Margie Castleman

(Updated 1/3/22) Margie Castleman’s career began as a dancer, segued into acting, choreography, and now works as a playwright. Her three plays, CLOSING THE CHANDLERY, BLEND, WE CAN EAT LOVE, were all semi-finalists in the O'Neill Theatre Conference, and LARK development. WE CAN EAT LOVE was produced at Portland Stage (Studio Series), Maine (2019). Public reading SQUIRREL, Round The Bend Theatre, and ShoutOut Saugerties, 6/26/21 Other production credits, THE SWIM MEET, 78th Street Theatre Lab, SheWrites Festival, finalist 10 Minute Plays, Humana Festival, NBC daytime TV. She holds a BA in acting, from Bard College, and a MFA in playwriting from Brooklyn College (Mac Wellman, chair). She is a Lifetime member of DRAMATISTS GUILD, currently developing work with HOWL Playwrights (Rhinebeck, NY), and is a member of HONOR ROLL.

MORE ABOUT ME
Most gratified and floored to watch/hear a my playwriting (at risk) students preform their own plays. Getting Out by Marsha Norman shot a catharsis thru me I'll never forget. I think and hope I'm always myself, other wise who am I? I give most disappointments 24 hrs. I hope artistic directors/literary managers cast aside all aspects of ageism. I'm pretty darn shy, don't like being spotlighted. I read and watch old movies, observe wild winter birds feeding, long for two new kittens. Theatre is my life, sigh. I try to tell true stories wrapped up in imagination.

WHAT I'M WORKING ON
a new play:' 1,000 FEET'

KEYWORDS
Dancing writer working with real honesty