Megan Terry

Early life and education Terry was born, as Marguerite Duffy, to Marguerite (née Henry) and businessman Harold Joseph in Seattle, Washington. Terry and Chaikin, together with Peter Feldman and Barbara Vann, founded The Open Theater in 1963. The Open Theater was a cooperative that progressed from a closed experimental laboratory to an ensemble. The Open Theater used the methods of the worldwide collective theater movement and was particularly inspired by the work of the acting teacher, Nola Chilton, and the innovator of theater games, Viola Spolin. Some praised the vigor of the play's social protest, while others did not. Later career Following the mixed reviews of Viet Rock, which was translated and produced internationally, Terry left New York and The Open Theater. She moved to Minnesota and became the writer-in-residence for Minneapolis' Firehouse Theater, where she had previously been a Rockefeller Fellow during the development of Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place. ==Selected works==

Theatre • 1955: Beach Grass – Seattle, Washington • 1955: Go Out and Move the Car - Seattle, Washington • 1955: Seascape – Seattle, Washington • 1961: New York Comedy - Saratoga Springs, New York • 1963: Ex-Miss Copper Queen on a Set of Pills - Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York City • 1963: ''Eat at Joe's'' - The Open Theater, New York City • 1963: When My Girlfriend Was Still All Flowers – The Open Theater, New York City • 1964: Calm Down Mother – Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York City • 1965: Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool, Dry Place – Firehouse Theatre, Minneapolis • 1966: The Magic Realists – La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York City • 1966: Comings and Goings – La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club • 1966: In the Gloaming, Oh My Darling – Martinique Theater • 1966: Viet Rock: A Folk War Movie (music by Marianne de Pury) – La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and Martinique Theater and The Open Theater, New York City (published by Broadway Play Publishing in Plays by Megan Terry) • 1967: The People vs. Ranchman – La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club (produced by the Firehouse Theatre, Minneapolis) • 1968: Massachusetts Trust – Spingold Theater, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts • 1968: Changes – directed by Tom O'Horgan at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club • 1968: Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place – La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club • 1968: Jack Jack – Firehouse Theater, Minneapolis, directed by Sydney Walter • 1970: Approaching Simone - La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and Boston University Theater, Boston, Massachusetts (published by Broadway Play Publishing in Plays by Megan Terry) • 1973: Couplings and Groupings • 1973: Nightwalk (with Sam Shepard and Jean-Claude van Itallie) – The Open Theater, New York City • 1974: Babes In The Bighouse – Magic Theater, Omaha, Nebraska (published by Broadway Play Publishing in Plays by Megan Terry) • 1974: Hothouse • 1974: Calm Down Mother and The Gloaming, Oh My Darling – La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club • 1978: ''American King's English for Queens'' • 1979: Attempted Rescue on Avenue B: A Beat Fifties Comic Opera • 1979: Goona Goona – Magic Theater, Omaha, Nebraska (published by Broadway Play Publishing) • 1982: ''Molly Bailey's Traveling Family Circus: Featuring Scenes from the Life of Mother Jones'' • 1985: Objective Love I - Magic Theater, Omaha, Nebraska (published by Broadway Play Publishing, 2012) • 1990–1992: Star Path Moon Stop - written and toured for Magic Theatre • 1992: Sanibel and Captiva – Cesear's Forum, a minimalist theatre company, staged the radio play on a double bill with James Prideaux's Lemonade, Heartland Cafe Studio Theater, Chicago, Illinois • 1995: No Kissing in Hall – commissioned by J. Larson of Rose Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska Television • 1955: The Dirt Boat – KING-TV, Seattle, Washington • 1968: Home or Future Soap (directed by Glenn Jordan) – Channel 13 New York City • 1969: One More Little Drinkie – Channel 13 New York City Radio plays • 1968: Sanibel and Captiva (radio play produced on national radio by PBS-Boston) • 1972: American Wedding Ritual Monitored/Transmitted by the Planet Jupiter • 1974: Home: Or Future Soap == References ==