Sunrise Sessions: Shawn Fisher - Through the Eyes of the Audience
Shawn
Fisher is an associate professor of theatre design and playwriting at
Utah State University, where he heads the graduate program in theatre. He holds an
MFA from
Brandeis University. Fisher has been a designer, playwright, producer, director or craftsman on over
100 shows throughout the country. He is the founder and director of the
National Playwrights
Symposium at
Cape May Stage where he hosts Pulitzer- and
Tony Award-winning
Broadway playwrights as they mentor emerging artists. He is also the founding director of the
Fusion Theatre Project, a non-traditional company that is based at
USU and creates original works of social-themed theatre. Fisher is an Edgerton
Foundation New American Play Award winner, a Stavis Playwriting Award nominee, a
David M. Cohen Award nominee and a nation
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