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Article: CARPENTER'S TRADE; At 29, Minneapolis playwright Bridget Carpenter is a rising scribe with a pile of prizes and fellowships, and two shows opening this week.(ENTERTAINMENT)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- October 18, 1998
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Bridget Carpenter is a playwright with her sleeves rolled up, ready for the next big thing.
Her risky satire "Mr. Xmas," which juxtaposes Christmas sentiment with the pornography industry, premieres Friday at the Loring Playhouse in Minneapolis."Mighty Mississippi: The Great River Race," Carpenter's play about two adventuresome girls in 1858, today opens the 12th season of St. Paul-based SteppingStone Theatre for Youth Development.
The New York-born, California-reared Carpenter, 29, has already won several major prizes, including the 1997 Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship, given to one American writer each year; a McKnight Advancement Grant from ...