Annalise Cain
playwright. teaching artist. audiobook narrator
About
Hailing from the backroads of Western Massachusetts, Annalise Cain is a playwright, teaching artist and audiobook narrator. She has her BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University, and her MFA in Playwriting from Indiana University Bloomington. Her plays include What Screams I Hear Are Mine (National Partners of the American Theatre Playwriting Award 2017, Playhouse on Park Reading Series, The Tribe Theatre Company Reading Series, O’Neill Conference Semi-finalist) Hurry Up and Wait (Queens Theatre, Violet Surprise), The Rebound (Red Theatre. Strident Theatre, Emerging Artists Theatre New Works Festival) A Brief History of Terrible Advice Given To and By Me (National Society of Arts and Letters Hegarty Award 2021, O’Neill Conference Semi-finalist, Indiana University Reading), Dumb Bitch Juice (IU At First Sight Festival, IATI Theatre Cimientos) and Crises of Abundance (IU At First Sight Festival). Her work was published in Applause Theatre, NextStage Press and Cinema Books’ Best Men’s Monologues from New Plays 2019. She is a teaching artist with Indiana Arts for Learning, and has been a visiting artist through the Williston Northampton School’s Grum Project.
News
Grum Visiting Artist Residency at the Williston Northampton School
At the beginning of April, Annalise taught 4 master classes at the Williston-Northampton school as part of a visiting artist series called The Grum Project.
“The lecture Cain gave served as the centerpiece of her mini residency. For it, Cain turned to another artistic medium—painting— to teach students about giving and receiving critical feedback. Using watercolors, which have to dry in between changes to the color palette, Cain challenged students to look at pieces critically, and worked with them on how they can deliver their thoughts in a way that’s beneficial to all.”
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