Sainer, Arthur

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SAINER, Arthur

SAINER, Arthur. American, b. 1924. Genres: Plays/Screenplays, Theatre, Novels, Poetry. Career: Member of Theatre Dept., Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, 1990-. New York Ed., TV Guide mag., NYC, 1956-61; Film Critic, Show Business Illustrated mag., Chicago, 1961; Book Critic, 1961, Drama Critic, 1961-80, Village Voice, NYC; Theatre and Film Ed., American Book Review, 1986-89. Member of English Dept., C.W. Post College, Brookville, NY, 1963-67, and 1975; Co-Producer, Bridge Theatre, NYC, 1965-66; Founding Ed., Ikon Magazine, NYC, 1967; Member of Drama Dept., Bennington College, VT, 1967-69; Member, Academic Council, and Program Advisory, Campus-Free College, Boston, 1971-73; Member of English Dept., Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, 1975; Member of Theatre Dept., Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1977-80, Hunter College, NYC, 1980-81, and Middlebury College, VT, 1981-83; Playwriting Instructor, New School for Social Research, NYC, 1985-92. Publications: The Sleepwalker and the Assassin: A Study of the Contemporary Theatre, 1964; The Thing Itself (in Playwrights for Tomorrow 6), 1969; I Piece Smash (in The Scene 2), 1974; The Radical Theatre Notebook, 1973; The New Radical Theater Notebook, 1997; Zero Dances, 1998. Address: 462 First St., Brooklyn, NY 11215, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]