{{short description|American writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP one source|date=April 2016}} {{BLP primary sources|date=April 2016}} }} {{infobox writer |name=Marisha Chamberlain |birth_date={{birth date and age|1952|1|6}} |occupation=Writer |nationality=American }} '''Marisha Anne Chamberlain''' (born January 6, 1952) is an American writer. Her most recent work, the libretto for ''Mortals & Angels'', a collaboration with American composer Carol Barnett, premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2016, a companion piece to their widely produced collaborative piece, ''The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass''. Her stage plays, both original works and adaptations are widely produced. Her debut novel, ''The Rose Variations'', was published by Soho Press in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/books/review/Wilcox-t.html|title=Strings Attached|date=February 22, 2009|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Her play, ''Scheherazade'', won the Dramatists Guild/CBS National Award,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.playscripts.com/playwrights/bios/193 | title=Marisha Chamberlain | work=Playscripts, Inc. | accessdate=May 5, 2016}}</ref> and in her screenplay version, played on public television across the country, and was screened at the British Film Institute Festival in the category of Best of American Public Television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marishachamberlain.com/biography/|title=Biography|work=Marisha Chamberlain}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
===Libretti===
*''Mortals & Angels: A Bluegrass Te Deum'' with composer Carol Barnett, forthcoming from Boosey & Hawkes, 2016. *''The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass'', published by Boosey & Hawkes, 2008. *''The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass'' CD, released on the Clarion Label, 2008
===Plays===
*''Hope for Breakfast'' (original full-length play), Playscripts Inc. *''The Canterville Ghost'' (stage adaptation), Playscripts Inc., 2004 *''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' (stage adaptation), Playscripts Inc., 2004 *''Young Jane Eyre'' (stage adaptation), Playscripts Inc., 2004 *''Evergreen'' (original full-length play), Playscripts Inc., 2004 *''Little Women'' (stage adaptation), Playscripts Inc., 2003 *''Scheherazade'' (original full-length play), Dramatists Play Service, 1985 *''Scheherazade'' (play, German translation) Litag Theaterverlag, Bremen, Germany, 1991
===Fiction and poetry===
*''The Rose Variations'' (novel), Soho Press, 2009, {{ISBN|1569475385}} *''Powers'' (poetry, Minnesota voices project), 1981, {{ISBN|0898230500}}
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