Outrageous Fortune: The Life and Times of the New American Play
TODD LONDON is in his fourteenth season as the artistic director of New Dramatists, the nation s oldest center for the support and development of playwrights, where he has worked closely with more than a hundred of America s finest playwrights and advocated nationally and internationally for hundreds more. In 2009, he was the first recipient of Theatre Communications Group s Visionary Leadership Award for his work to advance the theatre field. A former managing editor of American Theatre magazine and the author of The Artistic Home, he has written, edited, and/or contributed to eleven books. London won the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for his essays in American Theatre and a Milestone Award for his first novel, The World s Room. Under his leadership, New Dramatists received both a special Tony Honor and the Ross Wetzsteon Award from the Village Voice Obies. He currently serves on the faculty of Yale University School of Drama.