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Kip Divided
by Les Epstein
$14.99, paper
978-1-64662-927-5
2022
Les Epstein is a poet, playwright, librettist, stage director and educator. His produced plays and libretti include the award-winning children’s opera, Barefoot (1997) and the folk opera, “Miss Lucy,” which premiered in 2011. Two plays—“Ruby Plumb” and “Dinner with the Hornblatts,” premiered at the Belfast Maskers Theatre (Maine)—are available through Green Room Press, and his collaboration with Claudia de Franko, Llorona of the River, is available through Silver Birchington Plays. Other works staged include “The Window Washer’s Wuhan” (Oregon’s Astor Street Opry), “Ira’s Fantastical Ride up New York 9” (West Virginia’s Greenbrier Valley Theater), “Possum Blossom” (Roy Arias Theatre, NYC), and “This Slud Zarilla” (Virginia’s Page to Stage). In 2018, Cyberwit Publishers released six short plays and the “Miss Lucy” libretto as a collection called Seven. Likewise, Epstein’s poems have appeared in journals in the United States, Philippines, Ireland, India and the U.K. Recent credits include Slant, The Bluestone Review, Interstice, Eyedrum Periodically, Jelly Bucket, The Clinch Mountain Review, Mojave River Review—some of which were featured in the podcast “Sunflower Sutras” broadcast (Washburn University). Les holds BA in Theatre and English from Otterbein College, a master’s degree from Miami University and continued his studies at New York University and The Ohio State University (in theater education). He completed his teacher training at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia. He teaches theater and Humanities at the Community High School of Arts & Academics in Roanoke, VA.
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