BIO | reaganchesnut

MY STORY

I am a playwright and author based in Holland, Michigan.

After earning my B.A. in Theatre from Hope College, I completed an M.Phil. in Theatre and Performance at the University of Dublin, Trinity College under the supervision of Dr. Eric Weitz with a focus in playwriting under the tutelage of playwright Marina Carr.

While living in Dublin, I worked as head scriptreader for Fishamble: the New Play Company. I have also completed several independent courses and seminars, including a viewpoints with Bluepatch Theatre Company and a directing seminar with Selina Cartmell.

Currently, I work as the Associate Managing Director for Hope Summer Repertory Theatre and Stage Mangement Lecturer and Supervisor, and Office Manager for the Hope College Department of Theatre.

Reagan's children's books include:

The Little Boy Who Was Precious

Reagan's playwriting credits include:

THE REQUIEM CYCLE:

Kyrie

The Hound, or Libera Me

Smoke and Sparrow (in progress)

Deadly Rapture of the Deep (in progress)

SHORT PLAYS:

Twilight in Hamburg

Untitled Concerto

Sociopath

The Rats Sleep at Night (translated and adapted for the stage from Wolfgang Borchert's "Nachts schlafen die Ratten doch")

Coconut Dialogue

Other writing:

"Turning Violence into Play: violence as comedy in Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan and The Lieutenant of Inishmore," 15,163 word Master of Philosophy dissertation: Trinity College, Dublin.

"'I am not what I am': putting the psychopath on stage," 20,148 word transfer dissertation, Trinity College: Dublin .

Reagan Chesnut

Author, Playwright

I am a playwright and author based in Holland, Michigan.

After earning my B.A. in Theatre from Hope College, I completed an M.Phil. in Theatre and Performance at the University of Dublin, Trinity College under the supervision of Dr. Eric Weitz with a focus in playwriting under the tutelage of playwright Marina Carr.

While living in Dublin, I worked as head scriptreader for Fishamble: the New Play Company. I have also completed several independent courses and seminars, including a viewpoints with Bluepatch Theatre Company and a directing seminar with Selina Cartmell.

Currently, I work as the Associate Managing Director for Hope Summer Repertory Theatre and Stage Mangement Lecturer and Supervisor, and Office Manager for the Hope College Department of Theatre.

I am a playwright and author based in Holland, Michigan.​

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After earning my B.A. in Theatre from Hope College, I completed an M.Phil. in Theatre and Performance at the University of Dublin, Trinity College under the supervision of Dr. Eric Weitz with a focus in playwriting under the tutelage of playwright Marina Carr.​

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While living in Dublin, I worked as head scriptreader for Fishamble: the New Play Company. I have also completed several independent courses and seminars, including a viewpoints with Bluepatch Theatre Company and a directing seminar with Selina Cartmell.​

Currently, I work as the Associate Managing Director for Hope Summer Repertory Theatre and Stage Mangement Lecturer and Supervisor, and Office Manager for the Hope College Department of Theatre.

I am a playwright and author based in Holland, Michigan.

After earning my B.A. in Theatre from Hope College, I completed an M.Phil. in Theatre and Performance at the University of Dublin, Trinity College under the supervision of Dr. Eric Weitz with a focus in playwriting under the tutelage of playwright Marina Carr.

While living in Dublin, I worked as head scriptreader for Fishamble: the New Play Company. I have also completed several independent courses and seminars, including a viewpoints with Bluepatch Theatre Company and a directing seminar with Selina Cartmell.