David Blixt
American dramatist (born 1973)
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David Blixt (born July 12, 1973, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American author, stage actor,[1][2][3][4] and director living in Chicago, Illinois.[5] Blixt currently serves as an Artistic Associate at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival and is the MSF's resident Fight Director (Violence Designer).[6] He has directed several plays, including a 2004 production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).[7] Since 2011 he has been on the arts faculty of the Chicago High School for the Arts.[8] In 2012 he and Broadway veteran Rick Sordelet launched their own printing imprint Sordelet Ink, which focuses on publishing playscripts as well as some of Blixt's own works.
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| Born | July 12, 1973 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
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An authority on Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, in 2014 Blixt and his wife Janice L Blixt were guests of the city of Verona, Italy for the launch of the Italian language edition of his novel The Master Of Verona.[9] He also collaborated on the script for filmmaker Anna Lerario's documentary about the life of Verona's prince, Cangrande della Scala.[10]
In 2017 his novel Her Majesty's Will, a comedy in which William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe foil a plot on Queen Elizabeth's life, was adapted for the stage by Robert Kauzlaric for Lifeline Theatre.[11]
In 2021 Blixt announced the discovery of eleven lost novels by journalist Nellie Bly, which he subsequently published as The Lost Novels Of Nellie Bly.[12]
Awards
- Wilde Award for Best Actor-Comedy (2014, won for The Importance of Being Earnest)[13]
- Wilde Award for Best Actor-Comedy (2019, won for Cyrano de Bergerac)[14]
- Joseph Jefferson Award for Fight Choreography (2022, won with Christian Kelly-Sordelet for Athena)[15]
- Nominated for the Joseph Jefferson Award for Fight Choreography. (2015, for Macbeth at The Artistic Home,[16] 2018 for Her Majesty's Will at Lifeline Theatre,[17] 2023 for Witch at The Artistic Home[18])
Bibliography
The Adventures Of Nellie Bly
- What Girls Are Good For: A Novel of Nellie Bly (2018) ISBN 978-1730978425
- Charity Girl: A Nellie Bly Novelette (2020)
- Clever Girl: A Nellie Bly Novella (2020)
Star-Cross'd Series
Colossus Series
- Stone & Steel (2012)
- The Four Emperors (2013)
- Wail of the Fallen (TBA)
- The Hollow Triumph (TBA)
Will & Kit Series
- Her Majesty's Will (2012)
Anthologies
- A Song Of War: A Novel Of Troy (2023)
- We All Fall Down: Stories Of Plague And Resilience (2020)
- A Sea Of Sorrow: A Novel Of Odysseus (2017)
Scripts
- Eve of Ides (2012)
Non-fiction
- Shakespeare's Secrets: Romeo & Juliet (2018)
- Tomorrow & Tomorrow: Essays On Shakespeare's Macbeth (2012, with Janice L Blixt)
- Fighting Words: A Combat Glossary (2016)
Editor
The Lost Novels Of Nellie Bly
- The Mystery Of Central Park
- Eva The Adventuress
- New York By Night
- Alta Lynn, M.D. (Introduction by Blixt, edited by Robert Kauzlaric)
- Wayne's Faithful Sweetheart (Introduction by Blixt, edited by Robert Kauzlaric)
- Little Luckie, or Playing For Hearts
- In Love With A Stranger, or Through Fire And Water To Win Him
- The Love Of Three Girls
- Little Penny, Child Of The Streets (Introduction by Blixt, edited by Robert Kauzlaric)
- Pretty Merribelle
- Twins & Rivals
Other Nellie Bly Works
- Into The Madhouse: The Complete Reporting Surrounding Nellie Bly's Expose of the Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum (2021)
- Nellie Bly's World Vol 1: 1887–1888 (2021)
- Nellie Bly's World Vol 2: 1889–1890 (2021)