Judith A. Meiksin
JudyMeiksinWrites@gmail.com
EDUCATION
1989 MFA/ Writing University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
1983 BA/ Writing Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
AWARDS
2020 Writing grant. Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co. Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Legacy Award Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co. Pittsburgh, PA
1993 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Recipient Harrisburg, PA
1992 Pushcart Prize Nominee Pushcart Press Wainscott, NY
1991 HarperCollins Fellowship HarperCollins Publishers New York
1988 &1989 Academy of American Poets Prize, 2d place
THEATER
PRODUCTION
Musicals
2022 Unravel, Musical Theatre Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; book by Judith A. Meiksin, lyrics by Dana Leahy, music by Angela Thompson
One Act
2022 Leaving Cremona, International Analogio Festival, Athens, Greece
2013 Hanukkah in the Backcountry, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co, Pittsburgh, PA; by invitation for the Holiday Edition
2012 Styrofoam Cup, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 Pennies, Powder, & Pussy, Pittsburgh Pride Play Festival, Pgh, PA
2003 Slam Dunk, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, Pittsburgh, PA
“Best Supporting Actress” awarded to Vanessa German
1993 Slow Dance, Queer Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
Monologue
2008 Untitled #1 and Mariam, WOMENSCENE, Pittsburgh, PA
COVID-19 pandemic - productions online
2020 Jonathan & Mariam (spoken word), Scribe Stages, Los Angeles, CA (scheduled for mid-September as a Zoom Event)
2020 Pennies, Powder, & Pussy, Phoenix Tears Productions: 10 Minute Tuesdays with Pride (43:34 mark), Orlando, FL
2020 Leaving Cremona, Pittsburgh City Theatre: In Their Own Voices, Pittsburgh, PA
WORKSHOP
2016 Seeking Transparency (full-length), The LAB Project, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Jonathan (full-length), Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, Pittsburgh, PA
STAGE READINGS
2005 Little Mission, Big Mission, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Jonathan, one scene, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, Pittsburgh, PA
SCRIPT READINGS
2022 Seeking Transparency, Just Write! Lakeland, Lakeland, FL
2022 Glimpses, Just Write! Lakeland, Lakeland, FL
2020 Aim, Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Leaving Cremona, Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Sanctuary, Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 Little Mission, Big Mission, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Jonathan, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, Pittsburgh, PA
1990 Soulmates, English Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1989 Spirited Lover, English Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pgh., PA
1989 Guardian Angel, Bloomers, Pittsburgh, PA
PUBLICATIONS
POETRY
1983–Present 5 AM, American Jones Building & Maintenance, Common Lives/Lesbian Lives, Curbside Review, Fireweed, Focus, In Your Face!, The Minnesota Review, Oakland Review, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Poetry Motel, Poets’ Ink, Poets On, Rattle, Sinister Wisdom, Slipstream, Synthesis, Voices: Israel, and Wanting Women.
REVIEWS
1998 Jan Beatty’s Mad River and Judith Vollmer’s The Door Open to the Fire, in The Pittsburgh Quarterly
1990 Lisa Zeidner’s Pocket Sundial, in The Pennsylvania Review
1987 Jan Hardy’s Out Here Flying, in Synthesis
COLUMN
1993 “Poetry Tips” in Poets’ Ink
PRESENTATIONS
CONFERENCE OR WORKSHOP
2016-2017 Science Communication: Social Media, Materials Research Society, USA
2015 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
2000 College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1995 The Associated Writing Programs, Pittsburgh, PA
1992 Program for Homeless Women, St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
1991 Wheeling Area Chapter of the West Virginia Poetry Society
1991 National Women’s Music Festival, Bloomington, Indiana
1991 The Canon and Marginality, SUNY at Binghamton, NY
1989 Bloomers, Pittsburgh, PA
1989 Writing Experience Series, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1988 Writing Experience Series, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1987 Commemoration of Gertrude Stein’s Birthday, Gertrude Stein Memorial Bookshop. Pittsburgh, PA
1986 Feminist Writers Guild. Pittsburgh, PA
POETRY READINGS include:
1985–Present Beehive, Bloomers, Common Grounds Coffeehouse, Feminist Writers Guild, Hemingway’s Reading Series, Poets for Peace, University of Pittsburgh Writing Experience Reading Series, WYEP
PRODUCER
2004-07; 2013-14 Co-Founder, co-producer for Pittsburgh Pride Theater Festival under the auspices of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company
1988–90, 1997 Coordinator for Tuesday Night Poetry Readings for Bloomers, Hemingway’s Reading Series, and Common Grounds Coffeehouse
EMPLOYMENT
EDITING
2021-present Managing and Content Editor FT MRS Bulletin Materials Research Society
2014-2021 News Editor FT MRS Bulletin Materials Research Society
1994-2014 Managing Editor FT MRS Bulletin Materials Research Society
1993-1995 Production Editor PT 5 AM Pittsburgh, PA
1992-1995 Editor PT Center for the Phil. of Science University of Pittsburgh
1992-1995 Copy Editor PT Univ. of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh
1990-1994 Assistant Editor FT Philosophy of Science University of Pittsburgh
1983-1995 Editor on a freelance basis
WRITING
1986-1995 Writer on a freelance basis
TEACHING WRITING
2013-Present Science Writing Workshop, Materials Research Society, USA
2013 Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, Bengaluru, India
1989-1995 School of the Carnegie Pittsburgh, PA
1989-1993 Community College of Allegheny County Pittsburgh, PA
1986-1990 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
MEMBERSHIP
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Dramatists Guild
Musical Theatre Artists of Pittsburgh
National Association of Science Writers
Theatre Communications Group