Alida Winternheimer
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Contact Information
contact name: Alida Winternheimer
email: alidawinter@iphouse.com
Related Organizations:
Loft Literary Center member
Lightning Strikes Critique Community co-founder/moderator
(left in 2006 to begin graduate school)
Experience
EDUCATION:
Currently enrolled in the Master of Liberal Studies program at the University of Minnesota
Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin BA cum laude, June 1994
Double Major: Anthropology and Theatre
Study Abroad: ACM Zimbabwe, January-June 1993, University of Zimbabwe
ASSOCIATION:
The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis, MN
EXPERIENCE & AWARDS:
2005-present
Himalayan Path
Editorial Staff
2003-2005
www.Lightning-Strikes.org
International critique community for serious
fiction writers
Co-founder/Moderator
2005 Essential Wellness
Published book review of “Walking with a
Himalayan Master” by Justin O’Brien, Ph.D.
April, 2005 issue
Himalayan Path
Published book review of “The Laughing Swami,”
collected talks of Swami Hariharananda
Spring 2005 issue
2004 Split Rock Arts Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Real Time/Imaginary Time with Pablo Medina
Women’s Fund for Continuing Education
Scholarship Recipient
2003 Jerome Foundation Grant for Emerging Artists
Anderson Center Residency, Red Wing, MN
Month-long residency to research and work on
the historical novel Saving Annabelle
2002 Express Yourself Academy (children’s acting
school), Plymouth, Minnesota
Playwriting Instructor
1999 www.FamilyWonder.com
Reviewed children’s videos
1996 Salvage Vanguard Theatre, Austin, Texas
Grants Specialist
1995 - 1996
Austin Downtown Arts, Austin, Texas
Contributing Editor
Monthly Performance Review Column
1995 As You Like It by William Shakespeare, Austin, TX
An Adaptation for the Puppet Theatre
Playwright, Actor, Technician
1994 Minneapolis Playwrights' Center Playlabs,
Minneapolis, MN
An Asian Jockey In Our Midst by Carter Lewis
Directing Intern
University of Michigan PICAS Research Grant,
Zimbabwean Popular Theatre
Funds for Freedom, Amnesty International Money
Making Guide
Compiled by Rebecca Edwards, published
information on
Where Does the Horizon Lie? and Wheel of
Misfortune
1991 Wheel Of Misfortune, St. Olaf, Minnesota
Minnesota Amnesty International Area
Conference
Playwright, Director, Designer, Technician
1990-1994 Worked on a dozen plays as playwright and/or
director, sometimes designer, technician,
ocassionally actor
TRAVEL:
2004 India
Three weeks in the Uttaranchal State of the
Himalayas
1993 Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa
Study abroad program and independent travel
1990 Switzerland, France
Independent travel
Awards
2004 Split Rock Arts Program, Minneapolis, MN
Real Time/Imaginary Time with Pablo Medina
Women’s Fund for Continuing Education
Scholarship Recipient
2003 Jerome Foundation Grant for Emerging Artists
Anderson Center Residency, Red Wing, MN
Month-long residency to research and work on
the historical novel Saving Annabelle
1994 Minneapolis Playwrights' Center Playlabs,
Minneapolis, MN
An Asian Jockey In Our Midst by Carter Lewis
Directing Intern
University of Michigan PICAS Research Grant,
Zimbabwean Popular Theatre
Funds for Freedom, Amnesty International Money
Making Guide
Compiled by Rebecca Edwards, published
information on
Where Does the Horizon Lie? and Wheel of
Misfortune
1991 Wheel Of Misfortune, St. Olaf, Minnesota
Minnesota Amnesty International Area
Conference
Playwright, Director, Designer, Technician
Publications
Himalayan Path
Essential Wellness
Austin Downtown Arts
FamilyWonder.com
Biographical Information
Country of Citizenship:
United States
Birth Date:
December 30, 1971
Gender:
Female
Active Place:
Minneapolis
Minnesota County:
Hennepin
Artist Information
Roles
Writer