• Happy 80th, Barbara Fisher! (Playwright/illustrator)

    From Lenona@21:1/5 to Lenona on Sun Jan 10 12:53:47 2021
    On Friday, December 11, 2020 at 4:13:36 PM UTC-5, Lenona wrote:
    It seems I MAY have her mixed up with another Barbara Fisher, who was born in 1940 and started writing in the 1970s or earlier, but I can't be sure just yet.

    I certainly did.

    From Contemporary Authors:

    CAREER:
    Dauntless Books, Inc., New York City, editorial assistant, 1962-63; Academic Press, Inc., New York City, writer in promotion department, 1963-64; Chelsea Theater Center, New York City, director of research and development, 1966-68; Ten Penny Players, New
    York City, codirector and editor of publications, 1967--. Manager and fiscal director of 799 Greenwich Street Tenants Corp., New York City, 1972-89; fundraiser for Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, 1974-76; fiscal director of New York
    Book Fair, 1978-87; codirector of Waterways Project, 1978--. Consultant to New York State Narcotics Control Commission, 1971- 73. Instructor at library workshops and at New York Board of Education Alternative High School and Program Sites, 1990--;
    adjunct professor, Fordham University, 1993--.

    https://tenpennyplayers.org/profile.html
    (about Fisher and Ten Penny Players, with photo)


    WORKS:

    WRITINGS:
    Joyce Carol Oates's We Were the Mulvaneys, Barnes & Noble (New York, NY), 2003. Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible, Spark Pub. (New York, NY), 2003.

    JUVENILE
    (And illustrator) Big Harold and Tiny Enid, Ten Penny Players (New York City), 1975.
    (And illustrator) Jud: A Play for Two Voices, Ten Penny Players, 1976.
    (And illustrator) Philpin's Tree, Ten Penny Players, 1976.
    Nutrition Awareness Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Washington, DC), 1976.
    (And illustrator) Car Boy, Ten Penny Players, 1977.
    (And illustrator) Linkups, Ten Penny Players, 1977.
    (And illustrator) Jolly Molly Molar, Ten Penny Players, 1979.
    (And illustrator) Harmony Hurricane Muldoon, Ten Penny Players, 1979.
    (And illustrator) Max St. Peter McBride and Theodora, Ten Penny Players, 1981. (And illustrator) Dan, Ten Penny Players, 1981.
    Davy, Davy Dumpling, SZ Press, 1985.
    Bloomfield: The Story of a Village, Bloomfield-Hallowell Union Library, 1996.

    WATERWAYS PROJECT (NEW YORK CITY)
    Coping with Your Baby's Frequent Hospitalizations without Cigarettes, Alcohol, Prescription or Illegal Drugs, 1990.
    Death of Your Child, 1990.
    A Young Parent's Guide to Health and Sensible Eating, 1991.
    A Young Parent's Guide to Water, Good Health, and Keeping Clean, 1991.
    Enabling the Family, 1991.
    Dealing with Differences, 1995.

    EDITOR; JUVENILE; WITH HUSBAND, RICHARD ALAN SPIEGEL
    Poetry Hunter, No. 1, Ten Penny Players, 1981.
    More Poetry Hunter, Ten Penny Players, 1981.
    Still More Poetry Hunter, Ten Penny Players, 1981.
    Subway Slams, Ten Penny Players, 1981.
    In Search of Song, Ten Penny Players, Volume 1: PS-114, Volume 2: PS-276, 1981, Volume 3: Jefferson Market Library, 1982, Volume 4, by Adrienne Day, 1983, Volume 5, by New York Book Fair, 1983, Volume 6, by Roxanne Mennella, 1984, Volume 7, by Sarah
    Wilkins, 1984, Volume 8: Inner Clockwork, 1985.
    Greenwich Village Lore and Chinatown Tales, Ten Penny Players, 1983.
    Menella and Wilkins, Dolls, Ten Penny Players, 1984.
    Yearning to Breathe Free, Ten Penny Players, 1984.
    Fairies, Elves, and Gnomes, Ten Penny Players, 1985.
    Streams I, New York City Board of Education, 1987.
    Streams II, New York City Board of Education, 1988.
    Streams III, New York City Board of Education, 1989.
    Streams IV, New York City Board of Education, 1990.
    Streams V, New York City Board of Education, 1991.
    Streams VI, New York City Board of Education, 1992.
    Streams VII, New York City Board of Education, 1993.
    Streams VIII, New York City Board of Education, 1994.
    Streams IX, New York City Board of Education, 1995.
    Streams X, New York City Board of Education, 1996.

    (Under name Barbara Fisher Perry) Care without Care, Avon (New York City), 1970.
    "Noisy City Sam" (one-act juvenile play), first produced in New York City at Clinton Park, July, 1970.
    (Adapter and director) "Goblin Market" (juvenile play), first produced in New York City at Jefferson Market Library, April 7, 1984.

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