Discipline: Theatre – playwriting

Karinne Keithley Syers

Discipline: Theatre – playwriting
Region: Jackson Heights, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2009, 2015

Karinne Keithley Syers worked on a libretto and choreographic sketches for a chamber opera for two dancers and two singers, sourced from the novels of Willa Cather and created in collaboration with Brendan Connelly.

Studios

Cheney

Karinne Keithley Syers worked in the Cheney studio.

Cheney Studio was given to MacDowell by Mrs. Benjamin P. Cheney and Mrs. Karl Kauffman. Like Barnard Studio, Cheney is a low, broadly massed bungalow. Sited on a steep westward slope, its porches are supported on wooden posts and fieldstone with lattices. Although it still retains its appealing character, the original design of the shingled building…

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