Allison Engel

Bio:

Allison Engel is an author, playwright and award-winning newspaper reporter. Engel is the associate director of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities at the University of Southern California.

WMC News & Features
January 13, 2010 | Margaret Engel, Allison Engel | Arts and culture
Creating Molly Ivins, Red Hot Patriot
How twin sisters are inspired to write their first theater piece and, with the help of some well-placed friends, go on to entice Kathleen Turner to star in the vehicle—all to provide a legendary journalist with her “second act.”
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