Mark Bly
MARK BLY is the Senior Dramaturg and Director of New Play Development at the Alley Theatre in Houston, TX. He serves also as Distinguished Professor of Theater at the University of Houston where he teaches Playwriting and Dramaturgy on the faculty with Edward Albee. Prior to this he was the Senior Dramaturg at the Arena Stage and Director of Arena's New Play Development Series. Before joining Arena Stage, Bly served for 12 years as Chair of the Graduate Playwriting Program at the Yale School of Drama and as Associate Artistic Director for the Yale Repertory Theatre. Bly has dramaturged over 100 productions at major regional theaters and on Broadway. Highlights of his career include dramaturging the premiere of Suzan-Lori Parks's The America Play at the Yale Rep and Public Theater, dramaturging the premiere of Moises Kaufman's 33 Variations at the Arena Stage and on Broadway, and becoming the first Production Dramaturg to be credited on a Broadway production when he worked on Execution of Justice, written and directed by Emily Mann in 1986. He has written for Dramaturgy in American Theater, Theater Forum, American Theatre and also Yale's Theater as Contributing and Advisory Editor. He wrote introductions for and edited volumes I and II of The Production Notebooks: Theatre in Process. He most recently gave a keynote address at the 20/20 Playwright Conference at the University of Birmingham, England. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Bly was the Chair of the Board of Directors for Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas from 2001-2005. Bio as of October, 2011. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: SDCF Masters of the Stage (audio) Directing Shakespeare: What's It All About Willy Part 2 - April, 2001 - Listen Now. Directing Shakespeare: What's It All About Willy Part 1 - April, 2001 - Listen Now. Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)