Meet Erik Ehn, 2015-16 McKnight National Residency and Commission recipient

We are so pleased to announce our 2015-16 McKnight National Residency and Commission recipient, Erik Ehn.

The McKnight National Residency and Commission funds the creation and development of new works by nationally recognized playwrights and comes with a $14,000 commission, $5,750 in workshop funds, and travel and housing stipends. The 2015-16 McKnight National Residency and Commission recipient is Erik Ehn, whose work includes The Saint Plays, No Time Like the Present, Wolf at the Door, Tailings, Beginner, The Cycle Plays (for Theatre of Yugen), and Ideas of Good and Evil. The Soulographie project is a series of 17 plays on the history of the U.S. in the 20th century from the point of view of its genocides; scripts include Maria Kizito, Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling, Yermedea and Drunk Still Drinking. He is Artistic Director of Tenderloin Opera Company (Providence, RI – generating new works of music-theater by, for, and about people who are homeless/homeless advocates) and Artistic Associate, Theatre of Yugen (SF). Graduate of New Dramatists. Director of Writing for Performance, Brown University.

Erik Ehn