Dalt Wonk

Playwriting

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DALT WONK has lived and worked in New Orleans for the past 25 years. His plays have been produced in New York, London, Munich, San Francisco (American Conservatory Theater), Atlanta, Minneapolis (Walker Arts Center) and New Orleans.  His musical collaborators in theater have included Charles Neville, Julius Hemphill and Alvin Batiste. Some of his recent productions include Spiritual Gifts, performed at the Ohio Theater, New York City, June, 2006; Rio Seco , a comedy, performed at le Chat Noir, New Orleans, 2003; Dangerous Gardenias, a comedy of intrigue, performed at le Chat Noir cabaret, New Orleans, January,1999; A Bitter Glory, a jazz opera with music by Alvin Batiste, performed at The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, April 1998.

He is currently the theater critic for Gambit Weekly and WWNO National Public Radio.  Among his published works are The Book of the Golem, a prose tale, with two full color illustrations by the author, published in a limited edition by Masquerade, New Orleans, 1998; New Fables, a collection of original fables in verse with illustrations by the author, published in a limited edition by Masquerade, New Orleans, 1997; The Riddles of Existence: A Carnival Pageant, verse with full color illustration by the author, published by Temperance Hall Press, New Orleans, 1995; French Quarter Fables, a collection of original fables in verse with full color illustrations by the author, published December 1993 by Temperance Hall Press; To A Dying Friend, a small volume of poetry, published Spring 1993 by Loyola University.

He has received grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Louisiana Jazz and Heritage Foundation, The Stern Foundation, The Louisiana Division of the Arts, The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the City of New Orleans Municipal Endowment Fund, and the Lila Wallace Foundation.

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