Interviews theater playwright Heather McDonald. What inspired McDonald to write the play `An Almost Holy Picture'; Place of ritual in theater; How deep contemporary American theater confronts struggles of faith.
Writings about McDonald's work
Violence in American Drama by Alfonso Ceballos Muñoz; Ramón Espejo Romero; Bernardo Muñoz Martinez (Editor)
Call Number: ROW PS338.V56 V56 2011
Publication Date: 2011
Chapter: "'Arms in Women's Hands': The Subversion of the Victim Role of Women in Heather McDonald's Dream of a Common Language"
Codifying the national self spectators, actors, and the American dramatic text by Barbara Ozieblo
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 3035261873
Publication Date: 2012
Chapter: "The Woman Artist as Portrayed by Rachel Crothers and Heather McDonald"
Bodies in commotion disability and performance by Carrie Sandahl
Call Number: ONLINE
Publication Date: 2009
Chapter: "Disability's Invisibility in Joan Schenkar's Signs of Life and Heather McDonald's An Almost Holy Picture"
Video clip
This clip is from McDonald's TEDxGeorgeMasonU talk "Locate the Ache: Why Story Matters" from April 2013.
Plays
The Rivers and Ravines by Heather McDonaldp> Drama Characters: 9 male, 5 female (doubling possible). Unit set. Originally produced to acclaim by Washington D.C.'s famed Arena Stage, this is an engrossing political drama about the contemporary farm crisis in America and its effect on rural communities. A haunting and emotionally draining play. A community of farmers and ranchers in a small Colorado town disintegrates under the weight of failure and thwarted ambitions. Most of the farmers, their spouses, children, clergyman, banker and greasy spoon proprietress survive, but it is survival without triumph. This is an Our Town for the 80's. -The Washington Post
Call Number: Rec Reading Kelly M
Publication Date: 1989
Faulkner's Bicycle by Heather McDonald
Call Number: Rec. Reading Kelly M
Publication Date: 1994
An Almost Holy Picture by Heather McDonald; Pamela S. Ward