Ted May

Awards

• 2003 Writer-in-Residence, The Jack Kerouac House, Orlando, FL
• " Tangerine Dusk," 2003 Moondance International Film Festival "libretto award" for stageplay
• 1999 Artist-in-Residence, The Cliff Dwellers Club, Chicago, IL
• Finalist, 1998 Laughing Horse Films Screenwriting Contest
• Semi-finalist, 1997 Cyclone Screenwriting Contest

Achievements

• Chicago Playwright
• "The Puppet's Yawn," Stage Left Theatre
• "The Jazz Parts (Improv with the Beast)," Hungry Brain
• Chicago Poet
• Harold Washington Public Library, A Lit. & Language Division sponsored reading
• "The Isolate Garden of Prairie," Dana-Thomas House, Springfield, IL
• Chicago Sound Design
• "The Connection," A Red Orchid Theatre
• "Between the Door and the Sea," Neo-Futurarium
• Co-founded A Red Orchid Theater in Chicago in 1992. "The Jazz Parts" was translated into Japanese and performed at the Crane River Workshop, Tokyo in 1999.

Performances/Lectures

• 9-12-03 Harrison Street Art Gallery, Oak Park, IL
• "The Shadows Open…" The Nomads, a group of woman artists, built an exhibit around the poetry of Ted May, culminating in a personal reading on Oct. 3rd.
• 11-3-94 Sulzer Regional Library, Chicago, IL
• "Twilight," Featured poet performing original works, along with Native-American poems and the poetry of W.B. Yeats.
• 6-17-92 Beverly Library, Chicago, IL
• "The Irish Tradition," Lecture on Irish poetry, from the 8th century onward.

Additional Experience

• Freelance journalist/writer since 1992.
• Contact: ted.may@comcast.net