Background
Schenkar, Joan Marlenex was born on August 15, 1951 in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Schenkar, Joan Marlenex was born on August 15, 1951 in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Artistic director London production Signs of Life Theatre. Artistic director Force Majeure Productions, New York City. Teacher playwriting, creative writing, literature The School Visual Arts.
Visiting fellow Cummington Community for Arts, 1978, Ragdale Foundation, 1979, MacDowell Colony. Plenary session panel chair, United States representative First International Women's Playwrights Conference, Buffalo, 1988. Member Minnesota Opera New Music Theatre Commission for New Work, 1988.
Visiting playwright Williams College, 1994. United States representative Third International Women's Literary Conference, Dubrovnik, 1990. Panelist Theater of America Festival, 1985, American Theatre Association National Conference, 1989, National Playwrights Conference.
Speaker in field.
Member of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Societe des auteurs et compositeurs, National Endowments for Arts, The Bronte Society, The Women's Project, League Professional Theatre Women, Dramatists Guild.