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March 2 - 5, 2023

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Master Class: Joel Fields

  • Type: Panels and Workshops
  • Year: 2016

Joel Fields is a  writer/executive producer/showrunner on FX’s critically acclaimed series  The  Americans.    In  2015,  The Americans received The  Critics’   Choice Award for Best  Drama,  the  TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama,  a  Peabody Award and an Emmy nomination.    This year, the show is nominated for the  Best  Drama  Series Award at the  WGA Awards as well.    The show has been honored with the  AFI Award for TV Program of the Year in 2014,   2015  and  2016.    In  2013,  the show received the  Television  Critics  Association Award for Outstanding  New  Program.

Prior to The  Americans, Fields served as a writer/executive producer on the first two seasons of TNT’s hit television show  Rizzoli  &  Isles.   He also served as a writer/executive producer on  ABC’s  Golden  Globe®-­‐‑winning  series  Ugly Betty and on the FX  series  Dirt,  starring  Courteney  Cox.    Other credits include  Steven   Bochco’ʹs  Raising  The  Bar;  Commander  In  Chief, which received a  Golden  Globe® nomination for Best  Dramatic Series of 2005/2006;  and  Over  There,  Steven   Bochco’s critically acclaimed series about the Iraq war.   In addition to his TV  work, Fields is also a playwright.    His original play How  I Fell in Love premiered at the Williamstown  Theatre Festival and ran in New York at The  Abingdon  Theater  Company.

He  co-­authored  a new book for  Cole Porter’s classic musical  Can-­Can with director David  Lee.    Their script received a National Endowment for the Arts grant as part of the  NEA’s  American Masterpieces project, premiered at The  Pasadena  Playhouse, was honored with four LA  Theater  Ovation  Awards, and enjoyed a recent run at  The  Paper  Mill   Playhouse.   Fields lives in  New York with his wife,  Jessica, and their two children.

Date: Friday, February 19, 4PM
Location: Glicker-Milstein Theatre, Diana Center LL200

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