Brian Torrey Scott
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Brian Torrey Scott is an American
writer. He currently writes for Rosetta Stone in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Scott previously taught Adventures and Ridiculousness at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
and English at Columbia College Chicago
.
Scott's plays have been produced in Dallas, New York City
and Chicago
. He was the recipient of the 2004 PAC/edge Commission Award, with which he created and directed the collaborative performance Air Tact Light, and a 2005 grant from the Chicago Cultural Affairs Department, which funded in-part the Weather Talking show Discarded Landscape.
Scott has traveled the world writing and directing award winning plays and films.Many of his films have been featured in international film festivals.
In 2006, he was an artist-in-residence at Links Hall, Chicago, where he created Left-Handed Saw Right-Handed, a collaboration with Mary Walling Blackburn. Other pieces include We Were the World, Year, Detail From the Mountain Side, Tuning In To the Power of Active Listening / Understanding Shyness, and Wheat Studies, 1888, Kansas.
He has created work for the Curious Theater Branch (Histrionica with Banjo), The Neo-Futurists (Alice), and Lucky Pierre (32 Key Concepts). His writing has appeared in Tarpaulin Sky, Preling, and Telophase. The songs he wrote in collaboration with musician Azita Youssefi
were released on Drag City
in 2006. .
United States
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writer. He currently writes for Rosetta Stone in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Scott previously taught Adventures and Ridiculousness at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
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and English at Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago
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.
Biography
Scott graduated from SMU with honors in 1998. In 2001, Scott was awarded a place in the Master's Writing Program at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Scott's plays have been produced in Dallas, New York City
New York City
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and Chicago
Chicago
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. He was the recipient of the 2004 PAC/edge Commission Award, with which he created and directed the collaborative performance Air Tact Light, and a 2005 grant from the Chicago Cultural Affairs Department, which funded in-part the Weather Talking show Discarded Landscape.
Scott has traveled the world writing and directing award winning plays and films.Many of his films have been featured in international film festivals.
In 2006, he was an artist-in-residence at Links Hall, Chicago, where he created Left-Handed Saw Right-Handed, a collaboration with Mary Walling Blackburn. Other pieces include We Were the World, Year, Detail From the Mountain Side, Tuning In To the Power of Active Listening / Understanding Shyness, and Wheat Studies, 1888, Kansas.
He has created work for the Curious Theater Branch (Histrionica with Banjo), The Neo-Futurists (Alice), and Lucky Pierre (32 Key Concepts). His writing has appeared in Tarpaulin Sky, Preling, and Telophase. The songs he wrote in collaboration with musician Azita Youssefi
Azita
Azita Youssefi is an experimental musician and artist based in Chicago. She is usually associated with the Chicago no wave scene, which included bands like the Flying Luttenbachers, U.S. Maple and Bobby Conn.-Background:...
were released on Drag City
Drag City (record label)
Drag City is a Chicago-based independent record label. It was established with a Royal Trux release in 1990 in Chicago, Illinois by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn.Drag City specializes in experimental indie rock acts...
in 2006. .
External links
- http://www.briantorreyscott.com
- Directions (Tarpaulin Sky, Fall 2005)
- Detail From The Mountain Side (Drag City Records)
- We Were the World (Rhinoceros Theater Festival 2007)