April 23, 2014
Interview with Assharq al-Awsat
Wright sat down with Assharq al-Awsat, the leading Arabic language paper. The interview is only available in Arabic.
April 04, 2014
NBC News Features Play After Carters Attend Premiere
Andrea Mitchell interviews Wright and actor Richard Thomas on NBC Nightly News.
April 02, 2014
American Theatre Tells How ‘Camp David’ Came to Life
The April issue of American Theatre magazine profiles Wright and explores how the new play, Camp David, came to life.
Each of Wright’s plays has been “a big step forward,” [Oskar] Eustis remarks. When playwrights create drama from journalism, “the biggest hurdle is demonstrating to people that the theatre has something to add to this discussion. And there are few people who are better qualified to do that than Larry.”
April 02, 2014
Curtain Rises for ‘Camp David’
A Note from Lawrence Wright
We open “Camp David” tomorrow night, with President and Ms. Carter in attendance, along with Jehan Sadat.
Maximum pressure on the actors. And the playwright!
Washington Post: Jimmy Carter, a longtime theater fan, to attend world premiere of ‘Camp David’ ⟶
March 24, 2014
Jewish Daily Forward Previews ‘Camp David’
“Nations don’t make peace, people do. That fundamental rule of foreign policy is at the crux of Camp David, Lawrence Wright’s new play about the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace negotiations, which is receiving its world premiere at Washington’s venerable Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.”
March 21, 2014
This Weekend: See ‘Camp David,’ Says Washington Post
“Diplomacy wonks will be paying close attention to "Camp David," a dramatic adaptation of 1978's 13-day Middle East peace summit between President Jimmy Carter (Richard Thomas), Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (Ron Rifkin) and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (Khaled Nabawy). The play, which makes its world premiere at Arena Stage, is written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright, a staff writer for the New Yorker. The opening performance is Friday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $55-$110; get them here.”
7 things to do in the D.C. area on the weekend of March 21-23 ⟶
March 20, 2014
‘Camp David’ in Washingtonian
“It’s hard to imagine many dramatists getting access to a former President and First Lady while researching a production. But few have Lawrence Wright’s résumé…”
In Arena Stage’s “Camp David,” Lawrence Wright Tells the Peacemakers’ Story ⟶
March 19, 2014
VIDEO: POLITICO Talks with ‘Camp David’
POLITICO interviews Wright and longtime Carter aide, Gerald Rafshoon, about Camp David, which starts previews this Friday, March 21, at DC’s Arena Stage.
March 15, 2014
Camp David Previewed by Washington Post
A Note from Lawrence Wright
OK, here we go...
Arena’s ‘Camp David’ tries to turn the grind of diplomacy into the stuff of drama ⟶
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