JOE MARTIN  Author & Director
Playwright, novelist and theatre director, Joe Martin's works
comprise an international, searching, formal exploration into
the border regions between the spiritual cosmos and the
political world.

He is the recipient of various grants and awards as a writer
and director--including a Fulbright Senior Fellowship in
Theatre, and grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the
American Scandinavian Foundation, the DC Commission on the
Arts and Humanities, among others.  In 2002 Martin was
selected to serve on the roster of Senior Fulbright Senior
Specialists, as a theatre artist.

Also active as a translator of drama from Swedish, Norwegian
and Spanish, he has translated many works of August
Strindberg, as well as Jens Bjorneboe, and Juan Tovar.

A director and dramaturg of over fifty stage productions in the
US, Canada and Europe, his choices have included both
originals and classic works: The Ghost Sonata
(Washington 1988), Parabola: Tales of the Wise and the Idiots
(Washington, 1990), Anatole's Lover (Washington 1991),
Woyzeck (1993), The Match Girl's SNOW QUEEN
(Washington 1995), Three Plays by Brecht: The Wedding/The
Chalk Cross/The Beggar (with Zeljko Djukic, 1997), Rumi's
MATHNAVI (Washington and New York, 1998-2001), and Jose
Rivera's Marisol (Bucharest, 2002).

He is a senior lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts and
Studies, Johns Hopkins University; and Creative Writing at
George Washington University. He is currently a resident fellow
in the arts at the Center for Global Peace, Washington DC.
THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
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Above: WOYZECK 1993: Open Theatre/Center
for International Theatre Exchange,
Washington DC.  Above, Stephen Angus, Matt
Walker.
REVIEWS
SELECTED ESSAYS/LINKS
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On FOREIGNERS:

"[An] absurdist mind grenade for the 90s ... Joe Martin's first novel
paints this neo-European shadow landscape with panache.  The
biggest surprise, however, may be learning that this modern day
Tower of Babel was concocted by a gifted American writer."
                          
                           Richard Peabody, Editor, GARGOYLE

On CONSPIRACIES: SIX  PLAYS

"[A] splendid introduction to one of the most exciting playwrights in
the country."
                   DRAMALOGUE, Hollywood, California, on                  
                    the stage version of PARABOLA

"... through the tightly structured geometry of this metaphorically
rich [work comes] a recognition of the search we undertake to fix a
place for ourselves ... and try to make sense of a confusing,
alienating and often combative world."
                
                                             HIGH PERFORMANCE

On STRINDBERG--OTHER SIDES

"Martin is not far behind [Strindberg] in versatility.  Martin's
experience as a scholar, playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, theatre
director and producer are a perfect fit, as he presents "other sides" of
Strindberg to a North American public."
       
                 Bjorn Meidal, THE STRINDBERG SOCIETY
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