{"id":1,"date":"2013-08-18T03:48:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T03:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.robinchaplik.net\/?p=1"},"modified":"2020-06-24T19:06:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:06:01","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.robinchaplik.net\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Robin Chaplik"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Piven<\/a>

Piven Theatre: ROSA LUBLIN Adapted\/Directed by Robin Chaplik, Jeff Award “Best New Adaptation”<\/p><\/div>\n

Robin Chaplik is an award-winning playwright, freelance director, author, and teaching artist based in Chicago. Her play ROSA LUBLIN (produced by Piven Theatre) won the Joseph Jefferson Award (Equity) for \u201cBest New Adaptation.\u201d Honored for her direction as well (\u201cOne of the 10-Best Productions of the Year\u201d – Pioneer Press<\/i>), she was invited by the College of DuPage to remount ROSA LUBLIN and direct Julia Pascal\u2019s THE DYBBUK. Other favorite Chicago productions include John Patrick Shanley\u2019s THE BIG FUNK (Joseph Jefferson Award-Nominated) <\/b>for Clock Productions, THE ILLUSION (Joseph Jefferson Award-Recommended) for the Piven Theatre, and the critically acclaimed COOL SHOES for Collaboraction Theatre Company\u2019s Sketchbook Festival. Ms. Chaplik has worked with numerous other theatres in Chicago including Steppenwolf, Redmoon, Strawdog, Raven, Fox Theatricals, Bailiwick, and Babes with Blades. In New York, she devised and directed GUERILLA WARFARE IN TEXAS (a solo work by the Ridiculous Theatre Company\u2019s Rob Lanier) for the 12th<\/sup> Street Repertory Company and performed in Anne Bogart\u2019s production of DANTON\u2019S DEATH.<\/p>\n

From 2000 to 2007, Ms. Chaplik was a Resident Artist with Steppenwolf Theatre Company\u2019s renowned Steppenwolf For Young Adults program where she specialized in arts integration, professional development, and curriculum design. Her innovative work has been featured on Chicago Educator<\/i> on CPS-TV and in The National Council of Teachers\u2019 English Journal<\/i>. She has taught and lectured at the University of Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, the Terra Foundation of American Art, DePaul University, Valparaiso University, Northeastern University\u2019s Chicago Teachers\u2019 Center, and the Chicago Public Schools Best Practices Conference. Ms. Chaplik has held key artistic, educational and administrative positions with the Piven Theatre Workshop where she currently teaches Viewpoints and Composition. Ms. Chaplik is a graduate of New York University\u2019s Tisch School of the Arts (Experimental Theater Wing).<\/p>\n

Ms. Chaplik was awarded the Manhattan Women in the Arts Gold Medallion \u201cfor presenting positive images of women in the popular arts\u201d for her Marvel Comics miniseries SHE-HULK: CEREMONY (reprinted in the 2010 hardcover omnibus WOMEN OF MARVEL: CELEBRATING SEVEN DECADES). She is the author of over a dozen electronic children\u2019s books for Nickelodean, Sesame Street, Hasbro, and Pixar\/Disney.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis world premier casts a pall and a spell\u2026the first act alone is reason enough to see ROSA LUBLIN.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cLike a swiftly moving but horrific nightmare\u2026all consuming and unstoppable\u2026an exquisite rendering of Rosa, radiating caustic wit and high intelligence\u201d<\/p>\n

– Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cROSA LUBLIN comes to life at Piven\u2026particularly challenging and stimulating\u2026Chaplik keeps the dramatic stakes high with an inventive transcription of the text and strong, vivid, understated performances from her small cast. ROSA LUBLIN is a heartbreaking story that never resorts to emotional manipulation.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Bruce Ingram, Pioneer Press<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cIntense, dark, heart-rending \u2013 ROSA LUBLIN leaves one almost breathless\u2026Simply yet effectively staged and beautifully acted\u2026Chaplik\u2019s creative and extremely effective adaptation and direction are a result of her clear commitment to the material. She has drawn first-rate performances from the actors.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Gila Wertheimer, Chicago Jewish Star<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cRobin Chaplik\u2019s production [of THE BIG FUNK] is fabulous.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Chicago Reader<\/p>\n

\u201cA moving and earnest work of art\u2026masterful stage vision\u2026an elaborate tour de force of redemptive stage magic\u2026audiences will no doubt leave Clock Productions\u2019 staging [of THE BIG FUNK] feeling renewed and provoked.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Lucia Mauro, chicagotheater.com<\/p>\n

\u201cDirector Robin Chaplik\u2019s staging [of THE ILLUSION] is wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Kevin Heckman, PerformInk<\/p>\n

\u201cThe brisk pace and robust characterizations of this production [of THE ILLUSION] render it one of the most coherent and entertaining versions of the play in recent memory.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Mary Shen Barnidge, Chicago Reader<\/p>\n

\u201cA fast-paced, hilarious spectacle [THE ILLUSION].\u201d<\/p>\n

– Ben Winters, New City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robin Chaplik is an award-winning playwright, freelance director, author, and teaching artist based in Chicago. Her play ROSA LUBLIN (produced by Piven Theatre) won the Joseph Jefferson Award (Equity) for \u201cBest New Adaptation.\u201d Honored for her direction as well (\u201cOne of the 10-Best Productions of the Year\u201d – Pioneer Press), she was invited by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.robinchaplik.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.robinchaplik.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.robinchaplik.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.robinchaplik.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.robinchaplik.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.robinchaplik.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23,"href":"https:\/\/blog.robinchaplik.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.robinchaplik.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.robinchaplik.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.robinchaplik.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}