Looking for Bobowicz
By Lena Smith
Adapted from the novel by Daniel Pinkwater
January 7 at 7PM
Town Hall Education's very own Lena Smith ("Drood" in Drood: The Mystery of Edwin Drood) has written a stage adaptation of Daniel Pinkwater's novel Looking for Bobowicz: A Hoboken Chicken Story). A free staged reading, approved by Mr. Pinkwater himself and featuring professional actors, will be hosted Saturday, January 7 at 7PM at Town Hall Theatre. No RSVP is required, all are welcome!
About the Playwright:
Lena is a senior at Bentley School and has recently adapted two works into plays, including Looking for Bobowicz, and has been crafting stories for as long as she has been able to write. Lena thanks Daniel Pinkwater for supporting the play of Looking for Bobowicz, her parents for finding and listening to the audiobook, and her brother for reciting scenes from the book with her. She hopes that it will be an entertaining show!
About the Author:
Daniel Pinkwater is, in brief, the author and sometimes illustrator of over 80 (and counting) wildly popular books. He is also an occasional commentator on National Public Radio's All Thing Considered and appears regularly on Weekend Edition Saturday, where he reviews exceptional kids' books with host Scott Simon. Said books usually go on to become best-selling classics.
Daniel also contributes to Wondertime, and has in the past been spotted on the pages of the New York Times Magazine, OMNI, and many other fine publications.
In collaboration with Tony Auth, Daniel wrote an unfortunately short-lived comic strip, NORB, which was critically acclaimed by Jules Feiffer and Chaim Potok, and no one else. (It was really good, though.)
A not uninformative biography can be accessed right here, and a similarly fine essay written by authentic Pinkwater Historian and real-world professor, Walter Hogan, can be found here.
For a basic kid-friendly biography and lots of colourful pictures of a youthful Pinkwater, try Meet Daniel Pinkwater, by Alice McGinty. For a more in-depth analysis of Daniel's life and work, you could do worse than to consult Walter Hogan's fine author study, The Agony and the Eggplant: Daniel Pinkwater's heroic struggles in the name of YA literature.
Daniel's agent is Jennifer Laughran of the Andrea Brown Literary agency. Interested parties can contact her here.
Daniel Pinkwater is _not_ Dav Pilkey. Probably, anyway.
Daniel also contributes to Wondertime, and has in the past been spotted on the pages of the New York Times Magazine, OMNI, and many other fine publications.
In collaboration with Tony Auth, Daniel wrote an unfortunately short-lived comic strip, NORB, which was critically acclaimed by Jules Feiffer and Chaim Potok, and no one else. (It was really good, though.)
A not uninformative biography can be accessed right here, and a similarly fine essay written by authentic Pinkwater Historian and real-world professor, Walter Hogan, can be found here.
For a basic kid-friendly biography and lots of colourful pictures of a youthful Pinkwater, try Meet Daniel Pinkwater, by Alice McGinty. For a more in-depth analysis of Daniel's life and work, you could do worse than to consult Walter Hogan's fine author study, The Agony and the Eggplant: Daniel Pinkwater's heroic struggles in the name of YA literature.
Daniel's agent is Jennifer Laughran of the Andrea Brown Literary agency. Interested parties can contact her here.
Daniel Pinkwater is _not_ Dav Pilkey. Probably, anyway.