Talya Kingston is a theatre writer, dramaturg, and educator with a particular interest in new play development and theatre for social change. She was the Education Director at Hartford Stage and a long-term Visiting Professor at Hampshire College. She is originally from Britain and returns each summer to co-teach a University of Massachusetts course at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Talya’s writing on theatre has appeared in Theater Journal, The Moving Voice, HowlRound, and the Valley Advocate. Her professional dramaturgy credits include: the premiere of Eve Ensler’s Necessary Targets at Hartford Stage/Variety Arts Theatre, the US premiere of Helmet by Douglas Maxwell at the New York Fringe Festival, an immersive production of The Lonely Soldier Project by Helen Benedict, Seriously... What Did You Call Me? written and performed by Onawumni Jean Moss at the Ko Festival and Late Style, a stage adaptation of conversations between Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim featuring performances by members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
Talya Kingston
These Rooms
Essay
These Rooms
A Dynamic Theatrical Event Reveals Ireland’s Hidden Histories
26 October 2016
The Scottish Independence Debate at the Edinburgh Festival, Part Two
Essay
The Scottish Independence Debate at the Edinburgh Festival, Part Two
16 September 2014
The Scottish Independence Debate at the Edinburgh Festival, Part One
Essay
The Scottish Independence Debate at the Edinburgh Festival, Part One
28 August 2014
Dispatch from the Edinburgh Fringe, Part Three
Essay
Dispatch from the Edinburgh Fringe, Part Three
A Controlled Escape
26 August 2013
Dispatch from the Edinburgh Fringe, Part Two
Essay
Dispatch from the Edinburgh Fringe, Part Two
Bearing Witness
17 August 2013
Dispatch from the Edinburgh Fringe, Part One
Essay
Dispatch from the Edinburgh Fringe, Part One
Feast or Binge
13 August 2013
Dispatch from the Edinburgh Fringe
Series
Dispatch from the Edinburgh Fringe
Talya Kingston documents her experience attending the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.