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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