A Conversation with Rajiv Joseph
The Community LibraryPulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Obie Award winner Rajiv Joseph will be in conversation with Martha Williams, The Community Library’s Programs and Education Director. Joseph is the third annual Sun Valley Playwright's Resident, a residency that fosters new relationships between theatremakers and Idaho’s Wood River Valley community and offers creative support to foster a new project over the course of a year. The residency is hosted at The Community Library's historic Ernest and Mary Hemingway House, and programs are presented in partnership with SVPR, the Library, and The Argyros Performing Arts Center. During his residency, a reading of Joseph’s 2009 play "Gruesome Playground Injuries" will also be read at The Argyros on October 14th. Rajiv Joseph’s play "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama and also awarded a grant for Outstanding New American Play by the National Endowment for the Arts. He has twice won the Obie Award for Best New American Play, first in 2016 with "Guards at the Taj" (also a 2016 Lortel Winner for Best Play) and then in 2018 with "Describe the Night." Other plays include "King James," "Letters of Suresh," "Archduke," "The North Pool," "Gruesome Playground Injuries" and ...