{"692779":{"#nid":"692779","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Margaret Edson talk at Georgia Tech, 10\/21","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESave the date for this Special Event:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPulitzer-prize winning author Margaret Edson will speak on Wednesday, 10\/21, 2:30-4pm, in the DramaTech Theatre on the GT main campus. Her talk will be sponsored by Literature, Media, and Communication; the John H. Martinson Honors Program; and the Women, Science, and Technology Learning Community.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMs. Edson\u0027s talk is titled \u0022Some Voices, Some Rooms\u0022 and she will consider \u0022How do physical spaces create what we are able to think and say?\u0026nbsp; Or, how do spaces silence us?\u0022 \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpeaker biography: Margaret Edson was born in Washington, DC, in 1961.\u0026nbsp; Between earning degrees in history and literature, she worked in the cancer and AIDS inpatient unit of a research hospital.\u0026nbsp; Her play \u003Cem\u003EWit \u003C\/em\u003Ewon the Pulitzer Prize in 1991, and the HBO film won the Emmy Award for best drama in 2001.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWit\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;has received hundreds of performances in dozens of languages and is widely used as a teaching tool.\u0026nbsp;Edson has been a public school teacher since 1992.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDramaTech Director Melissa Foulger will introduce Ms. Edson, Professor Perry Guevara (LMC) and Professor Jennifer Singh (HSOC) will offer remarks, and there will be an opportunity for the audience to ask questions or make comments.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESave the date for this Special Event:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPulitzer-prize winning author Margaret Edson will speak on Wednesday, 10\/21, 2:30-4pm, in the DramaTech Theatre on the GT main campus. Her talk will be sponsored by Literature, Media, and Communication; the John H. Martinson Honors Program; and the Women, Science, and Technology Learning Community.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMs. Edson\u0027s talk is titled \u0022Some Voices, Some Rooms\u0022 and she will consider \u0022How do physical spaces create what we are able to think and say?\u0026nbsp; Or, how do spaces silence us?\u0022 \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpeaker biography: Margaret Edson was born in Washington, DC, in 1961.\u0026nbsp; Between earning degrees in history and literature, she worked in the cancer and AIDS inpatient unit of a research hospital.\u0026nbsp; Her play \u003Cem\u003EWit \u003C\/em\u003Ewon the Pulitzer Prize in 1991, and the HBO film won the Emmy Award for best drama in 2001.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWit\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;has received hundreds of performances in dozens of languages and is widely used as a teaching tool.\u0026nbsp;Edson has been a public school teacher since 1992.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDramaTech Director Melissa Foulger will introduce Ms. Edson, Professor Perry Guevara (LMC) and Professor Jennifer Singh (HSOC) will offer remarks, and there will be an opportunity for the audience to ask questions or make comments.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Noted author Margaret Edson speaks at Georgia Tech, 10\/21, 2:30-4pm, Drama Tech Theatre"}],"uid":"27680","created_gmt":"2026-09-23 18:38:16","changed_gmt":"2026-09-23 18:42:05","author":"Carol Colatrella","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-10-21T14:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-10-21T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-10-21T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-10-21 18:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-10-21 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-10-21 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Drama Tech Theatre","extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"132371","name":"The Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"195277","name":"award winning writer, Margaret Edson"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"194683","name":"Talk"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECarol Colatrella (LMC \u0026amp; WST), \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:carol.colatrella@lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecarol.colatrella@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}