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Annie Baker was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was the daughter of a college administrator and a psychotherapist. -
Annie Baker grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts at the age of just 6 years old Annie Baker's parents, Conn Nugent and Linda Baker, got a divorce causing her to be a very observant and sensitive person growing up. -
-the Pulitzer, the Steinberg Playwright Award
-the Obie Awards
-Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, Drama Performance Art
-the Signature Theatre in New York -
Annie is recognized as more than just a playwright. She is admired for her empathy and her genuine willingness to listen to and understand the feelings of others.
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Because of Annie's background in writing and psychology, she eventually found her calling as a playwright, even though it wasn’t something she had planned. -
Growing up Annie had a variety of jobs that allowed her to grow in her writing skills which lead her where she is now. These jobs include a script PA, at St. Mark's Bookshop, etc.
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Body awareness was Annie Bakers first playwright trying to spread awareness of people who struggle with understanding themselves and each other especially when it comes to identity, communication, and acceptance. Which was staged by the Atlantic Theater Company. -
After graduating from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with her B.F.A (Bachelors in Fine Art) she continued with her education attending Brooklyn college, earning her M.F.A (Masters in Fine Art) -
Throughout her time as a playwright she has gotten praised for her unique style. Her plays are described as "depicting real life and feelings".
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Circle Mirror Transformation won the "Obie Award for Best New American Play and a Drama Desk nomination" which premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons. -
The Aliens was premiered Off-Broadway at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. The play showed the themes of friendships, love death. -
In addition to her work as a playwright, Annie Baker taught playwriting at several universities, including New York University, Barnard College, etc. She also serves as a professor at Hunter College and the University of Texas at Austin.
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Annie's translation of the play Uncle Vanya was first presented off-Broadway by Soho Rep Theatre. Annie tried to capture the originality of the Russian version into her translation. -
The flick was one of Annie Baker's most popular plays which also won the award of "Pulitzer Prize for Drama". -
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama in which Annie Baker was rewarded for her play "The Flick", known as the most recognizable award as it established her role in the field of theatre. -
John being a play many people enjoyed due to its deep significance, which also connects to Annie's psychological background played in NYC at the Signature Theatre’s Irene Diamond Stage, one of the largest off-Broadway houses and many others. -
Annie Baker currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, and is married to Nico Baumbach, with whom she has one child. Though there is not much information of her family and wedding day. -
Annie Baker was named MacArthur Fellow known as the “Genius Grant”, which gives an award of $625,000 amount over a five year period. -
The Antipodes is described as a play about people telling stories about telling stories. This play premiered at the Signature Theatre in NYC under the direction of Lila Neugebauer. -
The play Infinite Life by the playwright Annie Baker was first premiered Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company in which the play "Body awareness" premiered. This play expressed the complexity of suffering. -
Janet Planet was Annie's first film and very successful. The debut film had a world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival which was also screened at the NYC screen festival. -
https://www.sas.rochester.edu/theatre/productions/current/circle-mirror/resources.html
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2017/annie-baker
https://www.goodmantheatre.org/artists/annie-baker/
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/62764/the-antipodes
https://www.allarts.org/2024/07/annie-baker-janet-planet/
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/12563/uncle-vanya-baker
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/interview-annie-baker-par_b_8389594
https://kids.kiddle.co/Annie_Baker