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Anna Ziegler

b. 1979

American playwright

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About Anna Ziegler

Born 1979. Anna Ziegler is an American poet, writer and playwright.

Anna Ziegler is an American playwright.

She was educated at Saint Ann's School, studied English at Yale University, earned an MA in poetry from the University of East Anglia in 2002, and graduated with an MFA in dramatic writing from New York University in 2004.

In 2015, Ziegler's play Photograph 51, about the part played by Rosalind Franklin in the discovery of the structure of DNA, was staged in London's West End, with Nicole Kidman in the role of Franklin. Kidman won The Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for her performance.

In The New York Times, in 2015, Ziegler was described as "newly (and justly) hot" and her writing as "lyrical...[with] a luminous beauty."

Plays BFF (2007) Life Science (2007) Photograph 51 (2008) – winner 2016 WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play Dov and Ali (2008) – productions at The Playwrights Realm in New York, 2009 and Theatre 503 in London, 2008 Another Way Home (2011) Boy (2015) —nominee for 2016 Outer Critics Circle John Gassner award A Delicate Ship (2015) – premiere at The Playwrights Realm The Last Match (2015) – production at Roundabout Theatre Company, Fall 2017 Actually (2017) – co world-premiere productions at the Geffen Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Manhattan Theatre Club, 2017 The Minotaur (2018) The Great Moment (2019) – premiere at Seattle Repertory Theatre The Wanderers (2020) Evening All Afternoon (2026) - Premiere at the Donmar Warehouse Antigone (This Play I Read In High School) (2026) – premiere at The Public Theater

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Born
1979, Brooklyn
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Education
Yale University, University of East Anglia, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Saint Ann's School

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Who is Anna Ziegler?

American playwright

When was Anna Ziegler born?

Anna Ziegler was born in 1979 in Brooklyn.

What is Anna Ziegler's occupation?

Anna Ziegler is a poet, writer and playwright.

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Anna Ziegler is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Anna Ziegler

· Wikidata: Q24060513

· DBpedia: Anna Ziegler (playwright)

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