she was involved in the antiwar and women’s movements. After receiving her BA in English in 1972, she moved to New York City at age 20, where she painted. While working as a secretary at the [[New York University]] Law School, she enrolled in graduate school and began writing about [[experimental theater]].<ref name=”Lenora Champagne”>{{citation |url=https://vimeo.com/lenorachampagne|title=Lenora Champagne|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref><ref name=”bio”>{{citation |url=http://gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/faculty/lc27.html|title=Lenora Champagne|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref><ref name=”OFU”>{{cite book |last1=Champagne |first1=Lenora |title=Out From Under: Texts by Women Performance Artists |date=1990 |publisher=Theatre Communications Group |location=New York, NY |isbn=9781559360098 |pages=155-156}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

After observing [[Théâtre du Soleil]] and other political theater companies in France in 1974, she started creating performance pieces and directing. Her early works were “talking dances.” She completed a PhD in Performance Studies in 1980.<ref name=”OFU” /><ref name=”bio” />

After observing [[Théâtre du Soleil]] and other political theater companies in France in 1974, she started creating performance pieces and directing. Her early works were “talking dances.” She completed a PhD in Performance Studies in 1980.<ref name=”OFU” /><ref name=”bio” />

From 1993 to 2000, she was a member playwright at [[New Dramatists]].<ref name=”bio” /> In 1995, she spent time in Canada through an NEA artist’s residency grant. In 2013, she taught in Japan as part of a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright]] grant. Champagne is a professor emerita in theater and performance at [[Purchase College]], SUNY, where she began teaching in 1999.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.lenorachampagne.com|title=About|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref>

From 1993 to 2000, she was a member playwright at [[New Dramatists]].<ref name=”bio” /> In 1995, she spent time in Canada through an NEA artist’s residency grant. In 2013, she taught in Japan as part of a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright]] grant. Champagne is a professor emerita in theater and performance at [[Purchase College]], SUNY, where she began teaching in 1999.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.lenorachampagne.com|title=About|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref>

Champagne frequently collaborates with sculptors, media artists and installation artists. Her live performances can be seen in galleries and arts spaces such as Franklin Furnace, the New Museum, and Creative Time’s Art on the Beach. She also co-created an installation for the New Museum’s Art Mall as Social Space show in 1992.<ref name=”Lenora Champagne”/>

Champagne frequently collaborates with sculptors, media artists and installation artists. Her live performances can be seen in galleries and arts spaces such as Franklin Furnace, the New Museum, and Creative Time’s Art on the Beach. She also co-created an installation for the New Museum’s Art Mall as Social Space show in 1992.<ref name=”Lenora Champagne”/>

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American playwright and performing artist

Lenora Champagne (born 1951) is an American playwright and performing artist.[1][2][3]

Champagne was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, in 1951 to bilingual parents. Her father was a farmer and ran a general store in Port Barre, Louisiana, where she grew up.[1][4] As a child, Champagne wanted to be a doctor.[5] She studied literature and visual art at Louisiana State University, where she was involved in the antiwar and women’s movements. After receiving her BA in English in 1972, she moved to New York City at age 20, where she painted. While working as a secretary at the New York University Law School, she enrolled in graduate school and began writing about experimental theater.[6][7][4]

After observing Théâtre du Soleil and other political theater companies in France in 1974, she started creating performance pieces and directing. Her early works were “talking dances.” She completed a PhD in Performance Studies in 1980.[4][7]

From 1993 to 2000, she was a member playwright at New Dramatists.[7] In 1995, she spent time in Canada through an NEA artist’s residency grant. In 2013, she taught in Japan as part of a Fulbright grant. Champagne is a professor emerita in theater and performance at Purchase College, SUNY, where she began teaching in 1990, and full-time since in 1999.[8][1]

Champagne frequently collaborates with sculptors, media artists and installation artists. Her live performances can be seen in galleries and arts spaces such as Franklin Furnace, the New Museum, and Creative Time’s Art on the Beach. She also co-created an installation for the New Museum’s Art Mall as Social Space show in 1992.[6]

Champagne is the author of one book and also a number of essays, plays and performance texts.

Plays include:

  • Memory’s Storehouse (2011)
  • Photo Finish (2010)
  • Staying Afloat (2008)
  • Traces/fades (2007)
  • L’heure blue (2007)
  • La Recherche du Pain Perdu (2006)
  • Mother’s Little Helper (2003)
  • Memoirs of a Cajun-American Princess (2003)
  • The Mama Dramas (2002)
  • Coaticook (2002) in New World Plays
  • Dusk (2000)
  • The Singing: a cyberspace opera (book and lyrics) with composer Daniel Levy (1998)
  • Wants solo (1997)
  • Wants for 3 actors (1996)
  • My Nebraska (1996) in New World Plays
  • Flying Home (1996)
  • Valentine’s Day, 1980 (1996)
  • The Best Things in Life solo (1993)
  • The Best Things in Life for 3 actors (1994)
  • A Tourist’s Guide to the Big Easy (1996)
  • Creole, a Tropical Fantasy (1993)
  • The Knowledge Project (1992)
  • With You the Rest of… (1991)
  • Isabella Dreams the New World (1993) in New World Plays (2015) ISBN 978-1-329-07882-6
  • On, Say, Can You See? (1990)
  • Dr. Charcot’s Hysteria Shows (1988–89)
  • Out from Under (1989)
  • Women without Parts (1988)
  • Sarah Bernhardt Meets Her Waterloo (1987)
  • Fractured Tales from There to Here (1987)
  • Winter Heat (1987)
  • As Ready, Apart from Herself (1986)
  • Home (1986)
  • The Eye of the Garden (1985)
  • Fractured Juliet (1985–86)
  • From the Red Light District (1984–85)
  • Reptile Warmth (1984–85)
  • The Way to the River (1984)
  • Flying Home (1983–84)
  • Manna (1983)
  • Getting Over Tom (1982) published in Out From Under
  • Women in Research (1981–82)

Selected awards include:

  • NYFA Fellowship in Performance Art in 2003
  • NYFA Fellowship in Playwriting in 1998
  • 1996 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award for Wants (for 3 actors)
  • 1993 Native Voices/Native Visions Playwriting Award for Isabella Dreams the New World
  • Richard Rodgers Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for The Singing: a cyberspace opera

Champagne lives in New York City’s West Village with her husband, playwright and director Robert Lyons, and their daughter Amelie.[9]

  1. ^ a b c Rowe, Claudia (13 October 2002). “Performance Art In and Out of the Classroom”. The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ Dunning, Jennifer (1 June 2005). “CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK; A Tradition of Dance That Untraditionally Graced the Shores of Manhattan”. The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. ^ Anderson, Jack (4 November 1984). “THE STAGE: ‘RED LIGHT’“. The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Champagne, Lenora (1990). Out From Under: Texts by Women Performance Artists. New York, NY: Theatre Communications Group. pp. 155–156. ISBN 9781559360098.
  5. ^ Leja, Lauren, It’s Crazy—Troubles of Modern Life at the ICA, retrieved 19 September 2015
  6. ^ a b Lenora Champagne, retrieved 19 September 2015
  7. ^ a b c Lenora Champagne, retrieved 19 September 2015
  8. ^ About, retrieved 19 September 2015
  9. ^ Tallmer, Jerry (5 August 2010), What did Nostradamus know about Soho’s fate?, The Villager, retrieved 19 September 2015

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