Michael Lupu Dramaturgical papers
Scope and Contents
Michael Lupu's dramaturgical papers including: notes, notebooks, correspondence, financials production files, screenplays, photos, pottery, playbills, and documents related to his work at the Guthrie theater.
Dates
- 1930-2019, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Michael Lupu was born in 1930 in Romania and served as a senior dramaturg for over three decades at the Guthrie Theater. Back home in Romania, he became a film critic and theater artist before immigrating to the United States in 1972. He had worked with Liviu Ciulei as a dramaturg at the Bulandra Theatre in Bucharest before coming to the United States, and then with such artistic directors as Ciulei, Garland Wright, Joe Dowling, and Joseph Haj at the Guthrie. Lupu arrived in the Twin Cities in 1981 first working in community outreach for the Guthrie and then joined the theater’s literary department, which used research to contextualize and support plays. In 2006, Lupu won the Lessing Award, dramaturgy's highest honor. Lupu spoke at least seven languages, including Russian and Yiddish.
Extent
6 Linear Feet (6 Paige boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Michael Lupu's dramaturgical papers including: notes, notebooks, correspondence, financials production files, screenplays, photos, pottery, playbills, and documents related to his work at the Guthrie theater.
- Correspondence. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Screenplays Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Theater -- Management Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Theater -- Minnesota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Theater -- Production and direction Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Title
- Michael Lupu Dramaturgical Papers
- Author
- K Pearl McClintock
- Date
- March 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
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