{"id":4,"date":"2021-07-10T19:57:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T19:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5475.temp.domains\/~judithp6\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:29:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/judithpratt.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n      class=\"kv-control-placeholder kv-_page\"\n      data-kv-control=\"1\">\n    <\/div> <section class=\"background-id_808080m20 section-2 meruhy39 undefined kv-full-page\" style=\" position:relative;\">\n  <a name=\"section2\"><\/a>\n    <div\n    class=\"kv-control-placeholder kv-_section\"\n    data-kv-control=\"background\">\n  <\/div> <div class='kv-background  ' style=\" background-color: rgb(80,80,80);\">\n        \n        <div class='kv-background-inner ' data-image=\"background-image: url(&#x27;https:\/\/images.builderservices.io\/s\/cdn\/v1.0\/i\/m?url&#x3D;https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fproduction-bluehost-v1-0-5%2F225%2F965225%2FRsFpBbQr%2Fbee47fa06f0349f8a0fa9238026feb1a&amp;methods&#x3D;resize%2C2000%2C5000&#x27;);\" style=\"\n          background-image: url(&#x27;https:\/\/images.builderservices.io\/s\/cdn\/v1.0\/i\/m?url&#x3D;https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fproduction-bluehost-v1-0-5%2F225%2F965225%2FRsFpBbQr%2Fbee47fa06f0349f8a0fa9238026feb1a&amp;methods&#x3D;resize%2C2000%2C5000&#x27;);\n          \n          \n          background-color: rgb(80,80,80);\n          \"><\/div>\n          \n<\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"position-relative kv-content\">\n    <div\n    class=\"kv-control-placeholder kv-_section\"\n    data-kv-control=\"content\">\n  <\/div> <div class=\"kv-ee-section kv-ee-section--lg kv-full-page\"><div class=\"kv-ee-container kv-ee-spacing \"><div class=\"kv-ee-row\"><div class=\"kv-ee-col-lg-6 kv-ee-col-xl-6\"> <h2 class=\"kv-ee-cover-title kv-ee-section-title\" data-type=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\">&nbsp;Judith Pratt, Writer<span data-prop=\"title\" class=\"ck-editable-element\" data-editable=\"basic\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/h2> <\/div><div class=\"kv-ee-col-lg-6 kv-ee-col-xl-6 kv-ee-subsection\"> <p class=\"kv-ee-cover-subtitle kv-ee-section-subtitle kv-ee-title--md\" data-type=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\">I write stories.<br>&#8211;I write them as plays.\n<br>&#8211;I write them as novels.<span data-prop=\"subtitle\" class=\"ck-editable-element\" data-editable=\"basic\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/p> <p class=\"kv-ee-cover-description kv-ee-section-description kv-ee-body--md\" data-type=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\">I\u2019ve been an actor, director, theatre professor, journalist, and theatre reviewer. 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Cape Town South Africa. Most recently, Maize won the SciArts at Louisiana State University Playwriting Prize, 2019, was a semi-finalist for the 2019 Mach 33: Caltech\/Pasadena Playhouse Festival of New Science-Driven Plays, and a 2019 TRU Play Reading Series Finalist.\n<br><br>\nNovelist: <br>\nA character in one of my plays (Chimera) had another story to tell\u2014a story that wouldn\u2019t fit on a stage without a zillion-dollar budget. So I wrote a novel, The Dry Country. You can find it on Amazon. The next novel, Siljeea Magic, has been published by Black Rose Writing and is also available on Amazon. A third novel, The Skill, is now in process.\n<br><br>\nDirector\/Actor:<br>Although much of my directing has been focused on new plays by local writers, I&#8217;ve directed The Mikado and Princess Ida for the Cornell Savoyards. As an actor, my most amazing experience was as Lethal Weapon in Holly Hughes\u2019 The Lady Dick, directed by Lisa Kron. My most recent role was Flute\/Thisbe in A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream. The director cast the mechanicals as women over 50! We had way too much fun.&nbsp;<br><br>Teacher:<br>I have taught theatre classes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ithaca College, and Wells College\u2014acting, voice\/movement, and theatre history. 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